Oskar Blues Old Chub (Whiskey Barrel)

Brewed by Oskar Blues Grill & Brew
Style: Scotch Ale
Lyons, Colorado USA

Draught. Poured a deep earthy garnet with a thin tan head. Aroma was wonderful: vanilla, oak, chocolate, licorice, dates, raisins, heavy maltose, and smokey peat. Flavor was chocolate with undertones of butterscotch, cream, oak, smokey peat, dates, caramel, licorice, raisin, whiskey. Slight whiskey woody burn but pleasantly soft and warming in the mouth.

Draught at Capone’s: Aroma of malts, malted milk, and brown sugar. Poured dark brown in color with a huge, foamy, light brown head that lasted throughout. Clear. Not sparkling. Flavor is medium sweet. Tastes of whiskey, bourbon, malts, slight chocolate, and caramel. Medium body. Thin, lightly dry texture. Soft carbonation. Whiskey and malt finish is sweet and a little dry.

On tap at Capone’s. Dark brown color with an off-white head. Aroma of molasses, bourbon, vanilla. Flavor of bourbon, molasses, malts, and toffee. Less alcohol as the beer warms. Very nice!

Crushed with Jakebra and Honkeybra on tap at the brewery. That Stranahan’s whiskey is something else. Enhances what was already great about Old Chub and adds even more. Outstanding.

I love Old Chub. It is a go to beer for me any season of the year. This one pours dark brown toward black with off-tan head. Nose is dark malt, plum, blackberry, cacao, scotch malt, figgy fruit, oaky bourbon. Tastes malty up front, a hefty scotchy malt coupled with cacao, molasses, and nuts. The id-palate throws some oaky bourbon, mild hops, and vanilla figgy fruit, with a smooth, complex finish. This one got smoother as it warmed, and the fruity earthy oaky notes emerged even stronger. Most beers fade as they warm. This one improved. Outstanding.

On tap at Capones. Dark purple brown with a smooth beige head. Nose is malt and whiskey. Medium body with sharp bracing carb. Taste is scotch, caramel, vanilla and dark berries. Dry finish with bourbon and peat.

Poured a hazy, red copper color with a thin head, and light lacing on the glass. Aroma of vanilla, bourbon, peat, oak, caramel malts, nuts, and alcohol. Taste of caramel malts, nuts, wood, roast, toffee, light smoke, vanilla, bourbon, and a dry, alcohol finish. Fantastic at room temperature!

Tap at Capones. Pours a deep brownish amber with a medium creamy off white head that left great lacing. Aroma of dark fruits, peat, caramel, nuts, light bourbon, vanilla and woody. Flavor of caramel, nuts, dark fruits, woody, vanilla and bourbon.