Oaked Arrogant Bastard Ale

(bottle). Pours a cloudy, dark copper color. Medium size tan head. Average malt and hop aroma with wood. Slick texture. Avg duration. Moderate carbonation. Light astringent finish, with light bitterness.

Pours a deep red. Nose is wood, pine, citrus. Flavor is slight oak, bitter hops, sweet caramel malt. Finishes woody and dry. Excellent!

Pours a very rusty brown with a thick tan head. Smell is hops and wood. Taste is very hoppy with a bitterness that was both hop and the oak chips used in this beer. I was not impressed much at all, and would probably not drink this beer again; I am not fond of hoppy beers though.

Dark, rusty brown pour. Light, creamy head. Soft, dark fruit. Hoppy with a rounded oak finish. Subtle, but tasty. Not sure it’s quite worth the money or the hype, but it’s good.

Pours a nice solid ruby red with a decent amount of head. A medium to full bodied beer as far as I can tell. On the nose I get oak, malt, subtle hops, hidden fruit and a bit of a nut smell as well. On the palate I am getting oak and more oak, some malt sublties along with the wonderful hop flavor there as well. Excellent beer.

Bottle. [thank you, after4ever]
[vintage 2006]
Pours clear, dark amber with a great, large, creamy, beige head. Impressive hoppy aroma for a vintage, pine, grapefruit, caramel, blackberries, some oak. Low carbonation, fine creamy and dry mouthfeel. Flavour is very sweet at first, some berries, nuts, orange and caramel. Very bitter with lots of hops before a very dry finish sets in with lots of oak and dryness. Extremely dry finish, but very nice and enjoyable.

Dark reddish brown color with a white head that dissapates but does leave lacing indicating good ingredients. No carbonation seen in the glass. It looks like a scottish heavy. A very sweet malty aroma thats prominately featuring a pineapple fruit smell. There is a slight hop aroma but it pales to the fruitlike sweetness. Its a great smelling ale. The taste is a curious contradiction. Initially sweet fruity orange malt but it goes bitter from a large hop amoutn. The oak nuttiness is there in the taste as well. Palate is a bit heavy or surupy but acceptable. It is a unique and special ale.

Tap and Bottle. Very expensive six pack. I feel like the oak aging made a negative effect on the flavor, oak flavoring didn’t even show through. Tap offering was much better.