6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
(Draught@Stockholm Beer Festival 2005) Dark amber colour. Ok head. Hop, caramel and malt aroma. Very hoppy, very bitter, very complex.
Tried
on 03 Oct 2005
at 10:10
7.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
The aroma is all about strong floral and fruity hops. The beer is dark red and left a thin lace on the glass. Herbal flavor with lots of hop bitterness. Heavy and full bodied.
Tried
on 11 Aug 2005
at 17:55
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
(Bottle 65 cl) Beautiful and very red coloured, clear beer with a creamy head leaving a sophisticated lacework. Roasted, nutty aromas. Lots of roasted malt and caramel. And then of course lots of dry hops. 290705
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Aug 2005
at 11:50
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle. Apple-cherry malt and hops aroma. Dark amber color with small head. Moderately sweet bready malt flavor initially with hints of orange and coriander with a strong bitter herbal hay finish. A strong hoppy beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Jul 2005
at 11:00
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Thanks to daHammer for bringing this to the SE gathering at KP’s. The oak adds an interesting twist to the Bastard, by mellowing out the coarseness that I find in fresh AB. This will be a real nice one to cellar I believe.
Tried
on 08 Mar 2005
at 08:08
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
Good, but rapidly vanishing crème-amber head; very dark red-chestnut colour. Great hopskick at the same time a sweetish, grapey, even raisiny aroma, might be restsugars, but I bet it are both malts (toffee-ish) and hops. My co-taster complains of too much bitterness. I don’t - I LOVE this grapey-hoppy taste. Superb, and what balance! Oily, full-bodied, slick, nearly viscous. Maybe being weaned on trappist ales made me worthy? I don’t know, but to a natural hophead, this kind of Californian hopmonsters are great - in this case a great renewed acquaintance. Big thanks to FilipG.
Tried
on 30 Dec 2004
at 02:37
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Sampled an ’04 bottle after cellaring for nearly 2 yrs. I would say that over all the flavor has mellowed and smothed out better than I remember from a year and a half ago. Adjusting overall score up a bit. FYI: "Lacerative" 1 : to tear or rend roughly 2 : to cause sharp mental or emotional pain to ’03 Bottle Pours a dark murky redish brown with litle head very nice fine persistant lacing. Aromas are a strong malt and hps combo with some fruity apple and melon notes. Flavors are a very thick robust hefy dark malt. fairly sweet with plenty of bite to it. There is a rich woody flavor as well. Feel is very heavy and smooth. Aftertaste is I think quite strong. Harsh. Not to the dossapointment of Stone I’m sure. Interesting and bold. Will not be a regular in my fridge though.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Dec 2004
at 20:48
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
Crimson coloured body with a good brown/amber tint and an off-white head. Aroma of strong wood, vanilla, oak and a subtle hoppiness. Medium-bodied; Strong oakyness throughout, almost no hops at all in the taste. Good oakyness in the aftertaste almost too much however. This was simply a showstopper-this one had pretty much everyone at the gathering sit down and contemplate this beer. Many many thanks to Mike (the_beer_god) for bringing this hefty 3 litre bottle...this was probably the only chance i’d have to taste this monster. I sampled this 3 Litre bottle at the November RB party at Founder’s in Alexandria, Virginia on 20-November-2004.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Dec 2004
at 22:27
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 9
Sampled from an amusing 22 oz bottle this beer poured a dark ruby-mahogany color with a small tan head. The aroma was sweet grapefruit. The flavor is strong, thick and sweet with a definite grapefruity hop character. The light sweet malt gives a pleasant balance to the brew. The hoppiness lingers intrusively on the tongue and begs for another gulp. Yum.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Dec 2004
at 13:51
8.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8
Dark copper color; creamy head. The aroma is malty, hoppy but not fruity as expected; some roasted malt. Full body, very good malt, nutty. Immediately the bitterness takes over, for a bold final (again, not particularly fruity nor aromatic).
Tried
on 05 Dec 2004
at 11:03