Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
(Bottle 65 cl) Hazy, orangey brown with a dense, stable, beige head that leaves some laces. Fat aroma of caramel and overripe fruit. Fairly full body with lots of sweet caramel, overripe fruit and cinnamon. A fairly hoppy finish. Lovely. 030407
Mansquito (19100) reviewed Arrogant Bastard Ale from Arrogant Consortia 18 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Yeah, well I know I "probably won’t like it," but well I do. Maybe it is because I really need a beer, maybe because it is a really good beer. It pours with minimal head, but leaves nice lacing. Nice brownish read colour to it indeed. It has a deleightlful sweet and fruity smell. The first sip is quite bitter and hoppy. The finish is also rather bitter and leaves a sort of sticky taste in the mouth. Nothing really wrong with this beer. It has a lot going for it and I look forward to trying the Double and Ruination.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Clear amber color, short off-white head. Aroma of hop, cascade, malt, some toffee. Soft taste, very bitter, sweet malts. Bit oak maybe. Bitter palate. Nice.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
(sampled at the Düsseldorf RB gathering) Clear, amber colour with an off-white foamy head. Slightly toasty nose with pleasant citrousy, floral hops. Citrousy hoppy bitter flavour, soft and slightly caramel-malty background, light barrique-notes. Dry, slightly roasted, woody and aromatic hoppy finish with a lingering aftertaste.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 9
Bottle, 7.2%. Nice, bonbony sweet hop aroma. Almost clear red/brown colour. Very bitter flavour with good aroma hops. Ends on a weak, but nice, vanilla, cigarbox aftertaste.
JK (8181) reviewed Double Bastard Ale from Arrogant Consortia 18 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Dark, cloudy orange appearance. Aroma is surprisingly sweet but it is more of a citrus, pine hop sweetness rather than from malt. There is a solid malt body but the aroma is more citrus hops and florals. This is still very good but I don’t think age has done it any favors.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 3 | Overall - 16
Not significantly different from Arrogant Bastard — the oak just a whisper in the background. So, this is every bit as good as Arrogant Bastard with an added bonus. Cloudy copper pour with dense-bubbled, beige head that pools like a Belgian strong ale. Strong malty nose — bread and caramel and floral. Flavor is sweet with oak in the background before turning very bitter. Medium body and comfortable carbonation. Long, bitter and dry finish. Nice.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle courtesy of Beerandblues2: Poured a dark brown color ale with a nice medium brown foamy head with good retention. Aroma of citrus hops with some nice caramel malt. Taste is sweeter then expected with lots of caramel malt and a medium bitter finish with some citrusy hops. Body is definitely above average with some medium carbonation. I thought the oak presence was quite subtle and overall this is more reminiscent to a barleywine then an American Strong Ale but enjoyable nonetheless.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle (at the Düsseldorf Gathering): Strong fruity and aromatic-hoppy nose; robust to strong bitter dry flavour, medium bodied; lingering distinctive dry resinous-hoppy finish. Very decent stuff.........
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle at the Düsseldorf Gathering. Lightly hazy amber body. Creamy, lightly brown body. Splendid aroma of liquor and a lot of american hops. Heavily bitter, lightly sweet (caramel) flavour. More than ok, but the balance is not totally perfect. But still very complex. Not too aggressive.