 darkguardian (506), Florida, USA
Feb 17, 2009 12oz can. Another great offering from Oskar Blues. Pours a deep mahogany dark brown with nice ruby highlights. Minimal chocolate head. Smell is tons of chocolate and caramel and a slight dask of citrus. Taste is very rich with a huge heavy mouthfeel, a little to heavy perhaps. Chocolate and caramel malts take center stage with a nice bit of smokiness and a slight hop tang at the back. Slight metallic taste is the only thing that keeps this from being as good as the Belhaven Wee Heavy. Very taste and CHEAP.
jkwalking05 (1483), Arlington, Texas, USA
Feb 16, 2009 Dark brown in color with a small head.Aromas of bread dough, toffee, caramel and pecans. Taste is of chocolate, toffee, toast and roasted malts.
sebletitje (1880), Tampa, Florida, USA
Feb 16, 2009 Can, served at close to room temp.
Pours deep dark brown, almost black with tan head.
Aroma has plenty of dark fruits, caramel with a smoked wood nose.
Taste is amazing. Much enjoyable at room temp, than freshly out of fridge. Huge caramel malts mouthfeel with notes of chocolate. There is a sweet almost woody palate with a warming alcohol.
Very tasty all around, big emphasis on a chocolate / smokey finish.
agillespie81 (190), Denver, Colorado, USA
Feb 14, 2009 Black in color...opaque. Creamy head, though a little thin. Sweet malt aroma, with hints of caramel. Front is sweet, malty and a tad smoky...crisp, yet creamy mouthfeel. Back has a mellow malt flavor, with somewhat of a hop bite finish. A flavorful ale...powerful, yet not overpowering.
adavis234 (133), Columbia, South Carolina, USA
Feb 12, 2009 Old Chub is a decent beer with a clever name and the can gimmick that Oskar Blues is so well known for (I say gimmick but that tends to imply a negative connotation and I actually love it). This beer sacrificesflavor for smoothness more than Oskar’s Dale’s or even Ten Fidy. An ok offering, but not their best.
Rustyham (545), miami, Florida, USA
Feb 10, 2009 I have had pleasant scotch ales, and this is not one. I wish it were sweeter, maltier, and less bitter and less dry. $1.29 per 12oz can at Whole Foods.
robertjm (399), El Cerrito, California, USA
Feb 10, 2009 (Canned). Pours thick frothy head. Lasts for several minutes before collapsing back into the glass. Body is color of dark root beer. Heavy malty aroma. Also heavy malt in the flavor, crossed with a smoky alcohol in the aftertaste. Body leans ever so slightly to the heavy side of the spectrum. I’ve tried it, but probably won’t make a regular habit of it.
Syd (888), Waconia, Minnesota, USA
Feb 7, 2009 Can pours almost black, but still enough light gets through to call it brown, with minimal head. The aroma is very malty, chocolate, and peat. The flavor is sweet and nicely peaty. The palate is rich and still carbonated. Overall, a nice can.
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