Arrogant Bastard Ale

Brewed by Stone Brewing Co.
Style: American Strong Ale
Escondido, California USA

Bottle at Patricks Pub Kristiansand. Red golden colour with a beige head. Aroma is malt,roasted, hop, caramel. Flavour is sweet, malt, roasted, , hop, grapefruit, caramel. Full bodied nice beer.

Pours a deep red. Nose runs the gamut of american west coast hops and a mixture of sweet malts. Flavor is much of the same. Very bitter, but doesn’t linger. Finishes sweet-ish and dry.

Rusty colored pour with a creamy eggshell head that left a significant amount of lacing. Aroma is of caramel, sweet malt, and candied citrus. Flavor is fairly well balanced, although not as aggressive/assertive/arrogant as it’s older brother...has a similar profile of dark fruit, hops, and alcohol. Tasty beer...surprised I hadn’t rated it before.

Hazy reddish brown in apperance, a decent tan head is produced with a good pour that produced some nice sticky lacing early on. There is a hell of alot strong, savoury fruity malts, fresh and warm aromatic hops and grapefruit. Very strong aroma overall. The malts come out very nicely after this bastard has warmed. I love malts and the malt taste here is amazing. Insanely tasty malts! Awsome. Peppery hops, what seems to be a bitter chocolateness and even some hearty bread. There is also a sweet quality to the flavour. Very soft creamy mouthfeel. Not sure if I’m feeling the hops or the alcohol, but it’s all good. Heavily bodied and a very bitter aftertaste which is almost numbing. Excellent finish. I don’t find any flaws in this beer. It’s fresh, tasty and very enjoyable and even better closing in on room temperature.

Pours a amber brown with a nice tan head. Aroma is of very hoppy with hints of pine and grapfruit, but also has some malt. flavor has a good combination of malt and hops with grapfruit, pine, and some fruit flaovrs, but also some nice carmel malt flavor is balance the hops. finish is medium and is dry. overall, a excellent American Strong Ale.

Beautiful head and appearance. Feels really good in the mouth with a balanced finish. Good beer!

Poured a dark, hazy brown with a small white head. Aroma is strong of malt, yeast, and hops with notes of grapefruit, citrus, pine, and dark fruit standing out. On the palate, the beer felt crisp and dry. Perfect carbonation. The taste brought out a hoppy bite. The finish was a little dry. Worth drinking again.

Nose was hops o plenty with some fruit and pine. Pours a nice brownish red with some good head. The carbonation and medium body is very well done and works well with the high hops... Finish is smooth.. Malty and hoppy with some citrus. I wanted to drink this again before I rated it and I am glad I did... a year ago I would of rated it a lot higher... still a good beer