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Oskar Blues Old Chub

Oskar Blues Old Chub - Scotch Ale

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 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 
9663.69/5.03.68/5.08%89.3Thistle
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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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 cbeers21 (563), Miami, Florida, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/104/517/20
Jun 12, 2008  
Nice inky black, minimal head. Butterscotch, dust yeasty piney, peaty slightly burnt. Also some chocolate with light molasses, nicely peaty...tasty.Wow, this just tastes like a nice scotch ale should. Simple and sweet, nicely balanced.


 Taverner (825), San Ramon, California, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/58/103/516/20
Jun 9, 2008  
Pours dark dark brown, almost black with a small amount of tan head. You can taste the sesame like flavor of the malts right away - very sweet and thick beer with notes of raisins, dates and caramel. Just a taste of smoke, almost a peat like flavor. My favorite Scotch Ale.


 bierkoning (5985), La Tropica, Netherlands
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/103/513/20
Jun 9, 2008  
Can from Solan, thanks! Dark brown color. Malt, raisin and cinnamon in the aroma. Sweet flavor with malt, licorice, cinnamon, caramel, raisin and a hint of chocolate. Sweet, but tasty beer.


 doubleo (1096), San Diego, California, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/102/58/103/517/20
Jun 8, 2008  
12oz can. Pours dark brown with red highlights. Thin, fizzy, offwhite head, no retention, no lace. Smells dark and malty sweet and dark ripe fruity. Very tasty, dark malty, dark ripe fruits, and then somewhat roasty malty as well. Medium body, good carbonation.


 nhorween (639), Chicago, Illinois, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Jun 6, 2008  
Can. Dark brown, coffee colored, with a dense off white head. Malty - caramel, some toffee. Relatively balanced aroma. Toasty and sweet flavor. Metallic in the back. Oily, bitter finish. Vinous, tannic, chalky at the end. A definitely solid, consistent, and widely available brew.


 DuffMan (2719), the land of bitumen, beef & beer, Alberta, Canada
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/515/20
Jun 6, 2008  
Dark brown, with a reddish tinge. Thick foamy cream coloured head. Chocolate and toffee aroma. Sweet chocolate and toffee malt, generously provided. A pruney character to the finish, a little earthy as well. Boozy warming finish, sweet. Very nice.


blazingspiral (39), Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/516/20
Jun 4, 2008  
a solid choice for dessert. tastes way better when you pour it out of the can into glass. this one is almost black, looking thick and heavy. great aroma of rich, sweet malts. flavors of milk chocolate, caramel, raisins, bread, and smoke. not hoppy, not supposed to be hoppy. delicious beer. alcohol is almost totally hidden, making it quite dangerous. try dale’s pale ale with dinner followed by old chub with dessert to experience microbrew bliss.


 tarjei (1741), Bryne, Norway
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/103/514/20
Jun 2, 2008  
355 ml can. Dark bown color, disappering beige head. Aroma is very malty, both roasted, chocolate and caramel - also hints of hops. Flavor is malty, with ok hops and some alcohol, but doesnt live up to the aroma.



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