Oaked Arrogant Bastard Ale

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

Strong smell of pineapple with hops. Pours brown with a little white head on top. Taste is similar to the smell, perhaps stronger and syrupy. Good feel in the mouth with lots of solids and bitterness in the finish

Bottle. Dark amber color with a small off white head that stays. Toasty caramel with a bitter finish. I taste a hint of vanilla.

Cask at the American beer fest White Horse, London. Deep brown ale with small head. Aroma of caramel, dark fruit. Tastes of caramel, hops, dark fruit, vanilla, a malty heavy number. Really enjoyable, more please.

Love Arrogant Bastard. LIke this better. Exactly what I was expecting. I bit more viscous than I like. Great big oakey flavor.

Bottle. Dark brown with small, beige head. Sweet, caramel, dark bread. Grass, slightly bitter finish. A very nice beer but not outstanding.

Cask conditioned at The White Horse, Parsons Green, London. Thick dark brown with no head. Heavy, sugary, sweet toffee like, chocolatey beer. Totally flat unfortunately and cloying. Some fruitiness in the close, but I couldn’t really get on with this.

on tap @ coles. pours a slight hazed red with a tan head. big malt structure in the nose with some back hopping and some vanilla from the wood. the flavour is very similar to regualr bastard but the aging has calmed the hops and the vanilla aspects of the wood really show. a nice find on tap, i could have enjoyed more pints of this one if i had more time.

On cask at the Daily Pint in Santa Monica, CA. Pours with a murky dark brown orangey hue with no head whatsoever (cask conditioned). Aroma is woody, with dark fruits, caramel, and hops. Flavor starts off grassy and hoppy, with a slightly sweet malty ending. Light-medium bitterness also accompanies this taste in the finish. No carbonation, once again because it was cask conditioned, with thin-medium mouthfeel.