Oaked Arrogant Bastard Ale

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

Bottle: A syrupy looking liquor with a puffed honeycomb head. Fruity and deep hop nose with tick underlying malt characters. Big and strong with a huge hop hit. Slowly giving way to a smooth syrupy oaked flavour and a dry tickle in your throat. A little carbonation and a round airy finish are a perfect accompaniment to the heavy mouthfeel. Keg @ The White Horse: A light vanilla and wood aroma. In the mouth there is a rich, spicy burn and strong hoppy bitterness paired with good, wholesome malts. Thick and smooth with tight carbonation. Great

12 oz bottle. Pours a clear purple with ruby highlights and large tan head nice lacing. Earthy, dogfoody, nose, like a scotch ale. Complex malty flavors of wood, green hops, caramel, toffee, with a alcoholic warming on the tail. Medium smooth body with an oakey finish. Pretty decent.

Bottle. Moderate to heavy malt aromas of roasted and caramel, light orange for the hops, light broth and leather for the yeast, with background notes of date, cherry, wood, brown sugar and pepper. Head is large, frothy, off-white with excellent lacing and is fully lasting. Color is sparkling clear reddish orange. Flavor starts moderately sweet and lightly acidic, then the long finish is moderately acidic and bitter. Palate is medium, oily as can be, and has a soft to lively carbonation. It finishes lightly alcoholic. Can’t remember what the regular stuff was like except that I liked it a whole lot, but this was awesome. Thank God Stone is available in FL now.

12oz in bordeaux glass. Deep copper with tall, diminishing yellow head. Vanilla, tangerine, jasmine, and mellow leather notes. Rich caramel malty flavor with hints of juniper. Finishes tart and coating, but less hot and harsh than standard AB. Full-bodied and rich, balanced with bold and punchy yet refined characters.

This is quite nice. Very smooth and rich. I recall some vanilla and bourbon, but also with all the good stuff I enjoy from the regular arrogant bastard. I’m glad they made this.

355ml bottle, dark copper color, with a fluffy beige head, light floral hop lavender nose with some leafy, minty notes, with a mild toasted, caramelized malt accent, and a light vanilla oakiness with some piney, coniferous aromas follow through on a medium-bodied palate with a sweet toasty, fruity flowery hop character of peaches, tangerines, with some leafy, spearmint, kind of medicinal flower accent, with a hint of vanilla oakiness, leading towards a warming, malty, intense hop leafiness, minty bittering finish.

Nice fruity aroma with lots of subtlety - leather, sweetness and must. Good painted label, bottle-brown beer with a big head, almost clear (hard to tell in a foggy glass.) Piney, lemon/lime marmalade, chalky chocolate notes, vanilla. The oak really didn’t jump all over me. Long bitter aftertaste which turns nutty/grassy.

a great great brew.. no hold barred ... opposite of mort goldman .. god, insanely drinkable..., shows up the regular version a bit .. a class act all the way .. won’t someone please think of the children!.. i also bet that Jennifer love Hewitt is a great fuck! ..lil bitch!