Oaked Arrogant Bastard Ale

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

12oz. bottle pours a deep amber with light carbonation yeilding a beige-ish head that receeds fairly quickly. Great lacing on glass. Aroma is citrus tart with an undertone of maltyness, and just a little oak. The beer is a bit lightly carbonated, but feels velvety on the tongue. hops and malt are welded together by the oakiness, mellowing out a bit and gaining a few dimensions. resin, citrus, and sugar cookie, with an oaky finish. Nice and strong too!

Bottle. Pours clear dark brown with a moderately sized, foamy tan head. Aroma is grapefruit and wood, an odd combination of very hoppy and very oaked. Flavor is quite hoppy, mainly grapefruit with a little pine, with some sweet caramel malt in the background, and a bit of vanilla in the finish. A hop-head’s beer, but well done, and the oaking rounds out the otherwise somewhat weak malt structure a bit.

Amber clear body with an off-white foamy head. Pineapple malt and brown sugar aroma. Flavor is sweet fruity with a bitter woody balance. Some bitter hoppyness. Rich and smooth palate. Creamy with a bitter oaken duration. Well balanced and tasty.

Hoppy aroma with a moderate amount of wood. Red orange color with a medium tan head. Super smooth malt flavor white a distinct vanilla finish. Lightly creamy. Well balanced.

12 oz bottle. Pours an attractive dark amber with little to no head. Strong smell of pineapple, caramel, malt and hops. I tasted notes of pineapple with an aftertaste of espresso beans.

Tasted somewhere along my trip through the States.
Amber colored brew. Very nice hoppy flavor. Very nice smooth oaked bitterness!

bottle, poured into English pint glass. Aroma is of hops (as to be expected from Stone), but mixed with a slighy smokiness. Poured with a nice, creamy head that lasted and left some lacing. Color is dark amber, approaching nutty brown, with some yeast residue floating along. Taste is of hops with a bit of smokiness (esp. in aftertaste) from the oak aging. The hops is very well balanced by the oak-aging, and is not anywhere near as over-the-top as the "regular" Bastard. Perfect...no, but damned impressive, as is the usual for this brewery.

Porus a reddish brown in color with only a small head that is quickly gone. Smell is strong dark malts and the usual Stone hopping. Taste is much the same, but remarkably the oak is really smoothing this beer out. Wasn’t expecting that, but it’s well done and taste’s good.