Although I see why many drinkers gravitate to Stone’s tasty IPAs, what really piques my interest are their high gravity ales, especially the growing family tree of Arrogant Bastards. We are good for a couple bombers of the Bastard a year, and we have yet to be disappointed in their evolving list of variants including blending, chili peppers, barrel aging, and espresso. (Double Depth Charged was one of best beers released in 2015).
What they did for this particular iteration, was take their Double Bastard, which is 11% ABV vs the original formula at 7%. Then it was aged in Templeton Rye Whiskey barrels for an un-disclosed amount of time. The end result was one pissed off bastard that packed a wallop at 12.7% ABV. This barrel aged monster (err… gargoyle) was not for the faint of heart, and I will admit I underestimated it to start.
