Arrogant Bastard Ale - Oaked
Arrogant Consortia in Escondido, California, United States 🇺🇸
Brewed at/by: Stone BrewingStrong Ale Rotating Out of Production
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Score
7.56
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Made with American Oak Wood Chips
This is an aggressive beer. You probably won’t like it. It is quite doubtful that you have the taste or sophistication to be able to appreciate an ale of this quality and depth. We would suggest that you stick to safer and more familiar territory—maybe something with a multimillion-dollar ad campaign aimed at convincing you it’s made in a little brewery, or one that implies that their tasteless fizzy yellow beer will give you more sex appeal. Perhaps you think multimillion-dollar ad campaigns make a beer taste better. Perhaps you’re mouthing your words as you read this.
Too many strive towards complacency as a goal. We grow up thinking that the ability to become complacent is the equivalence of success in life. True Arrogant Bastards know that this could not be further from the truth. The real beauty, richness and depth in life can only be found if the journey through life itself is looked upon as a constant chance to learn, live and find life’s passion. Passion threatens the complacent, and fills them with fear. Fear of the new, the deep and the different. We, on the other hand, seek it out. Endlessly, joyously...and aggressively. To this end we bring you “OAKED Arrogant Bastard Ale.” Another reward for those seeking new sources of passion, and another point of dissension for those who are not.
This is an aggressive beer. You probably won’t like it. It is quite doubtful that you have the taste or sophistication to be able to appreciate an ale of this quality and depth. We would suggest that you stick to safer and more familiar territory—maybe something with a multimillion-dollar ad campaign aimed at convincing you it’s made in a little brewery, or one that implies that their tasteless fizzy yellow beer will give you more sex appeal. Perhaps you think multimillion-dollar ad campaigns make a beer taste better. Perhaps you’re mouthing your words as you read this.
Too many strive towards complacency as a goal. We grow up thinking that the ability to become complacent is the equivalence of success in life. True Arrogant Bastards know that this could not be further from the truth. The real beauty, richness and depth in life can only be found if the journey through life itself is looked upon as a constant chance to learn, live and find life’s passion. Passion threatens the complacent, and fills them with fear. Fear of the new, the deep and the different. We, on the other hand, seek it out. Endlessly, joyously...and aggressively. To this end we bring you “OAKED Arrogant Bastard Ale.” Another reward for those seeking new sources of passion, and another point of dissension for those who are not.
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6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
355ml bottle from Utobeer. Pours opaque brown with big off-white head. Malty toffee nose, taste is bitter roast, caramel and twiglets. Can’t detect much of an oak influence. A bit too rich for my liking.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Aug 2014
at 14:15
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle from Beers of Europe, courtesy of my kids for Fathers Day :-) Poured a clear medium amber with a frothy white head and some broken lace. The aroma is malt, resin hop. The flavour is medium bitter with a smooth big wood, toffee resin hop bitter, light toothpaste, boozy alcohol palate. Medium bodied with average carbonation. A rather unusual beer and highly drinkable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Jul 2014
at 12:53
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
0,355L bottle. Pours dark amber-brown with tan head. The head stays for a moment. Aroma is intense caramel, oak, dark fruits, and hoppy citrus. Taste is heavy sweet and bitter, caramel, malt, wood, and fruits. Finish is intense dry bitter with wood. Alcohol is only slightly noticeable. Overall: very nice brew.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Jul 2014
at 12:54
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Etched bottle from backlog. Pours dark brown. Tan head. Nose/taste of dark cherry, toffee, caramel, sugary bread, oak and brown sugar. Medium-full bodied.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Jul 2014
at 19:26
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 7
A slightly reddish, dark brown beer with a dense, medium and beige head. The nose has nutty malts, wood, some roastiness, herbal hoppyness in the end. Medium bodied, pleasant and smooth carbonation, almost velvety to drink. Stone has brewed again a velvet beer, that’s great. Wooden beer which I couldn’t find the final purpose, a basic good beer.
Tried
on 21 Jun 2014
at 09:23
7/10
Tried
on 28 May 2014
at 22:23
9.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 10
Texture 10
Overall 9.5
Flaska från Privatimport. Klar rubinröd vätska med gulfärgat skum. Massiva dofter av tallbarr, kåda och citrus. Förvånansvärt mjuk och len inledning som sedan ersätts av ett ordentligt riv i beskan. Ekfatstonerna ramar in smaken på ett bra vis. Denna var riktigt smarrig. Ytterligare en fullträff från Stone.
Tried
on 24 May 2014
at 11:45
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bitterness and smokiness, nice and easy to drink. Dark amber/ brown, aroma of wood chips, peat, Taste is mildly sweet up front, with bitterness on the backside.. High ABV masked by the smoky bitterness.
Tried
on 08 Apr 2014
at 20:32
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
Pivni 26 Jan 13. Keg. Dyprødbrun. Greit skum. Svak aroma: Litt bær. Smaken er frukt & bær. Bli syrlig etter hvert. Avslutninga er tørket frukt. Litt uidentifiserbar bakgrunns-smak. Er det eika?
Tried
on 16 Feb 2014
at 04:20
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Jan 2014
at 17:25