Oskar Blues Old Chub

	Percentile
	95
	overall

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

bottled
common

on tap
available

Broad Distribution
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Ratings	Average	Score	ABV	Style Pctl	Serve in
972	3.69/5.0	3.68/5.0	8%	89.9	Thistle

Commercial Description:
Old Chub is a Scottish style ale brewed with copious amounts of crystal and chocolate malts, and a dash of beechwood-smoked malts. While Dale's Pale Ale ("the best-tasting canned beer I've ever had," according to many brewers and beer experts) is a showcase of both hops and pale malts, Old Chub is a celebration of malts. The cola-colored beer features a dense, tawny head, a creamy mouthful and flavors of caramel, chocolate and lightly roasted malt. Complex and rich, it finishes with a whisper of smokiness that calls to mind a fine single malt scotch. Old Chub weighs in at 8 % alcohol by volume.

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T2Tool (352), Murfreesboro, Tennessee, USA

3.9	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.9	8/10	4/5	8/10	4/5	15/20

Aug 23, 2008

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.

bconley (351), Fern Park, Florida, USA

3.4	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.4	7/10	4/5	8/10	5/5	10/20

Aug 23, 2008

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

BillKismet (1903), Seattle, Washington, USA

3.7	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.7	7/10	5/5	7/10	4/5	14/20

Aug 22, 2008

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.

VitaminR (427), Colorado, USA

3.8	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.8	8/10	3/5	7/10	4/5	16/20

Aug 20, 2008

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

soyorganic (217), Denver, Colorado, USA

4.3	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
4.3	7/10	5/5	9/10	4/5	18/20

Aug 20, 2008

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.

bbarbot (5), Silver Spring, Maryland, USA
does not count

4.3	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
4.3	8/10	4/5	9/10	4/5	18/20

Aug 18, 2008

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.

DKTN (110), Mc Donald, Tennessee, USA

3.9	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.9	7/10	4/5	8/10	4/5	16/20

Aug 17, 2008

Dark brown with a tan head. Dark fruit notes, coffee, roasted malts. Full bodied and creamy on the palate. Excellent.

joebudzjoe (224), Connecticut, USA

3.8	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.8	7/10	4/5	8/10	3/5	16/20

Aug 16, 2008

@ Seaside Tavern, Stamford, CT. The way the bartender poured this beer made it look like a rootbeer float. Very nice sweet malty aroma and it had charleston chew undertones.

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