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Oaked Arrogant Bastard Ale

Oaked Arrogant Bastard Ale - American Strong Ale

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 Percentile 
98
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Brewed by Stone Brewing Co.
Style: American Strong Ale

Escondido, California USA

bottled
common

on tap
common

Broad Distribution
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 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
12483.85/5.03.84/5.07.2%91.6Snifter, Trappist glass
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Commercial Description:
Arrogant Bastard Aged with oak chips.
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 msante79 (785), Orland Hills, Illinois, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/103/515/20
Nov 10, 2009  
12oz bottle from Cloverleaf in Royal Oak. Pours murky amber with small tannish head. Aroma is sweet caramel malt, brown sugar, toffee, vanilla, and some citrus hops. Flavor is vanilla, toffee, caramel, citrus, little smoke, some oak and good amount of bitter hops. Starts sweet and finishes bitter. Liked regular Arrogant Bastard quite a bit more but this is still solid. I just like hops more than sweet.


Pookie9121 (83), Columbia, South Carolina, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/513/20
Nov 10, 2009  
Poured from tap. A dark red/brown color. Slightly hazy. Smelled of malt. Not the same level of hops as the regular Stone Arrogant. Good beer. Recommended.


 bsp77 (199), Minnesota, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/58/105/516/20
Nov 2, 2009  
Poured from bottle into Nonic Imperial Pint. Mostly clear burnt red with small head but some lacing. Maybe a little clearer than the regular Bastard, but less head. Semi-sweet malt aroma with some pine. Maybe a touch of oak. Less hop smell than the regular Bastard. Pretty malt driven with some pine and citrus hop counterbalance. Somewhat bitter at the end with a light oak touch. Very smooth and slightly warming. Pretty low carbonation. Maybe a little easier to drink than the regular Bastard, but mostly because it seems toned down and smoothed out. I prefer the regular Arrogant Bastard.


 elihapa (1034), Honolulu, California, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/516/20
Nov 2, 2009  
From growler picked up at brewery – thanks Tomes! Pours ruby red-brown with a small head. Aroma is a bunch of fresh piney and grapefruit hops, a bit of vanilla in there as well. I must say, this beer is capable of tasting FAR better fresh than with age. It manages to gracefully balance oaky-vanilla flavors with fresh hop bite. The finish remains arrogantly bitter, a bit ashy, but in a way that plays effectively off of the sweet flavors in the mid-palate. Nice.


 gracefullypunk (272), Washington, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/58/104/516/20
Nov 1, 2009  
Pours red brown with a cream head and plenty of lace. Aromas of roasted oak, toasted malts, earthiness, and vanilla. The smokiness lingers in the taste, with a slight bitter finish.


 DuffMan (2723), the land of bitumen, beef & beer, Alberta, Canada
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/517/20
Nov 1, 2009  
Bottle, shared with Parksy. Hazy burnt orange amber with a gold-tinted, long-lasting head. Initially sweet caramel malt and hops fill the nose, but with time the soft vanilla and oak aromas become much more apparent. Sweet toffee malt flavours with distinct vanilla tones, smooth and velvety with a robust hoppy finish. A beer that has enough character to stand up to oak aging. Another excellent Stone brew!


jimmiec (41), Louisiana, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/104/518/20
Oct 30, 2009  
12-oz bottle Marcello’s Lafayette, LA - aroma: bread, nutty (malt), maybe citrus (hop), oak,; flavor: sweet, salty, earthy, bready (malt), biiter, citrus (hop), oak; appearance: clear brown, tan head, lot of laces; mouthfeel: medium bodied, moderate carbonation, dry finish; overall: a hard beer to describe but smooth, not harsh (high alcohol), complex beer of malts, and hops with oak aging and smoothing it as well as adding to the complexity .


 mjs (1446), Helsinki, Finland
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/513/20
Oct 30, 2009  
(Draught) Poured deep dark brown and cloudy with medium sized and lightly tan coloured head. Aroma was of oak and malts, Palate was dry and medium bodied with quite low carbonation. Tasted of malts, oak, wood, bitterness, ash and malts. Finished woody and bitter.



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