Oskar Blues Old Chub

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

On tap. Thick body, nice malt aroma, sweet but not cloying. Well made beer

This beer doesn’t taste bad, but I can’t drink it (even 12 oz.) without getting an immediate headache and congestion. You can taste fusel alcohol and diacetyls and some dimethylsulfide. This is poorly brewed beer. Over-marketed with the can thing. I really like scotch ales, but this is horrible.

Very deep, dark ruby color. Medium pour produces a two-finger head that has great retention and excellent lacing. Smell is quite inviting. Big, big malty presence. A touch of sweet brown sugar and caramel. A hint of vanilla and toffee. Big roasted malts are the dominant feature here. A little bit smokey and a hint of chocolate and booziness. Mmmmm, tasty goodness. Big, sweet, malt forward taste. Very nice caramel and vanilla notes with a touch of brown sugar. Small hints of chocolate covered coffee beans. A little bit of dark fruit flavor hiding in there. A nice touch of smokiness peaks through. Rich in flavor, though not overly done. Alcohol is very well hidden. No bitter bite, at all. Mouthfeel is very nice. A slight bit thin for a Scottish Ale, but still quite good. Silky smooth. Nice carbonation level. Despite the fact that this comes from a can, I find it highly drinkable. I’m not big on canned beer, but maybe I can be swayed. I’m at least open to it, now. All thanks to Old Chub! Please give me more!

12oz can.
Appearance: Pours a dark brown with no head or lace. Halfway through the pour I could see no head so I dumped the rest of the can in trying to get something on top, but nothing.
Aroma: Sweet malt
Taste: Carmel, malt and pine. This has a very nice finish, sweet and smokey flavors.
This has a lot going on and is really a good beer.

A nose of pinewood, juniper berries and funk. Taste is of yeast, sugars, cheese, toffee and a lot of funk. This didn’t really do it for me.

First off I want to say that I am impressed by this beer. I kind of got myself psyched out by all the reviews I read on it and was not sure if I even wanted to try it. I’m glad I did and I like this ale. To the nose is sweet and earthy, I can really detect the roasted malts. It’s a dark brown w/amber hues. It goes down smmoth w/a slight alcohol burn, I detect a little carmel and maybe sweet fruit, maybe raisans? Overall I’m sold on this beer.

A fine example of the Strong Scotch Ale category, malty and sweet, caramel and a complex peated finish. Not cloying, not underattenuated, and absolutely no hop character. Mouthfeel is a light velvet, slightly creamy and envelops the entire mouth. A hint of dark cocoa and light chocolate wisps in the background. This one ain’t for the young, aye!

This is an extremely malty beer. The color is a very dark amber when poured into a glass, and has very little head. The aroma is heady with roasted malts and the flavor is very sweet with hints of cherry and vanilla. The beer can be sweetly overpowering, and the resulting finish a bit squick inducing, at least for me. Despite this flaw it hides it’s ABV well, remaining easily consumed and enjoyed.