Beer 146 - Arrogant Bastard Ale

Back to Pearland to feed Murphy the cat and this beer is waiting for me in the refrigerator. How nice! The beer was brewed and bottled by Stone Brewing Co. in San Diego County, CA and bought at Randall's Grocery in the Galleria then drunk at home in Pearland, TX.
The bottle says "Arrogant Bastard Ale: This is an aggressive beer. You probably won't like it. It is quite doubtful that you have the taste or sophistication to be able to appreciate an ale of this quality and depth. We would suggest that you stick to safer and more familiar territory - maybe something with a multi-million dollar ad campaign aimed at convincing you it's made in a little brewery, or one that implies that their tasteless fizzy yellow beer will give you more sex appeal. Perhaps you think multimillion dollar add campaigns make a beer taste better. Perhaps you're mouthing your words as you read this.
The brewery: located in North County, San Diego, we are a small, honest, brewery with unrealistically high, yet cantankerously unwavering, standards. We concentrate on creating the most satisfying, big character Les imaginable, by using only the finest natural ingredients. And lots of 'em! It's an approach that leaves many bewildered, but it works for us Arrogant Bastards, and we're the only ones that are worth satisfying.

Ingredients: nothing but the finest Barley, most aggressive Hops, clearest Water, our proprietary Yeast strain, and abandoned Arrogance.
Web site: www.arrogantbastard.com

A delightful beer, beautiful dark brown color in the glass, lots of body and a strong, but well balanced flavor. Very nice. One to come back to time and again. I drank it with pizza, but Arrogant Bastard Ale would be delightful with blue cheese and crackers after dinner.

2,592 people have rated this beer on BeerAdvocate.com (http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/147/92 ) and the average score is 4.2 which gives it an A- = Excellent

The 2,777 people who rated the beer at RateBeer.com agree. (http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/arrogant-bastard-ale/1315/ )  they gave the beer an average score of 3.91 which puts it in the 99^th percentile of all beers and in the 98^th percentile for its style of American Strong Ale.