7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Can. Clear gold with a modest white head. Aroma of ripe pineapple, kumquat, light biscuit, misc tropical fruit. Sweet tropical fruit flavours are just short of lolly like with pine and a firm bitter finish coming through.
Tried
on 29 May 2026
at 12:34
7.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 7.5
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Press orange/amber with a large fading head.
Nose shows cinnamon, ginger, cloves and pumpkin, with soft malt behind.
Flavours include more gentle pumping along with nutmeg and cloves. Some cinnamon too and a bit of spice-based astringency.
Body feels a little watery.
Nose shows cinnamon, ginger, cloves and pumpkin, with soft malt behind.
Flavours include more gentle pumping along with nutmeg and cloves. Some cinnamon too and a bit of spice-based astringency.
Body feels a little watery.
Tried
from Can
on 26 Mar 2026
at 07:41
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 6
Overall 7
Can. Clear amber, small white head. Shyish aroma of pine, caramel, light bread, some citrus. More presence upon a taste with grapefruit, pine, breadcrust. Medium bodied, could have used a few more bubbles. Firm bitter finish.
Tried
on 10 Mar 2026
at 12:43
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Press deep amber, almost copper with a large lasting head.
Nose shows rich malt, heavy pine and resinous hops, soft bready malt, faint petrol-like hops, very dank.
Flavours include more rich malt, but not particularly sweet. Big resinous and dank hops, with some soft grapefruit behind. Followed by an aggressive, almost abrasive bitterness as expected.
Nose shows rich malt, heavy pine and resinous hops, soft bready malt, faint petrol-like hops, very dank.
Flavours include more rich malt, but not particularly sweet. Big resinous and dank hops, with some soft grapefruit behind. Followed by an aggressive, almost abrasive bitterness as expected.
Tried
from Can
on 04 Jan 2026
at 09:46
7.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
From a 440ml can on 26/12/2025. Pours a clear amber with a medium head. The nose is malty with some pine and resin in the mix. The taste follows suit - caramel and toasted malt, finishing very bitter with more pine and resin. Full bodied with a slightly oily palate, and average carbonation. I really like the Arrogant Bastard and this is a more than decent nod to it, if not quite as satisfying or in your face.
Tried
from Can
from
Plonk
on 26 Dec 2025
at 04:12
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Can. Gold, small white head. Aroma of orange rind, lemon travel lollies, some pine and peach, crackers. Very UK golden ale-like with tropical as well as citrusy hops, white grapes, a drying and moderately bitter finish.
Tried
on 15 Dec 2025
at 13:26
7.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Been a while since I've had Arrogant Bastard. I came around to it a bit. Can. Clear brownish amber with an off white head. Aroma of grapefruit, singed caramel, pine, some peach. Shouty with singed notes in the malt rather than depth and punchy citrus and pine before strong bitterness. Pretty good and certainly recognisable.
Tried
on 29 Nov 2025
at 13:20
6.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 5.5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Aromas of resin, pine, bread and orange. It's an intense experience on the tongue, with the alcohol dominating. Its best quality is that it will get you drunk quickly.
Tried
on 21 Nov 2025
at 11:59
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Pours amber with a small white head.
Nose shows raspberry and lemon, little else.
Flavours include raspberry, a soft acidity amongst the sweetness. A little cloying.
Nose shows raspberry and lemon, little else.
Flavours include raspberry, a soft acidity amongst the sweetness. A little cloying.
Tried
on 03 Nov 2025
at 09:58
7.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Can. Black with a cm+ of tan head. Smells of aniseed-laced liquorice. But there's more to the taste - bready sweetness, a fair bit of roast, hints of stone fruit, spicy bitterness that's intensified by the herbal notes. Quite silky. Weird but good.
Tried
on 29 Oct 2025
at 11:56