Anyone ever try Arrogant Bastard Ale? Picked it up at the beer distributor a few minutes ago ( 48 bucks for 12/22oz bottles!). Unfortunately it was a warm case- so it's sitting in the fridge and I have a few hours of wonder. Just wondering if anyone on here has tried it/ what their impression of it was.
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I like it, it's got plenty of body and a bold flavor. Pretty hoppy if I remember right, they make several Arrogant Bastard beers that are distinctive.
I like it, it's got plenty of body and a bold flavor. Pretty hoppy if I remember right, they make several Arrogant Bastard beers that are distinctive.
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Arrogant Bastard Ale is pretty good....IF you like beer with flavor.
(remember, no beer should be drank when ice cold!! An Ale like this should be served between 44-52 degrees)
Here's Arrogant Bastard's description of their ale, I love their sense of humor:
Arrogant Bastard Ale is pretty good....IF you like beer with flavor.
(remember, no beer should be drank when ice cold!! An Ale like this should be served between 44-52 degrees)Here's Arrogant Bastard's description of their ale, I love their sense of humor:
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I don't drink, but my wife loves it. She drinks a lot of dark beers with flavor.
I don't drink, but my wife loves it. She drinks a lot of dark beers with flavor.
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You don't, she does, well that's a switch! Wanna trade, my wife doesn't drink either! Just don't tell me shes a good shooter also!
You don't, she does, well that's a switch! Wanna trade, my wife doesn't drink either! Just don't tell me shes a good shooter also!
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bm11 thanks for rubbing it in... haha. I still got prob another half hour before it gets cold enough... (this is one of the few times being a highway worker comes in handy- I have a bunch of those laser thermometers sitting around the house (can't let traffic on blacktop until its <140 degrees) and the beer is at 57 right now...
bm11 thanks for rubbing it in... haha. I still got prob another half hour before it gets cold enough... (this is one of the few times being a highway worker comes in handy- I have a bunch of those laser thermometers sitting around the house (can't let traffic on blacktop until its <140 degrees) and the beer is at 57 right now...
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Awesome stuff!...not for fans of fizzy yellow water, but if you like big, hoppy American strong ales this is towards the top of the heap.
Awesome stuff!...not for fans of fizzy yellow water, but if you like big, hoppy American strong ales this is towards the top of the heap.
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It is pretty hoppy. I like it.
"you are not worthy"
It is pretty hoppy. I like it.
"you are not worthy"
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I've had it. I liked it. It's not a beer you drink for quantity as much as for flavor, IMO.
And Peloten is correct, drink at less than ice cold. This beer is great with a nice cigar, for those that partake of the evil weed tabak in that form.
I've had it. I liked it. It's not a beer you drink for quantity as much as for flavor, IMO.
And Peloten is correct, drink at less than ice cold. This beer is great with a nice cigar, for those that partake of the evil weed tabak in that form.
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SIG, do you know what time it is dude?! Haha
SIG, do you know what time it is dude?! Haha
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: J-Ham</div><div class="ubbcode-body">SIG, do you know what time it is dude?! Haha </div></div>
Ya, its just after 3 here, your point? haha.
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: J-Ham</div><div class="ubbcode-body">SIG, do you know what time it is dude?! Haha </div></div>
Ya, its just after 3 here, your point? haha.
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: 2shots</div><div class="ubbcode-body">You don't, she does, well that's a switch! Wanna trade, my wife doesn't drink either! Just don't tell me shes a good shooter also! </div></div>
haha, yes as a mntter of fact she is.
quote from her last week
"babe, I don't like this belt. What about that one that HSGI makes? It's Molle right?"
Bless her heart.
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: 2shots</div><div class="ubbcode-body">You don't, she does, well that's a switch! Wanna trade, my wife doesn't drink either! Just don't tell me shes a good shooter also! </div></div>
haha, yes as a mntter of fact she is.
quote from her last week
"babe, I don't like this belt. What about that one that HSGI makes? It's Molle right?"
Bless her heart.
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: SIG700</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Ya, its just after 3 here, your point? haha.</div></div>
Hahaha, well played sir... Carry on
!
