Name – Stone Double Bastard Ale
Country – United States
Type – American Strong Ale

Appearance – Pours a clear deep red color with a good sized slightly tan head.  It leaves a good amount of lacing.

Smell – Big floral hop smell with some caramel like malts.  You get a big boozy smell.

Taste – A big hop taste up front but it quickly transitions to a boozy vanilla like taste.  Some hints of oak.  Makes it finish chewy.

While this is suppose to look like a bigger version of Arrogant Bastard I think the name and a little bit of the hop smell is where that stops.  It is definitely big.  The alcohol burn makes this one a sipper and definitely could see it mellowing out well with age.  While I did enjoy it I think if you put it down for a year or so would really make this a wonderful brew.  Think I’ll have to go grab another bottle.

Overall Grade – B-