2018 Arrogant Bastard (Stone) Crime/Punishment

Here is a direct link to the details on the Stone site:

http://www.arrogantbrewing.com/fans-crime-punishment

It's an interesting approach but how accurately would it gauge demand? If I were interested, I could certainly request a boatload of bottles (in order that the brewing threshold is met) and then only just purchase a couple when the time came to pay for them.

Also, note that the stated options are either brewery pickup (CA, VA or Berlin) or shipping within CA so not sure if this would ever get distributed across the US. It does not appear to be the case so one would need to consider this.

 

I am curious why anyone would want to drink this at all, yet alone pay that kind of price for it.
Isn't the idea to have good spicy food on the plate, and cold refreshing beer in the glass ?

 

They were a fun experience. I would gladly do Crime again, not so about the Punishment

For discontinued, put in Ruination?

 

This isn’t for people that like hot wings or Thai food. This is for people that want to take the ghost pepper challenge. Certainly not my idea of fun, but there are plenty of capsicum junkies out there.

 

I know at least one store nearby stocked with them.

 

I thought the later batches (or were they just aged?) were actually quite reasonable and while spicy weren't over the top. Unlike some stouts out there that claim to have chilis but could've fooled me

 

I'm not a fan of the 'stunt beer' trend, in general.

 

What cracks me up is that the heat was never the problem with these beers - it was the fact that they tasted like rotting green pepper mixed with finger paint. Gotta market it somehow though I guess...

 

Night Shift made a spicy beer called Viva Habanera when they were first starting out, and no one really liked it, including Night Shift by their own admission. But they still re-brew it every few years, because there's a handful of crazies who demand it.

 

Neither am I. Which is why I don’t buy them. But if someone else wants to that’s fine by me.

 

I was thinking the same thing... haven't been to Berlin since 2014!!!

 

Yep. I love hot beers and after trying habernero sculpin I grew to occasionally add habernero sauce to pales and ipas to make much spicier renditions. I was originally stoked to try crime but felt duped because it was hardly even that spicy (habernero sculpin is spicier) on top of a pretty poor beer to begin with.

 

Southern Charred please….

And while we are at: Double Bastard in the Rye, Bastard Midnight Brunch, Mikhail with Coconut, Double Bastard, and Old Guardian

 

Passed on them the first time, and I will certainly pass on them again. Just not my cup of beer.

 

A friend of mine signed up and hasn't heard a peep. And my local Stone rep knows nothing about it. Looks like it may indeed be off the table my friend.