OKAY. This is the best named-event of the week: Arrogant Bastard Day.
The event, in honor of Stone Brewing Company’s Arrogant Bastard Ale, is being celebrated this Saturday at BC’s Pizza and Beer in Clovis with tap-takeover.
Arrogant Bastard was first released by the San Diego brewing company Nov. 1, 1997, and according to lore its introduction was “a shot across the bow of fizzy yellow beer, fortelling the craft revolution ahead.” If you’ve ever tasted the (capital B) Bastard (or any of Stone’s brews for that matter), you understand.
This is your chance to get some Stone swag (more than 20 specialty men and women Stone Brewing t-shirts will be available, along with Stone pint glasses). More importantly, this is your chance to taste 15 different Stone brews. And on tap to boot.
Be warned, this ain’t your papa’s session ale.
The list includes: 2012 “Vintage” Double Bastard Ale; 2014 Double Bastard Ale; Bang Bang – Bourbon Barrel Aged Amber Ale; Lukcy Basartd Ale; Old Guardian Oak-Smoked – Barleywine; Arbalest – Belgian Pale Ale; Arrogant Bastard Ale; Bourbon Barrel Aged Arrogant Bastard; Imperial Russian Stout; Smoked Porter with Chipotle Peppers; Stochasticity Project: Hibiscusicity; Stochasticity Project: Quadotriticale; Stone 18th Anniversary IPAl; Stone Passion Project and Xocoveza Mocha Stout Collaboration w/Chris Banker and Insurgente.
If the list needs some explanation, you should probably just go and ask.