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Stone: Oaked Arrogant Bastard Ale

This New World strong ale is/was brewed by Stone in Escondido, California, USA. It's achieved an overall score of 56.82%. Based on 1 tasting, the average ABV is 7.20%.

Historical Community Tasting Notes

Preserved from the RateBeer community archive (circa 2000–2018)

Pours a tantalizingly dark amber, with 2 fingers of creamy light tan head. Citrus is the first aroma to hit the nose followed by caramel malts. The flavor is complex, malty, sweet, smoky, somewhat bitter and delicious. The body has a nice creaminess to it and leaves a nice sticky coating on the lips. Very unique and satisfying beer, and contrary t
UPDATED: SEP 11, 2009 The oak chips are really noticeable, even more so than I thought and definitely adds a different element to the beer, although AB itself is one damn fine beer. Hazy deep amber color with a nice tan head with lacing. Aroma is oak, vanilla, fruit (cherries?) and roasted malt and this part is more enjoyable than the original. I g
Bottle. Other posters have detailed the complexity of this beer better than I can. However, I didnt find the flavor or palate as exciting as most. Pours a nice head that laced well, the oak flavor is immediately present with other flavors of caramel malts, a bit of smokiness and possibly a tad bit of citrus.

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Date and Time Container Pub/Place and Where Strength ABV Colour Score Components Score Descriptive word(s) Book No.
8th Feb 2009 at 8:00 pm bottle (home), Liverpool, Merseyside, England 7.20 dark Taste: 76.47%
Head: 66.67%
Aroma: 60%
Ease: 55.56%
Clarity: 100%
 56.816% rugged 281

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Other Beers (etc.) by Stone

Apart from Oaked Arrogant Bastard Ale, Hop Horizons lists 50 others by Stone. These are:
16th Anniversary IPA
17th Gotterdammerung IPA
19th Anniversary - Thunderstruck IPA
7th Anniversary Ale
Americano Stout
Arrogant Bastard Ale
Beach Stone Brut IPA
Belgian Style Triple Ale
Bourbon Barrel-Aged Arrogant Bastard
Buenaveza Salt & Lime Lager
Cali-Belgique IPA
Chai-Spiced Imperial Russian Stout
Cherry Chocolate Stout (w/ Jason Fields & Kevin Sheppard and Tröegs) (aged 5 years)
Citrusy Wit
Delicious IPA
Drew & Steve's Imperial Mutt Brown Ale (2015 Spotlight Series)
Enjoy After 07.04.16 Brett IPA
Enjoy By 09/02/15
Espresso Totalitarian
Exalted IPA
Farking Wheaton w00tstout
Fear. Movie. Lions.
Go To IPA
Grainiac (Stochasticity Project)
Hazy IPA
HiFi + LoFi Mix Tape (Stochasticity Project)
IPA (5.9% version)
IPA (6.9% version)
Imperial Russian Stout
Ishii Japanese Green Tea IPA
Levitation
Mocha IPA
Neverending Haze IPA
Old Guardian 2014 Release
Old Guardian Belgo 2011
Pale Ale
Pataskala Red X IPA
Points Unknown IPA (w/ Ecliptic and Wicked Weed)
Ripper
Ruination IPA
Smoked Porter
Smoked Porter with Chipotle Peppers
Sorry Not Sorry IPA
Sublimely Self-Righteous Black IPA
Tangerine Express IPA
Vertical Epic 11.11.11
Vertical Epic Ale
Xocoveza
Your Father Smelt of Elderberries (Stochasticity Project)
w00tstout: Imperial Pecan Barrel Aged

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