Oaked Arrogant Bastard Ale

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

Serve in Snifter, Tulip

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Bottle, 7.2%. Nice, bonbony sweet hop aroma. Almost clear red/brown colour. Very bitter flavour with good aroma hops. Ends on a weak, but nice, vanilla, cigarbox aftertaste.

Bottle. Nice head with good duration. Color is hazy brown. Aroma and taste are wood, caramel, nuts, smoke and hops. Nice and dry finish.

(Sample of TChrome’s 3L bottle) Pours a deep amber color with a large biege head. Not nearly as aggressive as the original. Nice mellow hops flavor with some sweetness. Shouldn’t offend those who are not as big of hop lovers.

Bottle at Distortion08 Soupalicious - Shared with Mette - thanks Sune for shipping this to me. Clear brown - offwhite/yellow head. Chokolate, roasted, bisquit, light oak/wood, raisins, resin, citric, caramel, lovely hoppy. Again a unbalanced but fantastic beer from Stone. Smoothness & violent at the same time.

UPDATED: MAR 22, 2011 Bottle at Toms Glasgow tasting 2 ... Copper brown ... rich sweet complex barley wine like nose ... smooth sweet caramel malts ... light hop back bone ... suberbly balanced... This just had the Edge on the non oak aged... tk2 bottle at home ...Copper brown ... light 3.9 brigth hop ... big malt base ... fruity very american pale ale hop ... rich slight burnt toffee malts didnt work as well this time for me. 3.3 tap at brewdog ... oddd medicinal wooody woddy malts ... soft wooody fruits .... 3.1

Dark amber with a slight haze. Light head. Oaky, chocolatey, earthy aroma. Oaky, chocolatey taste. Woody hops. Moderate bitterness, cut by vanilla. Nice lacing.

Bottle at HogTownHarry Fest ’08. The second beer from Harry’s box of delights. Lovely hop, some sour oak. That’s not quite right. Doesn’t quite go together. That slight sour/oak thing makes me think that it doesn’t all work out. Bit of vanilla. Decent score cos it is interesting.

UPDATED: NOV 13, 2010
Date: March 18, 2005
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting
an arrogant bastard without oak

Date: June 18, 2005
big hop flavor well balanced with a nice oaky character,

Date: December 10, 2005
Appearance: hazy amber
Aroma: light oaky vanilla aroma
Overall: nice woody oak character, lingering bitterness

Date: November 29, 2006
Mode: draft
Source: Naja’s
Score: ii to iii
Body: very creamy body
Flavor: nice sweet vanilla and oak flavor, nice bitter finish, the hop flavor is really tempered by the oak and sweet vanilla
Overall: excellent on draft, touch of butterscotch

Date: December 13, 2006
Mode: bottle
Source: roadtrip
Aroma: nice sweet malt aroma with a touch of vanilla
Flavor: creamy hop flavor, nice touch of oak, long bitterness, lots of vanilla and oak come out as it warms

Name: Arrogant Bastard, American oak chips
Date: September 16, 2010
Mode: Firkin
Source: The Pint House, Asheville
Appearance: cloudy dark brown, fine beige head, layers of lace
Aroma: huge oak aroma, touch of vanilla and caramel sweetness, lots of earthyness
Flavor: big malt flavor, lots of oak, sweet vanilla, balanced with lots of bitterness

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 14/20
Rating: 3.5/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: *** /4

Date: August 08, 2007
Mode: bottle
Source: cellar stock
Vintage: 2006
the oak blends into the bitterness and the vanilla fades when it ages

Date: March 05, 2008
Mode: bottle
Source: cellar stock
Vintage: 2006
vanilla is continuing to fade but still offers some sweetness, well balanced between the earthy oak and the caramel and vanilla,

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 8/10; Overall: 15/20
Rating: 3.5/5.0
Score: *** /4

Bottle, 12oz. The almost clear, amber body is topped by a beige head of moderate size, and releases aromas of sugars, some vanilla and piney hops. Sweet, full-bodied and slightly warming in the mouth, almost candy sweet. Vanilla, resin and pine-cones also chime in. Malty-sweet and piney in the finish. The beer needs a little time to reveal all of itself, and when it does, it’s a good one. Still, nothing extraordinary, as I maybe expected. (081003)

(3L bottle) Clear copper body with creamy beige head. Aroma is medium sweet, grapefruit, pine, light sourness. Taste is medium sweet, grapefruit, some oak, pine, caramel. Medium body. Pretty similar to the regular AB.