Oaked Arrogant Bastard Ale - Stone Brewing Co.

AmitC

Indiana

4.04/5  rDev -4.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4

12 oz bottle with enjoy by date of 03/14/13. So about a month before its best drinking age.

Color is dark copper or almost deep ruby-brown. Huge hints of red color. Maroon or chestnut color would be a better description. About one finger thick light tan colored head that stays for only some time. Decent lacing on the sides. Some minor bubbles.

Aroma is a mix of toasty malts, resinous hops and very very slight wood. Some very vague vanilla comes through in the nose as well. Overall strength is mild. Oak aging via chips has resulted in a subdued aroma as far as oak, wooden and vanilla fragrances are concerned. Hop aroma is not strong either. Drinks like an old ale. Alcohol does not come through.

Flavor is again very subdued. Very malt forward and strictly less hops than in its non-oaked counterpart. Slight bitterness in the finish. Caramel and toasted malts along with resinous and piney hops.

Mouth feel is medium bodied. Moderate to low carbonation. Drinks very easy and smooth. Hides the alcohol, though there is not much to hide at just above 7%.

Non-Oaked version is slightly better.

Serving type: bottle

02-10-2013 14:45:28 | More by AmitC

Weas

Arkansas

4/5  rDev -5.4%

06-19-2013 03:38:45 | More by Weas

Chuck_25

Kansas

3.75/5  rDev -11.3%

06-19-2013 03:35:32 | More by Chuck_25

midnitesun11

California

4.25/5  rDev +0.5%

06-19-2013 01:53:43 | More by midnitesun11

BeerChanticleer

Pennsylvania

4.25/5  rDev +0.5%

06-19-2013 01:26:49 | More by BeerChanticleer

taylor714914

Pennsylvania

3.5/5  rDev -17.3%

06-18-2013 23:48:34 | More by taylor714914

jbar920

Massachusetts

4.5/5  rDev +6.4%

06-18-2013 17:43:29 | More by jbar920

RyV

California

4/5  rDev -5.4%

06-18-2013 06:22:05 | More by RyV

Mattias

Sweden

2.25/5  rDev -46.8%

06-17-2013 19:52:03 | More by Mattias

spw109

New York

4.75/5  rDev +12.3%

06-17-2013 07:36:51 | More by spw109

BeerRunner

Texas

4.5/5  rDev +6.4%

06-17-2013 03:17:12 | More by BeerRunner

Chingringo

Florida

4.75/5  rDev +12.3%

06-17-2013 02:45:41 | More by Chingringo

GuitarIPA

Connecticut

3.25/5  rDev -23.2%

06-16-2013 23:40:58 | More by GuitarIPA

fsck

Washington

4/5  rDev -5.4%

06-16-2013 07:43:10 | More by fsck

anson42

California

4/5  rDev -5.4%

06-16-2013 01:23:59 | More by anson42

jlazerus

Colorado

5/5  rDev +18.2%

06-16-2013 01:05:02 | More by jlazerus

SourAddict

Wisconsin

4/5  rDev -5.4%

06-15-2013 01:07:49 | More by SourAddict

b1515152004

Pennsylvania

4.5/5  rDev +6.4%

06-14-2013 23:41:52 | More by b1515152004

ACB

California

4.5/5  rDev +6.4%

06-14-2013 22:30:33 | More by ACB

Danno48

West Virginia

4.75/5  rDev +12.3%

06-14-2013 17:16:15 | More by Danno48

beerguy36

Tennessee

4.5/5  rDev +6.4%

06-13-2013 20:56:40 | More by beerguy36

Satan70

Wisconsin

3.5/5  rDev -17.3%

06-13-2013 02:47:39 | More by Satan70

smartassboiler

Illinois

4/5  rDev -5.4%

06-12-2013 23:10:14 | More by smartassboiler

barczar

Kentucky

4.01/5  rDev -5.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Pours a brilliant amber with copper highlights and a frothy one inch beige head that dissipates slowly, leaving thick, holy lacing.

Resin, pine, and grapefruit open the aroma, with fresh cut grass and slightly dank cannabis rounding out the hop profile. There's some caramel malt sweetness buried in there somewhere, along with toasty oak. Notes of dark fruits...raisins, prunes, and figs, emerge.

Flavor is a juxtaposition of sweet and bitter. There's an initial promise of bitterness, which the malt overcomes mid palate, but resiny, herbal hops take back the profile in the finish. Grapefruit, tea, fresh cut grass, resin, burnt caramel, and oak are on the laundry list of flavor notes. Lightly burnt toast flavors emerge as it warms.

Body is fairly full, with moderate carbonation and light alcohol warmth. They'd a bit of hop astringency present.

Great, complex beer. A little too resiny bitter for my liking, but still very good in all other respects.

Serving type: bottle

06-12-2013 18:21:20 | More by barczar

JMUbrewz

Virginia

4/5  rDev -5.4%

06-12-2013 17:26:48 | More by JMUbrewz