Bastard in the Rye
Arrogant Consortia in Escondido, California, United States 🇺🇸
Brewed at/by: Stone BrewingStrong Ale - American Rotating Out of Production
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Score
7.56
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2013 Arrogant Bastard Ale Unfiltered and Aged 5 months in Charred American Oak Templeton Rye Whiskey Barrels
The progenitor of the American strong ale style, Arrogant Bastard Ale is loaded with malt, hops, and bold flavors. This audaciously complex, aggressive beer never wavers in its unprecedented celebration of intensity.
This is our third experiment using barrels from Templeton Rye Whiskey, an artisanal spirit conjurer dating back to the Prohibition Era. Arrogant Bastard Ale’s aggressive base flavors lead the charge, followed by well-integrated whiskey flavors, lifting already intense caramel notes while adding nuances of vanilla and spice. Smooth and lingering toasted oak and coconut, developed during aging, come on strong in the finish. Deep and complex, this beer will continue to evolve with the passage of time, just as our country’s views on firewater have since the “noble experiment’s” abrogation.
The progenitor of the American strong ale style, Arrogant Bastard Ale is loaded with malt, hops, and bold flavors. This audaciously complex, aggressive beer never wavers in its unprecedented celebration of intensity.
This is our third experiment using barrels from Templeton Rye Whiskey, an artisanal spirit conjurer dating back to the Prohibition Era. Arrogant Bastard Ale’s aggressive base flavors lead the charge, followed by well-integrated whiskey flavors, lifting already intense caramel notes while adding nuances of vanilla and spice. Smooth and lingering toasted oak and coconut, developed during aging, come on strong in the finish. Deep and complex, this beer will continue to evolve with the passage of time, just as our country’s views on firewater have since the “noble experiment’s” abrogation.
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10/10
Tried
on 27 Jan 2018
at 22:30
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Shared bomber, snifters. Hazy, murky. Pleasant whiskey booze aroma. Barrel aging seems to have mellowed the arrogance of the bastard.
Tried
on 07 Feb 2016
at 16:18
7.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
Poured a murky dark amber color with a small off-white head. Aroma was light spiced notes, butterscotch, booze, light rye spice notes. Flavor was boozy spice notes.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Dec 2015
at 02:27
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
500 ml bottle poured into a snifter. 10% ABV Bastard in the Rye bottle from the Quingenti Millilitre 2014 series, batch #5. Dark reddish brown with 2.5 fingers of beige head. Aromas of whiskey, rye, spices. Tastes of whiskey, big rye, spices, citrus, floral and bitter notes, oak. Medium body with a dry finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Oct 2014
at 17:07
7.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 6.5
The 50cl caged and corked Bastard in the Rye bottle (2014 vintage with 2013 Templeton Rye Barrels) pours with a murky amber brown body that supports a light tan head. The aroma offers up lots of whiskey as well as some oak, vanilla and then echoes of Arrogant Bastard Ale (ABA) malts and pine hoppiness. The taste is soft and sweet and delivers sweet whiskey, mild spicy oak, sugary sweetness, sweet vanilla and then thin ribbons of pine hops and ABA malts and roasted maltiness. This ends with lingering whiskey and mild pine hops mixed with faint maltiness. I’d love to try this with a lot less barrel character and find out how ABA evenly balanced with the barrel notes turns out.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Sep 2014
at 13:58