Founders Curmudgeon Old Ale

Brewed by Founders Brewing Company
Style: Old Ale
Grand Rapids, Michigan USA

12oz. bottle at home: Pours a nice dark tarnished copper with a decently creamy but fading yellowed head. Huge malt aroma bursts over the rim of the glass. Rich caramel, honey and treacle drizzled all over the mounds of malt. Toasted light brown bread crumbled on top and just a pinch of herbal hop for garnish. All topped off with a shot of whiskey malt. The massive malt continues on the tongue with a quick hop burst. The sweet caramel, and toasted malt notes push the hops to the side and roll on to the back. Medium-full bodied brew offers a nice creaminess as it glides over the tongue. As the beer reaches the back it thins out with alcohol and rockets down your throat with a nice warming effect. The hops then jump on this chance to pop back up in to the back-sides of your mouth. The hops and pure caramel stick around and have a party until the next sip arrives. Thats a nice beer. Just a touch less alcohol and this would be a truly amazing story.

Poured a deep amber with little to no head. Bourbon, and floral scent. Complex malty taste with a high hop. Taste lasts, is not bitter and leaves a clean fresh finish. Would recommend.

After searching for this beer high and low it was finally found and was well worth the trouble and the wait. Poured a dark muddy brown and was thick with floaties - nice creamy but thin white head. Aroma was malty with a whisky hint. Taste was Very Malty with more than a whisky hint. I love the Dirty Bastard by Founders and this was everything I hoped it would be.

Nice ruby-tinted amber coloured body with a clear glow and a very thin tan head. Aroma of alcohol, pit fruits, raisins, vanilla, oak, whiskey and more pit fruits - very nice albeit super potent. Medium to Full-bodied; Assertive alcohol, whiskey and malt up front with a pleasant pit fruit taste behind along with some vanilla and oak flavours still staying put. Aftertaste shows a good amount of raisins and pit fruits, but the alcohol and oak come crashing through. Overall, a good beer - almost more of an oak-aged barley wine, but still a good beer nonetheless. I samped this twelve ounce bottle purchased from Chevy Chase Wine & Spirits in Washington DC on 25-July-2009, sampled at home on the Eastern Shore of Virginia on 24-October-2009.

Serving: 12 oz. bottle. Appearance: Deep, slightly hazy amber with a small, foamy, light tan head. The head is gone very quickly, leaving a very still pool of brew. Aroma: Earthy with a touch of paper, a bit of bourbon, slight perfume notes, and a little nuttiness. Flavor: Big boozy wood notes, some bourbon, a solid back bitterness provided by herbal hops, and then very sweet with malt. Heavy and rich. Palate: Medium, smooth carbonation with a rich, malty mouthfeel and a long, boozy finish. Suprisingly smooth given the alcohol level. Overall: A potent potable! Better have this one at the end of the night as you night will surely end after a few of these. Very rich and heavy with the booze. Not bad at all.

Bottle. Poured a dark amber color with a white head. Left plenty of lacing on the side of the glass. Aroma is sweetness. Caramel, toffee, and malts. Flavor is sweet, then tart. Very good, and very easy to drink even though a higher ABV. Great beer.

Bottle... Poured amber/orange-ish with a thin, off-white head. Sweet and malt driven. Lots of oak, wood-like and vanilla flavors. Can taste some of the alcohol in the finish.

17-OCT-2009, bottle @home. Beautifull orange with dissappearing head. I put my nose in the glass, and thankfully it is just as anticipated:-) Wonderfull orange aroma, spicy, and bitter. Flavour is more of the same. Nice but low carbonation, and then the loooooong aftertaste that is just right in bitterness. Fantastic beer. Really well-made.