Oskar Blues Chubourbon

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

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 Capones. Poured a dark and deep amberish-brown color with a very small sized off white head. Aromas of earthliness, soil, woody, roast, and lighter bourbon. Tastes of vanilla, whiskey, caramel, toffee, woodd, earhty, and chocolate. Light lacing left on the glass.

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.

Boulder Strong Ale Fest 2006. Body is dark brown. Aroma is lightly to moderately malty (nuts, caramel), with notes of bourbon, vanilla, and wood. Flavor is moderately sweet, lightly acidic, lightly bitter. Finish is lightly to moderately sweet, lightly acidic, lightly to moderately bitter. Medium to full body, velvety/creamy texture, lively carbonation, lightly alcoholic. Must admit the aging has eliminated some of the subteties and complexities in the plain Chub, and that paired with the fact that I dislike bourbon adds up to a rather disappointing experience. Prefer regular Old Chub.

<Draft @ Falling Rock: Very dark amber color with a small tan head. Bourbon and vanilla aroma. Hint of alcohol as well. Sweet vanilla and malty flavor. You can still get some of the base beer. Wasn’t bad but I was expecting a little more.

Big bourbon aroma, and big bourbon taste, enjoyed at Coles rare beer fest. Medium mouthfeel, above average carbonation (I know its a cask). Other casks of Oskar had more complexity.

Draught. At Cole’s Rare Beer Fest, January 2009. Clear deep ruby pour with a small off-white head. Very sweet aroma (Scotch ale and bourbon, who could guess that?) - sweet vanilla, caramel, alcohol, just a hint of floral bitterness, maybe a slight mineral tang as well. The taste, while certainly very sweet, was well-balanced - bourbon and medium-roast malt really work well, and I also got a bit of that "Burton zing" - definitely some iron in there, a bit like a wee heavy - and most interesting of all, I got very strong tangerine acidity in the finish. Light-bodied, sticky, softly carbonated - perhaps a bit quick-finishing, but simple, tasty and good - I’d have this again, but then I like the Gordon a lot already.

Coles Rare Beer Festival , Appearance: dark brown, silky look, stoic with light top. 3+ Aroma: aromatic, raisin with light warmth of alcohol, light touch of roasted barley. Good. 7+ Flavor/Palate: oak, slightly woody, acidic with oak chips. Medium full bodied, sticky on lips. Not sure if Old Chub benefited from Bourbon treatment.