Oskar Blues Old Chub

Old Chub is a clear dark red ale with a bubbly beige head that fades and leaves nice lacing. It has a deep, semi-sweet, malty aroma that has notes of bread and spicy resin. It is full bodied and very smooth. It’s pillowy soft with a slick finish that’s a little syrupy. This beer is pretty sweet, but balanced with a little resiny bitterness. There is peppery alcohol in the taste. A rumbly sweet aftertaste lingers. It’s quite boozy and quite pleasing.

Very malty smelling up front, like the sweet syrupy smell you homebrewers know as a fresh batch of wort. Just a touch of smokiness as well actually which my nose found. The pour is a deep red-brown with a thin off-white head that disappears The taste was a very thick syrupy wort flavor as well. Is the alcohol there? Oh yeah it is; after that syrupy sweetness the alcohol hits you though not too strongly. Finishes weakly, but still my favorite canned beer to date : )

Bit of a nutty taste. Dark brown in color with a very lite white forming head. Good smooth feel and not long lasting. good brew.

Pours out brown with a sturdy tan head. Very smooth flavor of caramel and chocolate with a smokiness to the flavor as well. Smell is just about the same. No hop presence to speak of and a too heavy for me mouthfeel, but still a very solid beer and I enjoyed the six pack I bought. Glad Oskar Blues is in Oregon now, bring on the Ten Fidy!

Dark Brown with thick tan head. Taste of chocolate, caramel, roasted, slight smokey taste come and go with each drink. This is thick rich and very satisfying on a cold night. I drank the entire six pack and felt really good. Took a bit to figure out why they don’t bottle this, but the back of the can said it all. "Pack it in, pack it out." The brewer must be big into the Leave No Trace movement and it is easier to find a aluminum recycler to buy a can than it is to find a glass recycler that is willing to buy a bottle. While a bottle normally beets aluminum for good beer storage I have to admire the brewers environmental stand.

Cloudy dark brown to black color. Very dark for a scottish style - more in the line of a stout. Flat looking, no carbonation and no head but thats mostly the style due to the high alcohol. A malty aroma full of wheat. A sweet overall smell without a hop comeback. Like the aroma, the flavor is sweet and unbalanced due to a lack of strong hops. Its actually a water like taste, its forgettable. Palate is light and soft, unusual for a scottish ale. I expected more bite in the palate and in the alcohol department.

Definite unique smoke flavor, heavy body, no noticeable alcohol overtone as I’ve often had with American made Scotch Ales. Probably the most enjoyable beer I’ve had in or out of a can.

12 ounce can purchased at Total Wine Pembroke Pines, FL for $1.89 Very good.