Bastard in the Rye
Arrogant Consortia in Escondido, California, United States 🇺🇸
Brewed at/by: Stone BrewingStrong Ale Rotating Out of Production
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Score
7.52
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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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Erzengel (18514) ticked Bastard in the Rye from Arrogant Consortia 8 years ago
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.
GenDV138 (9249) reviewed Bastard in the Rye from Arrogant Consortia 11 years ago
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.
Ibrew2or3 (10819) reviewed Bastard in the Rye from Arrogant Consortia 11 years ago
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.