Can you Brew It recipe for Stone Arrogant Bastard

[crusader1612]

i thought big brewies mixed their batches with a pro taster.....at least that's what i saw in a documentary about budweiser....get like 12 different batches then blend.....

Yes budweiserwill do hat, but guys like stone are smaller, and will adjust batch by batch generally.

 

[AMessenger]

Side by side comparison:
Arrogant Bastard (Left) & Fargin' Bastage (Right)
Color, body, and carbonation are indistinguishable
Arrogant Bastard has slightly better clarity, a tad more fruity esters, and a sharper bitterness
Fargin' Bastage has a richer, more complex malt flavor. I was shooting for a slightly smoother AB and this recipe hit that mark.

Very interesting that you make so little note of hop aroma and flavor in your comparison. To me those are the ultimate defining character of Arrogant Bastard in its current form and the major difference between this clone recipe and the real thing.

i would say Arrogant bastard is heavier on flavoring hops and is aggressively dry hopped.

 

[harten74]

Very interesting that you make so little note of hop aroma and flavor in your comparison. To me those are the ultimate defining character of Arrogant Bastard in its current form and the major difference between this clone recipe and the real thing.

i would say Arrogant bastard is heavier on flavoring hops and is aggressively dry hopped.

Thanks for pointing that out. I had those in my initial notes but somehow missed adding them here.

The quality of the hop aroma and flavor are nearly indistinguishable with Arrogant Bastard having a slightly brighter and more intense character.

 

[Genuine]

What blows my mind so far reading through all this, is very little to no dry hops. I would imagine a 2-3oz of Chinook in the dry hop will up the flavor and aroma.

 

[Kold Brygg]

Don't have Chinook, but quite a lot of Columbus and Centennial in the freezer. Therefore I consider making an Arrogant variant with these.

Would you make a single hop with either of these or a Columbus/ Centennial mix?