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: SIG700</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Ya, its just after 3 here, your point? haha.</div></div>
Hahaha, well played sir... Carry on
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It's good stuff. I haven't had a beer from Stone Brewing Co. that I didnt like. For the SoCal guys, you gotta go by the brewery for lunch on a weekend. They are in Escondido Ca. Resturant is damn good food too.
It's good stuff. I haven't had a beer from Stone Brewing Co. that I didnt like. For the SoCal guys, you gotta go by the brewery for lunch on a weekend. They are in Escondido Ca. Resturant is damn good food too.
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I tried it, I forget which one I had but I was not a fan. I stick with Long Trail (available north-east only I think) or Sam Adams. For cheaper stuff, anyone try the revamped Schlitz, they are doing it the way they used to when they were #1 in the US, and it is goooooood.
I tried it, I forget which one I had but I was not a fan. I stick with Long Trail (available north-east only I think) or Sam Adams. For cheaper stuff, anyone try the revamped Schlitz, they are doing it the way they used to when they were #1 in the US, and it is goooooood.
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well... just tried it, and I'm sold.
well... just tried it, and I'm sold.
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I'd put in on a top 10 list of favorite beers. This is coming from one who has spent several weeks in Belgium just drinking at every brewery. It's not the most unique ale, nor the strongest, nor the weirdest, and it's not in the ridiculously high gravity section either, but dammit, it's just a great beer. Doesn't hurt that I went through a few 3L magnums of the double arrogant bastard back when I graduated medical school.
I'd put in on a top 10 list of favorite beers. This is coming from one who has spent several weeks in Belgium just drinking at every brewery. It's not the most unique ale, nor the strongest, nor the weirdest, and it's not in the ridiculously high gravity section either, but dammit, it's just a great beer. Doesn't hurt that I went through a few 3L magnums of the double arrogant bastard back when I graduated medical school.
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I had two thoughts when I saw the title. This was AB the beer or I was going to get a Frank Vacation for responding to a political post and mentioning some other AB. Glad it was about beer!
I have a buddy that is always bringing different beers over for us to sample. He brought the big bottle of AB over a while back. I like a wide variety of beers and this one made the "pretty damn good" list.
Thanks for making me thirsty Sig!!
I had two thoughts when I saw the title. This was AB the beer or I was going to get a Frank Vacation for responding to a political post and mentioning some other AB. Glad it was about beer!
I have a buddy that is always bringing different beers over for us to sample. He brought the big bottle of AB over a while back. I like a wide variety of beers and this one made the "pretty damn good" list.
Thanks for making me thirsty Sig!!
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Arrogant Bastard Ale is one of my favorites along with their Stone Ruination IPA.
Arrogant Bastard Ale is one of my favorites along with their Stone Ruination IPA.
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Best beer ever. I am enjoying one now.
Cheers. Sirhr.
Best beer ever. I am enjoying one now.
Cheers. Sirhr.
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Sirhrmechanic</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Best beer ever. I am enjoying one now.
Cheers. Sirhr. </div></div>
+1, though Double Bastard is pretty good.
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Sirhrmechanic</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Best beer ever. I am enjoying one now.
Cheers. Sirhr. </div></div>
+1, though Double Bastard is pretty good.
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Buckeye</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Sirhrmechanic</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Best beer ever. I am enjoying one now.
Cheers. Sirhr. </div></div>
+1, though Double Bastard is pretty good. </div></div>
I was kinda disappointed when I tried Double Bastard, Ab is a bit more my taste.
Firestone Double Jack IPA is another I would recommend.
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Buckeye</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Sirhrmechanic</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Best beer ever. I am enjoying one now.
Cheers. Sirhr. </div></div>
+1, though Double Bastard is pretty good. </div></div>
I was kinda disappointed when I tried Double Bastard, Ab is a bit more my taste.
Firestone Double Jack IPA is another I would recommend.
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: WAMBO</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Arrogant Bastard Ale is one of my favorites along with their <span style="color: #FF0000">Stone Ruination IPA</span>. </div></div>
WIN!
