Smug Devil
Hargreaves Hill in Lilydale, Victoria, Australia 🇦🇺
Strong Ale - American Regular|
Score
7.11
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A tribute to Stone's Arrogant Bastard - loaded with Chinook hops and propped up by a strong malt backbone. Bitter, bold, and brimming with pine, dark caramel, and existential swagger.
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8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Press deep amber, almost copper with a large lasting head.
Nose shows rich malt, heavy pine and resinous hops, soft bready malt, faint petrol-like hops, very dank.
Flavours include more rich malt, but not particularly sweet. Big resinous and dank hops, with some soft grapefruit behind. Followed by an aggressive, almost abrasive bitterness as expected.
Nose shows rich malt, heavy pine and resinous hops, soft bready malt, faint petrol-like hops, very dank.
Flavours include more rich malt, but not particularly sweet. Big resinous and dank hops, with some soft grapefruit behind. Followed by an aggressive, almost abrasive bitterness as expected.
Tried
from Can
on 04 Jan 2026
at 09:46
7.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
From a 440ml can on 26/12/2025. Pours a clear amber with a medium head. The nose is malty with some pine and resin in the mix. The taste follows suit - caramel and toasted malt, finishing very bitter with more pine and resin. Full bodied with a slightly oily palate, and average carbonation. I really like the Arrogant Bastard and this is a more than decent nod to it, if not quite as satisfying or in your face.
Tried
from Can
from
Plonk
on 26 Dec 2025
at 04:12
7.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Been a while since I've had Arrogant Bastard. I came around to it a bit. Can. Clear brownish amber with an off white head. Aroma of grapefruit, singed caramel, pine, some peach. Shouty with singed notes in the malt rather than depth and punchy citrus and pine before strong bitterness. Pretty good and certainly recognisable.
Tried
on 29 Nov 2025
at 13:20