Oaked Arrogant Bastard Ale - Stone Brewing Co.

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rAvg: 4.23
pDev: 12.06%
Reviews: 1743
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Brewed by:
Stone Brewing Co.

California, United States

Style | ABV
American Strong Ale | 7.20% ABV

Availability: Year-round. bottle (1581), on-tap (127), growler (22), cask (13).

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Reviews by pschul4:

pschul4

Illinois

4.18/5 rDev -1.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4

Thanks to my buddy Erik for this treat!

A- Pours a dark brown with a huge dark tan head, about 3 inches of foamy head sticking to the sides of my glass for dear life

S- Intense battle of malts vs hops. Lots of smooth malts in the nose but the piney hops dont let them take over. Not much going on in terms of oak here but it smells amazing regardless

T- Move hops vs malts. The hops take their turn going first and the malts do what they can to keep everything in check but the hops are definitely winning this battle in the taste

M- Very smooth, this is the part of the beer where the oak aging becomes evident

O- Taste is good but a bit of a letdown after how good it smells. Maybe if this was a little older the hops would die off more and it would be awesome but as it stands its a little too hoppy to be perfect. Still delicious and I still would never turn one down

Serving type: bottle

10-08-2012 02:35:09 | More by pschul4

More User Reviews:

megamass

New Jersey

4/5 rDev -5.4%

05-26-2013 02:44:15 | More by megamass

sd123

California

4.25/5 rDev +0.5%

05-26-2013 00:07:03 | More by sd123

sludgegnome

Pennsylvania

4/5 rDev -5.4%

05-25-2013 22:09:35 | More by sludgegnome

ajzy

Wisconsin

1/5 rDev -76.4%

05-25-2013 21:01:12 | More by ajzy

Hoozierdaddy

Illinois

4.25/5 rDev +0.5%

05-25-2013 19:27:03 | More by Hoozierdaddy

danieelol

Australia

4.26/5 rDev +0.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25

Pours a lovely amber with great head and lacing.

Smell is English-style malts and a waxy pine melon lemon from the hops. Do get some floweriness from the oak coming out.

Taste is as I remember it from the original- really strong bittering hops without huge hop flavour. Luckily I like that sort of thing.

There is malt and some hops. Oak provides some chocolatiness; which is great, and also added astringency; which I also enjoy.

Overall a fantastically enjoyable Strong Ale.

Serving type: bottle

05-25-2013 11:51:02 | More by danieelol