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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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9663.69/5.03.68/5.08%89.3Thistle
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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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 tarheels86 (700), Washington DC, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/104/512/20
Aug 3, 2009  
Can. Pours like Coke with a short-lived, temporary, tan, fizzy head. Appearance is deep ruby. No lacing. Aroma of caramel malt, burnt sugar, soy sauce. Taste is cherry Coke, brown sugar, caramel. Slightly undercarbonated. Creamy on the palate. A little too sweet for me.


 l1br4r14n (274), Washington, Washington DC, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/58/104/518/20
Aug 1, 2009    Updated: Oct 15, 2009
Pours cola brown with a thin tan head (although it felt weird pouring this into a glass, I really wanted to drink this straight from the can). Aroma is rich with dark malt, roasted and chocolate. Flavor much like it smells, along with some spice and pine. Pretty nice!


 Gregis (1132), Shawnee, Kansas, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/516/20
Jul 30, 2009  
Can purchased at Liquor Mart in Boulder. Pours a deep brown with garnet highlights and a fluffy khaki head. The nose is quite nice: dark fruity malt that makes me think of this as a lighter, fruitier version of a barley wine. Medium-bodied and slick with super-fine carbonation and a pleasantly astringent/drying finish. Sweet, dark, fruity malt, plum and beet sugar with a dry, mildly hoppy finish. This is a fine beer. I would definitely recommend it to any fan of malt-forward beers/styles.


 thirdeye11 (403), Texas, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/514/20
Jul 30, 2009  
(12oz can) pours a dark ruby with great lasting head. Nose of roasted brown sugar, sweet malts, and burnt wood. Taste has smokey wood, roasted coffee, sweet toasted malts and light hops. Great sweet and smokey linger on the palette.


 Mutualaid (136), Texas, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/515/20
Jul 27, 2009  
Pours dark, dark, brown with an abundant tan head. Big caramel aromas with just a hint of hops. Roasty flavor with a good bit of what I presume to be kettle caramelization rather than diacetyl. Full body with a nice, velvety mouthfeel. Very rich. Really a good example of the style.


 shawnm213 (841), South Bend, Indiana, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/515/20
Jul 24, 2009  
can from Santa. very malty sweet. some brown sugar. very smooth. big caramel presence. booze is well mixed in. Thanks again Santa.


 AlabastorJones (761), San Francisco, California, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/513/20
Jul 21, 2009  
sweet malty caramel nose, sweet syrupy high alcohols, brown sugar, molasses, not nearly as grainy as most scotch ales i’ve had, some interesting floral hint that i can’t quite put my finger on, quite complex ale offering a lot of interesting flavors, first scotch ale i’ve ever had in a can, i can say that with confidence


BeerGuyTWMore (48), USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/103/516/20
Jul 21, 2009  
SEE COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION pours a dark ruby brown; with tan head, alittle oily. aromas of sweet roasty malt, oak, chocolate, and dark fruit. aromas translate into the flavors along with a brandy like warming alcohol finish that dries thanks to hops. Excelllent beer from a can; everything from this brewery is great!!



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