Oskar Blues Chubourbon

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

at Coles Rare beer fest. dark brown pour, some tan foam. nose is boozy, with vanilla. flavor is similar with lotsa booze and oak. Malt kicks in nicely. intresting beer.

Draft at Cole’s in Buffalo, NY. Pours chocolate brown with a thin head. Bourbon on the nose, with some sweet malts. The flavor has bourbon, vanilla, and some sweet malts. Doesn’t seem to have the same balance as the other Oskar Blues barrel aged beers. Still decent.

On tap at Brick Store. Pours dark brown with a tan head. Aroma of bourbon, oak, vanilla. Taste is very whiskey, with more oak and vanilla, along with the malt goodness from the regular chub. That said, this doesn’t resemble the chub; the whiskey barrels really change it. Mouth is smooth and creamy. Very nice brew.

On Tap at Brick Store Pub - Pours pitch black with a light tan colored head. Smells only of bourbon – no other aromas are detectible. First sip is all whiskey, with a sweet malty finish that is pure heaven. Milky like lacing clings heavily to the glass. This beer lost a ton of carbonation in the barrel aging process. As with other Barrel aged beers, the alcohol taste is a whole lot more apparent than the ABV of 8% would indicate. Very Nice!

chubourbon draft @ bsp. Thick dark brown, tan head. Aroma of sweet vanilla. Big hints of bourbon. Nice oak on top of dark roasted malts. Almost the smell of new car, but better. Flavor o f chocolate, vanilla, oak , bourbon oakey, wood sweet goodness. Why can not ths be canned. I want to make vicious love to this. Delicous and mindblowing. Why can’t all bourbon aged beers be this orgasmic? Smooth and creamy. Lots of vanilla flavors. tastes nothing like Old Chub, lots of oak and vanilla. Chub is well hidden with lots of notes of bourbon. Woo ha. 8,5,6,5,15

Draught. Pours dark brown with an average, frothy, light brown head, somewhat lasting with fair lacing. Aroma is heavy malt (cookie, caramel), light hops (herbs, perfume), average yeast (dough, leather) with notes of alcohol, plums, vanilla, and oak. Medium bodied, oily texture, average carbonation, and a bitter finish. Average duration, moderate sweetness, acidity, and bitterness.

Date: June 19, 2008
Mode: Draft
Source: Brick Store Pub
Appearance: muddy dark brown, fine tan head, streaks and layers of drippy lace
Aroma: rich malt aroma with lots of fruitycharacter and sweet bourbon
Body: creamy body
Flavor: rich malt flavor, lots of fruity sweetness enhanced by a touch of vanilla, bourbon comes on strong to add a lot of character but manages to stay in balance with the malt

Date: October 29, 2008
Mode: draft
Source: brick store
Words: aged in stranahan barrel
Appearance: black, glossy mirror surface, fine beige head, streaks of lace
Flavor: big sweet vanilla and bourbon flavor with a lot of caramel sweetness, roasted and oak combine for some balance to the sweetness, chocolate comes in to add depth, caramel and vanilla team up for a long sweetness, second and subsequent snifters has more of the raw raspy scotch character coming through along with a long bitter oak finish

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 8/10; Flavor: 8/10; Palate: 8/10; Overall: 17/20
Rating: 4/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: ***+/4

on tap at SIB, strong burbon nose and strong burbon flavor with lingering burbon flavor. Copper in color with little head. This beer is kick in the mouth. Old Chub is not my favorite beer but it did very well in the burbon barrles