Arrogant Bastard Ale

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

Botella. And live continues. I hate this disgusting terrible brew. Terrible rotten aroma . NO HOPS what so ever! Aaaargh,..... what did they do???! Water, just watr in the mouthfeel. And the flavour .. una mierda! The flavour is just so horrible.. I would almost judge a Schaefer brew to be better. IWhy have they ver brewed this awful brew???!!!

Bottle thanx to Luke. Brown colour with a small off-white head. Sweet, grasst, hoppy, grape fruity aroma and taste. Medium to full body with a sweet bitter dry finish.

3rd LCRBM. Earthy, oily, citric hops in the aroma. Oily, very hoppy flavor. Red berries and lemon. Long raw hopbitter aftertaste. Doesn’t leave room for much other flavor, still a likeable beer.

A Mes rate: Bottle at LCRBM3. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. For me, throwing loads of everything at you all at once does not a good beer make. All alcohol and aggresive hops. Overly assertive and no finesse. Just doesn’t work for me.

On tap. Poured a dark brown color with an averaged size head. Smells of molasses, piney, and some citris. Sweet and bitter tasting (nicely balanced).

Deep copper body with a thin light brown head, dark and taunting. Aroma contains a truckload of bold hops, one of those beers that smell thick, probably due to abundant crystal malt? Light citrus character and a suggestion at leather. Taste is very crystal malty with a weird hop profile leading to a untypical dry finish (chalky, dusty, ashes and slightly smokey). Very bitter aftertaste. Body is typical Stone, very full, thick, almost syrupy. Not my favorite Stone, but I gotta recognize the attitude.

Bottle at the cad’s piere party disco. The brewers told me this is best before 3 months of it being made, however this is at last 6 months old so perhaps noit soo hot. Alround rating: Does exactly what it says on the tin, huge malty beast, huge bittering hop, however still very drinkable.

Re-rate: This bottle was aged about a year. The hops have mellowed a bit in the aroma and given way to more complex bready crystal malts. Good sweet caramel flavor blends well with the bitterness. Still no sign of alcohol. I think the aging has made this less "arrogant", but I enjoy it more. Original Rating: This has a fresh citrusy hop aroma with hints of caramel malt. Deep copper with a thick, lacy, cougar-colored head that coats the glass as it diminishes. Starts slightly malty and sweet, almost chocolatey, finishes sort of sticky and astringently bitter, but remains pretty well balanced. Another plus is that you really can't taste the ABV. In my opinion, they used to many bittering hops, and not enough aroma or flavor hops.