6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
12 oz bottle -pours a rich tan head that laces and crimson color. Aroma is medium/dark malt-sweet, fruity/woody hops. Taste is vanilla, medium/dark malt-sweet, fruity/woody hops-some earthiness. Occasional. OK/mild carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Nov 2007
at 22:29
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
This ale poured a dark colour of copper. Taste was very hoppy with grassy notes. the finish was also very hoppy. A hopp heads delight
Tried
on 10 Nov 2007
at 20:42
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
12-oz bottle, $2.99 from Wine Warehouse, Charlottesville, VA. Pours brown with a large tan head. Piney aroma with some alcohol. Bitter hops, toasty malts, and alcohol in the mouth.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Nov 2007
at 18:55
8.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
On draft @ BW3 downtown Indy. Pours cloudy murky brown with copper edges and creamy tan head. I get a vague sweetness and oak agedness in the aroma. Nothing but thick cigarette smoke around me so that is just about all I can smell. Flavor starts off smooth then the 90L to 120L crystal malts jump out along with centennial hop kick in the face creating the classic Arrogant Bastard Ale sensation. Lots of malts and lots of hops. I only pick up a faint wood note. Very faint in fact. Re-rate in a better environment.
12oz bottle pours a crystal clear deep amber with light mocha head. The aroma is lighter than I’d like with sweet caramelized type malts, pine hoppiness and faint wood. The flavor has that classic ABA bust of flavor coming from medium roasted malts and maybe 90L crystal malts mixed with a solid pine hop bitterness. Midway a short lived up welling of malty sweetness murmurs up about the same moment as some mild oakiness. The oak goes very well with the base ABA flavors. Comes up short in the aroma though.
12oz bottle pours a crystal clear deep amber with light mocha head. The aroma is lighter than I’d like with sweet caramelized type malts, pine hoppiness and faint wood. The flavor has that classic ABA bust of flavor coming from medium roasted malts and maybe 90L crystal malts mixed with a solid pine hop bitterness. Midway a short lived up welling of malty sweetness murmurs up about the same moment as some mild oakiness. The oak goes very well with the base ABA flavors. Comes up short in the aroma though.
Tried
from Draft
on 01 Nov 2007
at 23:06
5.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 6
Apparently, this is a beer that shouldn’t be oak aged, I like the normal version considerably better.
Tried
on 05 Oct 2007
at 17:03
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
12 oz bottle. Popped the cap and head comes foaming out like a volcano. Strike one. Nose is subtle and smells spicy, sweet, malty with touches of vanilla. Color is a deep, translucent caramel brown with zero head. Flavor was mixed IPA and mellow brown ale, the oak probably smoothed the soapiness of the hops. Finish has everything, hop bitterness, sweet malt. Nice, but not great. I’d rather have the original. Rerate 5/13/2008. Ap - 4, Ar - 7, Fl - 7, Fin - 3, Ovr - 14. Tasted at the Brickskellar’s Lupulin Reunulin event. Pours a translucent, dark brown amber with a rocky tan head. Aroma is sugary, toffee, caramel, whiskey, honey and some butterscotch. Flavor has more butterscotch, heavy malt, vanilla, oak, brown sugar and a bit gummy. Very full and thick in the mouth. This was good the second time around and on tap I think there was less oak.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Sep 2007
at 17:24
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Rerate: 22 ounce bottle from Wine Warehouse in Charlottesville, VA. Pours a slightly hazy dark red color with a medium head. Decent head retention and lacing. Big fresh citrus hop aroma with faint toffeeish notes. Taste is bitter citrus, resin and leafy hop notes. Toffee and nutty notes are also in the taste. FUll bodied. 7/4/8/4/16/3.9
Bottle. Very faint, malty aroma. Took a sip or two to get used to. Very strong, very hoppy, with a nice smooth, creamy finish. Nice. 6/4/8/4/17/3.9
Bottle. Very faint, malty aroma. Took a sip or two to get used to. Very strong, very hoppy, with a nice smooth, creamy finish. Nice. 6/4/8/4/17/3.9
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Sep 2007
at 00:18
4.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 3
On tap at the Vintage Estates, thanks Nuts. Hazy brown pour that is lighter than I expected. looks like a dunkel weizen. Big creamy head. Malty aroma with a slight yeast mildy attacking the olfactoory. interesting woody flavor seems to squash and tame the hop bitterness that I expected. Mild leathery feel and taste. Below average carbonation but what is there is rather creamy. medium strength bitter finish hangs for a while.
Tried
from Draft
on 22 Sep 2007
at 13:15
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
3L bomber (2004 version) at our Septoberfest party. The beer is cloudy dark reddish-brown color with a thick tan head that has good retention. Patches of lacing. Woody, citrusy hops aroma with lots of malt. Full-bodied with a subtle oak character which infuses the already-tasty Arrogant Bastard with an interesting new dimension. Flavors of malt, fruit and piney hops are all present. Hops become steadily more pronounced. The finish is hoppy and malty with a lingering citrus and apricot aftertaste. Really good.
Tried
on 20 Sep 2007
at 12:47
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8
12 oz. Perfect pour. Dark brown color with a touch of ruby. Aroma is that of regular Arrogant Bastard, but with a nice touch of oak and vanilla. The flavor is extremely smooth, and creamy. While not extremely high in alcohol content, the beer has no distinguishable features that would lead me to believe that it’s any higher than a typical beer (~5%).
Tried
on 20 Sep 2007
at 01:08