Oskar Blues Old Chub

Well, I guess this fits the description of a scotch ale but for my taste it’s just way to malty and seems unbalanced. Seems to lean towards being a porter at least a borderline one. I have no idea how to rate this one other than to say it’ll be good in chili come next year. Can’t punish it that bad though b/c it does fit the style.

Clear dark mahogany with a stable craft ale head of various bubble size and with lace. Floral caramel malt aroma with earthy and chocolate notes. Big bodied sweet and fortifying. Has a noticeable hop flavor mingled with dusty cocoa, toffee and smoke. Balanced bitterness. Quite the Americanized version of the style, big and bold upfront but perhaps lacking in follow through complexity.

Can, Kegs & Barrels, McKinney, TX. Pours a nice dark ruby with tan head. Aroma of caramel, toffee, light chocolate. Flavor is light sweet dark roast, toffee, chocolate, caramel, some light peat smoke. Palate is full bodied with medium carbonation. Very nice!!!!!

(Canned) Clear, very dark red with a small, lacy head. Caramely-malty aroma with somewhat burned feel. Very smooth, lightly burned flavor with some starchy-grainy feel. Medium-bodied with medium carbonation. A decent scotch ale, but nothing very special.

Dark mahogany, almost an opaque dark brown. Small cream colored head leaves small clumps of lace. Sweet and roasty malts. Roasted barley, caramel, toffee, brown sugar, molasses, fig, apricot and hints of banana and apples. Sweet toffee and caramel malt flavors predominate, but are pretty balanced by a dry roastiness and mild hop presence. Some banana and buttery diacetyl notes. Soft carbonation, medium bodied, not quite full to be rated higher. Drinks okay, if you’re in the mood for sweet and buttery caramalt pie.

12oz can, Courtesy of DeuceDeuceOU, taste is what wins this for me, straight from the fridge the beer is smooth and flavorful, then after it warms a bit out comes tons of carmel flavor with some subtle malt...Very good and no hint of 8% neither.

12oz can. Pours a thin brown into a dark brown in the glass. Has a thin tan head which dissipated quickly. Smell is caramel malt. Taste is of caramel and malt as well. Mouthfeel is medium-to-thin with slight alcohol noticeable. Was not a bad scottish ale.

Can from Julio’s Liqour in Mass. Pours with a deep reddish-brown body topped by a thin, off-white head with little lacing. It’s slightly sweet and malty with a prominent peat note and an underlying roastiness that really shows through in the finish. Medium bodied, a bit tingly and slightly warming.