Stone Lukcy Basartd returns 10/29

never heard of it until i saw this thread. whats it like?

 

Blend of all of the Bastards

 

I was never super impressed by it, but if you enjoy arrogant bastard it's worth a try. Blend of AB, oaked AB, and double AB.

 

and unlike what the label says it ages well, just cracked a bottle a week ago, it is aging beautifully

 

I agree. I had one about a month ago and it was quite nice

 

Agreed. I aged a single bottle over a year, tasted surprisingly delicious (wish I had aged more actually) and I had minimal hope or expectation of it too, more of an experiment. I recall a thread where Greg said not to age it on BA when someone asked if they should, and it was funny that even after the recommendation from the brewer, the OP decided to age it anyway, & I decided to do the same for the hell of it too. Part of the fun of aging is finding out what happens.

 

I was surprised at how well the hops held on, I aged six of them and have been drinking them a couple months more aged at a time to see how well it is progressing, i have two more, and I am damn excited that my next one will be next to a fresh one that will be fun to see the difference

 

I saw this on FB and I am excited to try it!

 

I love this. I thought it was a perfect blend, and combined my favorite parts of all three Bastards without overwhelming too much.

 

Whole-heartedly agree; only had it on tap but I loved it.

 

I still have three or four in my cellar - I think I have three or four of everything in my cellar

 

I held onto a few as well, they do great with a year on them (IMO).

 

I have one of the 2012 bottles in my cellar. Moved it to my fridge in honor of this news. Lets see how it did.

Cheers!

 

Can not wait to try this one, was unlucky and not able to grab one previously. I will be picking up a bottle or two for sure this time!

 

nice. i missed the first one because the idea just seemed too silly to me, but everyone seems to love it. glad i'll get to have it fresh.

 

I still have three, but now that I know it's returning, I will drink at least two very soon.

 

Its only been released once right? I held onto one bottle as well to experiment. Guess ill be getting more. Really excited about this years DB. Love it fresh and I need to keep my vertical going

 

Sounds like where I work.

 

Yep, only one release for the 13th anniversary of Arrogant Bastard.

 

Que mae ?!?!

 

Celebration & Lukcy Basartd are both coming out this month with Sucks to follow in December. It looks like a very wet Winter.

 

¡Pura Vida!

 

Anyone know how difficult this will be to find? Typically the seasonal/occassional brews like 16th anniversary and VE brews aren't hard to find but the Enjoy By is only available for a few days and it is gone.

 

This was a awesome beer, i was lucky to have 3 bottles of it when it came out in '10, it really tied all the ab flavors into one nice and tasty beer.

 

Last year it seemed like there was about the same amount of Lukcy Bastard as there was Double Bastard.

 

I don't remember how difficult Double Bastard was to get... Stone releases are hit or miss if it will be readily available

 

If you get Stone Seasonals IRS, Old Guardian, VE, etc... about the same as those.

Definitely not like Enjoy by.
I live in the territory where Stone self-distributes, and I didn't see any Enjoy by.

 

OK! That helps, in my area I saw about 4 cases of Enjoy By but I am able to get IRS, Old Guardian, and Vertical Epics (Epic 11-11-11 just vanished from shelves maybe 2 months ago).

 

There was a Stone sampling in Austin at the Airport location and the guy pointed out there were 3 VE 11.11.11's on the shelf and he quickly grabbed one. There were still 2 up there as of Wednesday.

 

Sad. I remember the 10.10.10 all went much quicker.

 

I'm not sure how true it could be, but I asked about the Enjoy By and if we could expect that to hit Texas anytime soon and he said it would be pretty soon. It's supposed to be Enjoy By 12.21.12 aka the end of the world, but I haven't seen anything official by Stone. That would be bad ass though.

 

Has anyone tried this yet? How does it compare to the double bastard?