I am a huge fan of Stone, they don't hold back when creating some flavor. They are humorous about it but serious as well. The Stone IPA is close to the top out of the 100+ IPAs I have tried. Arrogant Bastard was my first rodeo with Stone, but I have tried a great majority of their stuff since. Topping the list is probably one of the Anniversary IPAs but those have come and gone (And goodness were they delicious.) I also wasn't the <span style="text-decoration: underline">biggest</span> fan of the Double Arrogant Bastard, or the Oaked version, but both were still definitely drinkers.
I'm an IPA guy, in an out, but love picking my up some ABs every now and then. As for the SoCal guys, it is beer heaven out there. I was overwhelmed when I was out there over Christmas and how many beers are just heard about over here in PA were just sitting on shelf after shelf. I finally got my hands on some Pliny the Elder. Good, but I still rate others much higher.
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: WAMBO</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Arrogant Bastard Ale is one of my favorites along with their <span style="color: #FF0000">Stone Ruination IPA</span>. </div></div>
WIN!
I am a huge fan of Stone, they don't hold back when creating some flavor. They are humorous about it but serious as well. The Stone IPA is close to the top out of the 100+ IPAs I have tried. Arrogant Bastard was my first rodeo with Stone, but I have tried a great majority of their stuff since. Topping the list is probably one of the Anniversary IPAs but those have come and gone (And goodness were they delicious.) I also wasn't the <span style="text-decoration: underline">biggest</span> fan of the Double Arrogant Bastard, or the Oaked version, but both were still definitely drinkers.
I'm an IPA guy, in an out, but love picking my up some ABs every now and then. As for the SoCal guys, it is beer heaven out there. I was overwhelmed when I was out there over Christmas and how many beers are just heard about over here in PA were just sitting on shelf after shelf. I finally got my hands on some Pliny the Elder. Good, but I still rate others much higher.
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When I first discovered Arrogant Bastard... I wrote a note to the company founder in San Diego. Several months later he wrote back. And I think his response give a great indication of the character of the company... in short, awesome!
Original Message to Stone Brewery:
Sent: Tuesday, November 03, 2009 5:21 PM
To: email
Subject: You are not Worthy!
So you think you are a worthy beer? Just because
you managed to bottle some battery acid with a 7.2 percent alc. content?
How can you be a real beer? You don't have a computer-generated glacier train or a couple of stables full of prancing inbred Clydesdales or spotty dogs?
I don't see some buxom blonde "Poster-girl for the
Master Race" holding a double armful of mugs of Arrogant Bastard at some ersatz Oktoberfest-beer-hall-putsch-in- waiting... or a dutch porcelin cap that would ratify you to the beer-drinking cogniscinti as a real quality euro-trash
beer. And where is the washed-up major- league sports dweezil hawking your malted beverage as he expects a front row seat?
If you were a worthy beer, wouldn't you have been
consumed in the Rose Garden during the recent White House Oppressed Harvard Professor-meet profiling Officer Summit (more important than SALT II, apparently)? Hey guys, Bud
Light was worthy there!
If you were a worthy beer, how come you don't have your
own freaking blimp? Even Duff Beer has a blimp!!! How come you don't have an Arrogant Bastard Bowl pitting cute little bottles of Arrogant Bastard against cute little bottles of Arrogant Bitch Light facing off between wardrobe malfuctions during the half-time show?
Where are your Arrogant Bastard Iguana commercials or
your "Wassup?" ads that instantly become part of the national psyche, repeated again and again over the water cooler by Samsonite-briefcase-toting, Seiko-wearing, soon-to-be-laid-off-poster-boys- for-the-Peter-Principle Fortune 1000 lower-middle-managers?
How can you be worthy if you don't have a label that changes color when your beer reaches tepidity?
Oh... and San Diego? WTF... how does that qualify you for
a superior status? Is your brewery protected by Simon and Simon? Did you pass BUDS and make it through hellweek over at NSWC Coronado? Does the jetwash at Aladdin's Parking Garage somehow make your hops more potent? Or do you add some secret ingredient from the Naked Mole Rat rodentia exhibit at the San Diego Zoo that increases your Ale's Pucker Factor faster than the French Army running from the Wermacht??
