Undercover Investigation Shut Down Ale (2013)

The Beer Stats:

• Beer Name: Undercover Investigation Shut Down Ale (2013)

• Brewery: Lagunitus Brewing Company (California)

• Style: Strong Ale

• ABV: 9.6%

• IBU: 74

• Pour Color: A red tinted golden pour that can easily be seen thru.

      The pour came out how I expected. The head was fluffy and left lacing for most the glass. It's see thru and bubbly. This beer has a nice red color. The scent came off the bottle as soon as I popped the top! The sweet caramel malts mix well with the nice bitter hop blend in the bouquet. Somewhere between IPA and ESB in flavor profile. You deffinitly don't get a 9.6% abv flavor off of it. Sweet fresh malts with a nice mix of spicy hops that aren't too over bearing. All around another great beer from lagunitus! 
      Another long name for a really really good beer. It's dedicated to the police that shut them down. Who couldn't love a beer or a company that does that kind of thing. Not as bitter as you would expect though. Strong, delicious, and putting it to the man! If you can't get behind at least one of those things then I would just stay away from lagunitus... Cause this is just what they do and they do it well!

Rating: *****

Arrogant Bastard Ale

The Beer Stats:

• Beer Name: Arrogant Bastard Ale

• Brewery: Stone Brewing Company (Cali)

• Style: American Strong Ale

• ABV: 7.2%

• IBU:?

• Pour Color: A dark red color fairly see through

      It's come time to speak of the Bastard. He pours with a head that this mustache has really come to love. It splashes on me and it's real hard to curl, every follicle quakes in the flavor. You swoosh it in the mouth and you taste the malts and the hops on full display. With so much character you think it's a barley wine. As soon as you swallow, though, the hops take back over and echo forever with small hints of malt in it's wake. Great beer and amazing when you can fill a growler of it.
      The bastard doesn't make friends, it gathers followers. In fact it tells you if you don't like it to stick it. Stone brewery has a great way of aggravating you into tasting a beer. Once you do though you're hooked. If you get the chance to get a double or triple bastard have at it. My favorite is still the original though. 

Rating: *****