Sorry guys, no video review for this one. I picked up a bottle of "Crime" from Stone Brewing Company at Jungle Jim's today. I couldn't wait, so I drank it with dinner tonight. For those who don't know, "Crime" and "Punishment" are two limited edition beers brewed by Stone Brewing Company. What makes them so special is they are brewed with peppers. And not just any peppers. The full list includes jalapenos, black nagas, caribbean red hots, fataliis, and red moruga scorpions.
Here is what the back label reads:
"On Arrogant Bastard Ale's 13th birthday, we threw all of our Bastards together - Arrogant Bastard Ale, OAKED Arrogant Bastard Ale and Double Bastard Ale - to create Lukcy Bastard Ale. Later, a crime was committed against this gorgeous beer by adding an absurd amount of freshly harvested local peppers, including mid-level-heat red and green jalapenos and ultra-hot black nagas, Caribbean red hots, Moruga scorpions and fatalis, and thus Crime was born."
ABV: 9.6%
Bottle Size: 500ml (1 pt 0.98 fl oz)
My impressions:
Color: a nice dark amber with reddish tones.
Consistency: A nice medium thickness with a smooth mouth feel, makes a good full bodied head.
Taste: The immediate flavor is peppers here. But quickly you get a nice caramel, malty flavor, with a decent hint of the bourbon barrel. The finish if VERY hoppy. You get a good hoppy bitterness in the aftertaste, but you can also tell that some of the bitters come from the peppers themselves. If you like IPAs then you will enjoy the hoppy finish of this.
Heat: Mouth heat was quite tame, in my opinion. I think the higher alcohol content may have contributed to this as most of the capsaicin may have still stayed in solution with the alcohol as it went down. You do get a good deal of stomach warmth out of this though. You can feel it moving down your throat into your stomach as you swallow. Overall, the heat is not insanely hot, but that's not necessarily a bad thing. I think if this were much hotter, it would be unpalatable combined with the strong hop finish.
Overall Impressions: This was a great beer. It is certainly not one for everyday drinking. The flavor is quite nice with the clear distinct pepper taste, and the heat is decent. Overall, I like this very much. However, I won't be buying this too often. At over $21 a bottle, after tax, it really is not very cost economical. But it's great for a novelty.
Here is what the back label reads:
"On Arrogant Bastard Ale's 13th birthday, we threw all of our Bastards together - Arrogant Bastard Ale, OAKED Arrogant Bastard Ale and Double Bastard Ale - to create Lukcy Bastard Ale. Later, a crime was committed against this gorgeous beer by adding an absurd amount of freshly harvested local peppers, including mid-level-heat red and green jalapenos and ultra-hot black nagas, Caribbean red hots, Moruga scorpions and fatalis, and thus Crime was born."
ABV: 9.6%
Bottle Size: 500ml (1 pt 0.98 fl oz)
My impressions:
Color: a nice dark amber with reddish tones.
Consistency: A nice medium thickness with a smooth mouth feel, makes a good full bodied head.
Taste: The immediate flavor is peppers here. But quickly you get a nice caramel, malty flavor, with a decent hint of the bourbon barrel. The finish if VERY hoppy. You get a good hoppy bitterness in the aftertaste, but you can also tell that some of the bitters come from the peppers themselves. If you like IPAs then you will enjoy the hoppy finish of this.
Heat: Mouth heat was quite tame, in my opinion. I think the higher alcohol content may have contributed to this as most of the capsaicin may have still stayed in solution with the alcohol as it went down. You do get a good deal of stomach warmth out of this though. You can feel it moving down your throat into your stomach as you swallow. Overall, the heat is not insanely hot, but that's not necessarily a bad thing. I think if this were much hotter, it would be unpalatable combined with the strong hop finish.
Overall Impressions: This was a great beer. It is certainly not one for everyday drinking. The flavor is quite nice with the clear distinct pepper taste, and the heat is decent. Overall, I like this very much. However, I won't be buying this too often. At over $21 a bottle, after tax, it really is not very cost economical. But it's great for a novelty.