Well, I am here to say that your unbelieveable arrogance
is... completely deserved...
this is the most superlative beer I have had in
years. Love it. Enjoying it now, which is how I managed to type big words. Keep up the good work.
You probably have to look up the words tepidity, rodentia
and superlative.
Cheers,
XXX XXXXXXXX
Quidvis recte factum quamvis humile praeclarum
*****Response from Stone Brewing Company*****
Greetings,
Mr. XXXX
I presume that, by now, you have given up your epic missive as having been lost at cyber-sea. While imitation is conventionally considered to be the sincerest
form of flattery, I think you have set the bar higher in that regard, having poured your talents and acerbically delicious pronouncements into what was a very enjoyable read for us.
Please forgive the tardy reply—we’ve simply been trying to figure out how to best acknowledge such impassioned correspondences from our fans in a way that does them justice.
That said, while we can’t yet post such writings as a company sponsored blog (seems the higher ups can be a bit squeamish when it comes to calling specific brands out on the carpet for
their charlatanry), we’re keeping this little essay of yours around.
If we were to post it somewhere, do we have your permission to do so (albeit with a few edits here and there)?
Let us know and keep up the good fight.
Yours
in Arrogance,
ken
Ken Wright
Brewery Tours & Promotion
[email protected]
Stone Brewing Co.
1999 Citracado Parkway
Escondido, CA 92029
760.471.4999 x1622
My apologies in advance to those 'Hiders in San Diego. You clearly do make good beer.
Cheers,
Sirhr
When I first discovered Arrogant Bastard... I wrote a note to the company founder in San Diego. Several months later he wrote back. And I think his response give a great indication of the character of the company... in short, awesome!
Original Message to Stone Brewery:
Sent: Tuesday, November 03, 2009 5:21 PM
To: email
Subject: You are not Worthy!
So you think you are a worthy beer? Just because
you managed to bottle some battery acid with a 7.2 percent alc. content?
How can you be a real beer? You don't have a computer-generated glacier train or a couple of stables full of prancing inbred Clydesdales or spotty dogs?
I don't see some buxom blonde "Poster-girl for the
Master Race" holding a double armful of mugs of Arrogant Bastard at some ersatz Oktoberfest-beer-hall-putsch-in- waiting... or a dutch porcelin cap that would ratify you to the beer-drinking cogniscinti as a real quality euro-trash
beer. And where is the washed-up major- league sports dweezil hawking your malted beverage as he expects a front row seat?
If you were a worthy beer, wouldn't you have been
consumed in the Rose Garden during the recent White House Oppressed Harvard Professor-meet profiling Officer Summit (more important than SALT II, apparently)? Hey guys, Bud
Light was worthy there!
If you were a worthy beer, how come you don't have your
own freaking blimp? Even Duff Beer has a blimp!!! How come you don't have an Arrogant Bastard Bowl pitting cute little bottles of Arrogant Bastard against cute little bottles of Arrogant Bitch Light facing off between wardrobe malfuctions during the half-time show?
Where are your Arrogant Bastard Iguana commercials or
your "Wassup?" ads that instantly become part of the national psyche, repeated again and again over the water cooler by Samsonite-briefcase-toting, Seiko-wearing, soon-to-be-laid-off-poster-boys- for-the-Peter-Principle Fortune 1000 lower-middle-managers?
How can you be worthy if you don't have a label that changes color when your beer reaches tepidity?
Oh... and San Diego? WTF... how does that qualify you for
a superior status? Is your brewery protected by Simon and Simon? Did you pass BUDS and make it through hellweek over at NSWC Coronado? Does the jetwash at Aladdin's Parking Garage somehow make your hops more potent? Or do you add some secret ingredient from the Naked Mole Rat rodentia exhibit at the San Diego Zoo that increases your Ale's Pucker Factor faster than the French Army running from the Wermacht??
