Pours brown with orange hues, big light tan head, cloudy/translucent. Head stays/laces.
Smells like hops, grassy/piney/earthy, slight sweet malt behind
Mouth feel, thick. Carbonation doesn't clean it up well.
Tastes like hop bitterness first, then a touch of pine/earth. Sweetness underlies, but no escaping the plain bitterness.
Finishes just plain bitter. Don't really want more.
Overall, nothing like Stone's arrogant bastard, even though recipe is similar except the hop type. The Chinook makes that much difference. I did use more of the cascades, but the aa% is lower, or it should be. Is it Roger's cascades, or cascades in general? I think it's a combo, but I used store cascades at flameout, when the hop character should shine, and I'm getting nothing compared to the Chinooks.
Don't try this again. Failed experiment. Kinda buzzed, though.
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