Who drinks Arrogant Bastard?

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Message Reid beers 3528 º places 95 º 14:25 Sat 7/16/2016 Its pretty much like Rogue Dead Guy an old favorite at one time but looked down on by beer geeks. Yet i see plenty of it being sold and drank by the sort of people who just like a beer up here.
Message TheWhiteWolf beers 3 º 20:25 Sat 7/16/2016 Last time I had one in a Stone variety 12 pack a few months ago it was remarkably good.
Message Indra P beers 2711 º places 78 º 22:18 Sat 7/16/2016 Meeeeee! raises hand I really like Arrogant Bastard quite a bit. It’s one of maybe 2 or 3 beers that I have on hand all the time these days. I’m pretty stoked to be able to buy it at my local and have also had 3 or 4 sixers of the Bourbon Barrel-Aged AB since that stuff was released in February. I just wish they packaged it in 12oz. bottles or cans, I am not really sure what Stone’s aversion is to that, exactly.

Message Ratman197 P beers 24642 º places 200 º 12:12 Sun 7/17/2016 Not mel
Message RichTheVillan beers 10685 º places 101 º 12:17 Sun 7/17/2016 Gary
Message peepthesot beers 10 º places 6 º 11:12 Mon 7/18/2016 Arrogant Bastard’s not terrible, but it isn’t great either. It’s certainly not good enough to be arrogant about...it tastes a bit amateurish LOL It tastes much worse when it is "fresh"...but a few months down the line, it tastes considerably better and less like over-the-top homebrew.
Message PhillyBeer2112 beers 3498 º places 102 º 14:08 Mon 7/18/2016 For anyone who has rated it over 3.5ish and says they wouldn’t drink it again, I was suggest you reconsider that rating. I would never rate a beer that high if I didn’t think it was good enough to go back to.

Message ContemplateBeer beers 2092 º places 154 º 14:20 Mon 7/18/2016 Now, for the truly brave: Post your current Arrogant Bastard score here. Mine’s a 4, which I gave it in 2010.
Message blipp beers 14843 º places 219 º 14:28 Mon 7/18/2016 Originally posted by ContemplateBeer Now, for the truly brave: Post your current Arrogant Bastard score here. Mine’s a 4, which I gave it in 2010. I also gave it a 4 , rated in 2008. Maybe I’ll pick up a sixer of cans at some point this summer and re-rate it... although I’ll admit that it’s more likely that I end up just slugging them back straight from the can and forget to re-rate it...
Message errantnight 14:39 Mon 7/18/2016 Still one of my favorite beers for the cheddar soup I make (with spicy popcorn and andouille, heavily seasoned with thyme). The bitterness cuts the richness and the sweet malt flavor gives it some balance to the spice. And the beer pairs well with the strong flavors of the soup. And fresh it can have quite a surprising amount of citrus hop character. All that said in its defense, the number of times I’m looking to drink especially bitter beers with tons of sweet malt character that are also strong in alcohol is basically never. There’s almost always a better beer for whatever the drinking scenario.