Well, I am here to say that your unbelieveable arrogance
is... completely deserved...
this is the most superlative beer I have had in
years. Love it. Enjoying it now, which is how I managed to type big words. Keep up the good work.
You probably have to look up the words tepidity, rodentia
and superlative.
Cheers,
XXX XXXXXXXX
Quidvis recte factum quamvis humile praeclarum
*****Response from Stone Brewing Company*****
Greetings,
Mr. XXXX
I presume that, by now, you have given up your epic missive as having been lost at cyber-sea. While imitation is conventionally considered to be the sincerest
form of flattery, I think you have set the bar higher in that regard, having poured your talents and acerbically delicious pronouncements into what was a very enjoyable read for us.
Please forgive the tardy reply—we’ve simply been trying to figure out how to best acknowledge such impassioned correspondences from our fans in a way that does them justice.
That said, while we can’t yet post such writings as a company sponsored blog (seems the higher ups can be a bit squeamish when it comes to calling specific brands out on the carpet for
their charlatanry), we’re keeping this little essay of yours around.
If we were to post it somewhere, do we have your permission to do so (albeit with a few edits here and there)?
Let us know and keep up the good fight.
Yours
in Arrogance,
ken
Ken Wright
Brewery Tours & Promotion
[email protected]
Stone Brewing Co.
1999 Citracado Parkway
Escondido, CA 92029
760.471.4999 x1622
My apologies in advance to those 'Hiders in San Diego. You clearly do make good beer.
Cheers,
Sirhr
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One of MY favorites . When in a dinning establishment I always ask for the beer named after myself . I get the funny look , then she says " ah , Bud. " Nope arrogant bastard . Always gets a free beer and a laugh.
I also named my shooting team . The Arrogant Bastard Shootin Team . WE ARE A TEAM OF ONE , CAUSE YOUR NOT WORTHY !
Greg
One of MY favorites . When in a dinning establishment I always ask for the beer named after myself . I get the funny look , then she says " ah , Bud. " Nope arrogant bastard . Always gets a free beer and a laugh.
I also named my shooting team . The Arrogant Bastard Shootin Team . WE ARE A TEAM OF ONE , CAUSE YOUR NOT WORTHY !
Greg
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Its hard to find here, but I did bring a 6 pack home from Denver when we went to the Great American Beer Fest, last October. I will buy it again! Lightman
Its hard to find here, but I did bring a 6 pack home from Denver when we went to the Great American Beer Fest, last October. I will buy it again! Lightman
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Many of those Stone Brews are fantastic. Try out their Imperial Stout. Delicious, and I personally love the whole arrogant lineup, as often as I can. Keep drinking the good stuff, its almost as addictive as this site. for me anymore, its either a fantastic craft brew, or Miller High Life. No in between. Enjoy them while you have them in stock.
Many of those Stone Brews are fantastic. Try out their Imperial Stout. Delicious, and I personally love the whole arrogant lineup, as often as I can. Keep drinking the good stuff, its almost as addictive as this site. for me anymore, its either a fantastic craft brew, or Miller High Life. No in between. Enjoy them while you have them in stock.
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Arrogant is one of my favorite beers of all time, and actually tickled to be able to find it in Iowa now. I got two bottles of double bastard that ill be able to try in a couple months. Also worthy of mentioning is oaked arrogant, really tasty and I find it funny is I'm the only one out all my friends that drink beers worth calling beer instead of horse piss.
Arrogant is one of my favorite beers of all time, and actually tickled to be able to find it in Iowa now. I got two bottles of double bastard that ill be able to try in a couple months. Also worthy of mentioning is oaked arrogant, really tasty and I find it funny is I'm the only one out all my friends that drink beers worth calling beer instead of horse piss.
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Arrogant Bastard is good, but a real find finds the Oaked Arrogant Bastard!
Arrogant Bastard is good, but a real find finds the Oaked Arrogant Bastard!
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I've tried most of the Stone line. Double Bastard is top of the heap. Their IPA very flavorful as well.
I've tried most of the Stone line. Double Bastard is top of the heap. Their IPA very flavorful as well.
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