Stone Arrogant Bastard Ale

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

Serve in Snifter, Trappist glass

The aroma on this monster says beer. Not skunky, not beerey, not what you would get at the yellow beet keg on the lake. But true beer, an entity in and of its self. Something you could make love to. To look at it is to look into the eyes of the beer god. Dark caramel, clear as glass yet with the mystery of the perfect brew. Slightly sweet, mostly bitter, a bit salty... A fizzy yellow beer drinker would be offended. It overtakes your pallet and offers no apologies. Full bodied, creamy with just the right amount of carbonation. The finish is long as the night is dark. You will be able to enjoy this brew long after the bottle is empty.

Sympatiska dofter av kola och sura körsbär kommer från denna rödbruna öl. Smakerna är talrika, men frukter och kola ligger längst fram. Ett väldigt gott öl.

Bottle. Pours a deep bronze body with a slight red hue and a medium off-white head which disappears rapidly. Nose is strawberries, pine and hints of dark malts. Kind of faint. Taste, however, is not faint: pronounced licorice and pine, dry grassy hops and hints of spruce, grapefruit and pineapple. Long, dry-bitter aftertaste. Smooth mouthfeel, medium carbonation. Surprisingly subtle for a Stone ale; this is a fairly good ASA but I honestly thought one of Stone’s most famous beers would somehow be...better than this. Still, this is a pretty good brew, don’t get me wrong.

Forgot to rate this a loooooong time ago. Bottle into tulip. Body is dark brown/red with a decent head. Nose is a bit hoppy with some slighty caramel and roasted notes. Taste is dark fruits with some nice hop bitters that make this one finish more on the dry side while malts dominate up front. Great and complex brew.

Big hops with a nice sweet backbone. Beautiful red color. What a great beer.

22oz bomber into a pint glass. Pours a hazy dark copper with a smallish tan head that quickly fades into a thin cap. Aroma of piny hops along with some caramel, toasted malt, and dark fruit such as raisins and figs. Taste is a nice mix of hop and malt. Piny hop flavors up front along with some toasty caramel malt. Dark fruit quickly follows and dominate the middle of the taste. Some roastiness again follows this along with a strong hop bitterness. The finish is quite crisp and a bit sticky. Overall this is a top notch beer and a classic. One that I always love to indulge in.

Half pint at Sheffield Tap. Dark red with a creamy head. Well hopped, lightly bitter, very smooth. Doesn’t really taste 7.2%. A little zesty with some red fruit, a bit of raisin with the hops. Very pleasany fruity aroma, aromatic and fruity. At first I was a little underwhelmed but it grew on me the more I had.

Bottle. Pours a dark amber color with a beige head. Aroma is fairly hoppy with notes of grapefruit, sweeter citrus fruits like orange, herbal and floral notes, caramel and sweet malt. Flavor is fairly bitter, with lots of grapefruit and orange, herbal notes and floral notes along with sweet and caramel malts and some toasted notes. The body is medium with a dry mouthfeel. Overall a pretty awesome brew!