Oskar Blues Old Chub

Appearance is mostly chestnut brown with lighter amber highlights on the edge, head is a good 3-fingers of thick brown cream soda-like foam, thick lacing on the glass. Smell is full of chocolate and caramel malts, tones of nuts, roast, and toffee as well as an intriguing spot of floral/perfume that I guess to be heather (often used in scottish gruit). Taste is big chocolate malts with plenty of caramel, brown sugar, and roast, some dark fruits and floral hops peek through in the middle with that heather flavor, finishes sweet and dry. Mouthfeel is full-bodied, creamy smooth texture, moderate carbonation. Drinkability is moderate, this is one flavorful Scottish ale with plenty of flavor and boldness, the heather floral aroma throws off the taste a little but is very exciting, the alcohol is barely detectable but that 8% will likely creep up in time.

Can from Piggly Wiggly. Pour is pretty deep brown/red. Nose is rich and malty, chocolate and some coffee type roastiness in the nose. Sweet. On the palate, there is a touch of acidity, but ultimately the candy-like malt flavors jump out. Lots of cocoa and hint of smoke. Exceptional.

Poured from a 12-oz can a dark brown with a reddish tint. How strange to see anything other than a pale beer come from a can!. Had a chocolate malt smell with a hint of smoke. The taste was of roasted malt, but with some sweetness. There was smoke in the aftertaste and some warming alcohol. A very complex beer.

Really liked this. Really creamy. Had a very caramelly flavor. Doesn’t taste like it has 8%.

Despite the canned packaging, this is good stuff. Nice scotch colored ale with okay head. Light smokiness in aroma and solid, telltale Scottish malting. This one goes down easy, as you barely notice the *% abv. Moderately robust malt flavor and easy smokiness.

Molasses, horehound, and chocolate nose, slight nutty burnt toast notes as well. Black/brown color, hint of red, medium head. Huge deep raisiny sweetness, plenty of hops to tame it. Medium carbonation, full body, long smoky chocolate finish. Alcohol burn is mellow given the high alcohol level. Big big flavors with good balance, really solid beer. A versatile beer that seems it would do well with food, without food, and anytime of the year

Can: pours dark brown with tan head that retains. Man this is a good beer. Caramel, coffee aroma with a hint of smoked malt. Taste: I love the sweetness of this and how it is the strongest taste. It consists of a smoked caramel taste with a slight vinous feel. Light carbonation which add or subtract to/from your preferred palate . I think the light carbonation makes this ridiculously drinkable and uh, my head noticed the 8% alcohol.

Yum, like candy in a can. Malty, peaty, smoky (campfire, not cigar), and sweet, very lightly carbonated (pours almost flat, and not a lot of fizz on the tongue out of the can), and packs a wallop. Tread lightly with this one - you don’t taste the alcohol, but after two or more, you’ll feel it.