Crime
Arrogant Consortia in Escondido, California, United States 🇺🇸
Brewed at/by: Stone BrewingStrong Ale Rotating Out of Production
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Score
6.36
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Crime was first concocted in 2010, when Stone CEO Greg Koch decided to ruin a beautiful barrel full of Lukcy Basartd Ale by dumping a variety of chile peppers from his backyard garden into the beer. This year’s version is still very hoppy in spite of the barrel aging, with lots of oak and malt. The long finish reveals layers of oak, vanilla, bourbon and malt that synergistically combine to produce complex caramel flavors, with peppers adding pleasant tamarind, subtle tropical flavors and significant heat.
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Dorain (2838) reviewed Crime from Arrogant Consortia 8 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 4
Vom Fass Stone Brewing Berlin 2016-10 getrunken. Wie sagt der DunklerMessias: "Schmerz hilft verstehen." Ok so ist es beim Crime, denn die Chili bringt den Gaumen auf hohe Temperatur. 8o Was das Gute bei dieser Arogant Bastard Variante ist das der Chili die heftige Bitterkeit fast vollständig überdeckt. Mehr als paar Schluck kann man (also ich) davon nicht trinken.
Bytemesis (16229) reviewed Crime from Arrogant Consortia 8 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 4
Bottle. A crime indeed. Pours very hazy hazel, large creamy beige head, good lacing. Aroma is an immediate blast of chili peppers, overwhelms whatever else might be there. Flavor is light plus sweet, quite spicy - drinkable if you enjoy a lot of spice in your food, otherwise probably crazy. Big big pepper flavor with some caramel underneath. Bourbon lost in the noise on this one. Medium body, burning hot finish. This is not necessarily a BAD beer, but the pepper addition was enough to take all the complexity out leaving a single note with nothing much behind it. Full disclosure: this was a 2014 vintage bottle. It is entirely possible that Stone has dialed this one back in in the years since.
Lameth (4926) reviewed Crime from Arrogant Consortia 8 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
On tap @ Stone Brewing Berlin. Comes with a hazy brown amber color with a little brown head. The nose ist malty and oaky with nice aromas of bitter fruits like grapefruits, citrus and orange-peel combined with caramel and roasted nuts. Taste of grapefruit und orange peel (like the nose), some raisins, some nuts and then a lot of spicy chilli peppers! Only citrus peel and spicy chilli pepper on the finish. On my opinion too much spicyness. But it has a nice effect: the palate becomes more sensitiv, so the next beer (in this case an IPA) become more intensiv.
superspak (10160) reviewed Crime from Arrogant Consortia 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
500 ml bottle into tulip glass, 2015 vintage bottling. Pours very hazy/cloudy dark reddish brown/light copper color with a 1-2 finger dense light khaki head with good retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings around the glass. Aromas of big grapefruit, orange peel, raisin, cherry, plum, chili pepper, pine, caramel, honey, brown sugar, toffee, and toasted biscuit; with light vanilla, bourbon, oak, nuttiness, roast, smoke, herbal, floral, and oak/toasted earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of citrus/pine hops, chili peppers, dark/bready malt, and light-moderate bourbon barrel notes; with great strength. Taste of big grapefruit, orange peel, raisin, cherry, plum, chili pepper, pine, caramel, honey, brown sugar, toffee, and toasted biscuit; with light vanilla, bourbon, oak, nuttiness, roast, smoke, herbal, floral, and oak/toasted earthiness. Light-moderate pine/citrus peel bitterness and pepper spiciness on the finish; with lingering notes of grapefruit, orange peel, raisin, cherry, plum, chili pepper, pine, caramel, honey, brown sugar, toffee, toasted biscuit, herbal, floral, and oak/toasted earthiness on the finish for a while. Great complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/pine hops, chili peppers, dark/bready malt, and light-moderate bourbon barrel flavors; with a great malt/bitter/spiciness balance, and zero astringent flavors after the finish. Light-moderate dryness from bitter/spiciness, increasing through the glass. Medium carbonation and medium-full body; with a very smooth, creamy/bready/sticky, and lightly slick/resinous balanced mouthfeel that is great. Alcohol is very well hidden; a light warmth with zero barrel booziness after the finish. Increasing pepper heat through the glass, but never overwhelming. Overall this is a great pepper spiced American strong ale! All around great complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/pine hops, chili peppers, dark/bready malt, and light-moderate bourbon barrel flavors; very smooth and easy to sip on for the ABV, and despite the increasing pepper spice/heat. Barrel seemed to be overpowered a bit, but had solid presence. Base beer flavors were still showcased very well. I have had other pepper beers that were more intense on peppers/heat, yet still very drinkable. I have a very high tolerance for pepper flavors, so this was extremely easy drinking. A really enjoyable offering all around.
Gyllenbock (17517) reviewed Crime from Arrogant Consortia 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4
On tap at Taphouse. A bit hazy light amber with a white head. Aroma and taste dominated by strong chili. Also malt and some herbs. A bit too much burning chili.
Reubs (35480) reviewed Crime from Arrogant Consortia 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5
Tap@Taphouse, Copenhagen (Stone TTO 27/11/2016) - pours hazy amber orange with a beige head. Aroma and taste is overt chilli spice and sweet malty notes, lots of spice and black pepper notes, brown sugar, oaky wooden nuance,love chilli but this is abit overkill for my palate.
yespr (55501) reviewed Crime from Arrogant Consortia 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
From tap. Pours cloudy orange with a small off white head. Aroma is herbal chili and toasted malty. Solid herbal, chili bite. Dry and burning chili. Light toasted malty. Burning chili finish.
Ungstrup (52110) reviewed Crime from Arrogant Consortia 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
Draft. A hazy red beer with a lazing yellowish head. The aroma has notes of chilis, caramel, and fruit. The flavor is sweet with strong notes of chilis as well as medium notes of caramel and malt, leading to a burning chili finish. Interesting, but I’m not the biggest chili lover, so a bit overboard for me.
potjebier (6609) reviewed Crime from Arrogant Consortia 9 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottle, shared at a beer tasting @ Beer Temple - thanks Peter for providing these beers. Amber/red color, hazy. Not much head. Aroma’s: caramel, vegetables. Retronasal it’s caramel, Maggi, pepper. Flavor is moderate sweet, moderate bitter, weird.Strong alcohol feel. Pepper heat kicks in quite quickly. Medium to full bodied. Finish is hot, moderate bitter.
Ferris (26026) reviewed Crime from Arrogant Consortia 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5
Bottle - Lots of peppery jalapeño. Cloudy copper with a ton of floaties. It burns and is undrinkable. Why would they do this?