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Oskar Blues Old Chub

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9783.69/5.03.68/5.08%89.9Thistle
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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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 gnoff (3570), Göteborg, Sweden
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/103/515/20
Jul 1, 2007    Updated: Jun 15, 2009
First rating
(355 ml can at The Rover, Göteborg)
Very dark brown color, creamy tan head. Sweet, raissin, chocolate, grainy, smoke, acidic and alcohol scent. Thick malty, grainy, chocolate, smoke, molasses, sweet apple taste. Grainy and chocolate aftertaste. Thick smooth mouthfeel, medium bitterness. Very malty.
7/4/7/4/15=3.7

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355 ml can at Beefeater, Göteborg. On may 15, 2009
Hazy dark brown color, tan head. Malty, tid-bits, licorice scent. Raissin, chocolate, malty taste. Coffee aftertaste. Medium mouthfeel, medium low bitterness.
7/4/8/3/15=3.7


 Dickinsonbeer (3494), Hoboken, New Jersey, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/105/517/20
Aug 28, 2006  
I found this can sitting in the field the sunday morning after Belgian Comes to Cooperstown beer fest this year. Pours a deep dark ruby amber with a thin grayish beige head and thin lace. Smells thick and fruity with sweet caraeml malts, raisin, nutty malts, and light tobacco. Flavor is sharp sweet caramel malts, fruits, nutty and chocolate malts. The mouthfeel and finish is smooth and full. Great scotch ale.


 CapFlu (3483), Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/102/58/103/510/20
Feb 7, 2006  
(Can) Sampled at the Central New York Brewfest in Syracuse on February 4, 2006. I’m sad to report that when I say it was the second time I hit the can today that it wasn’t the toilets. I have no idea what this brewery is doing? Its poured from a can. Its a scottish lactic ale? Smokey, porterish and grainy? I don’t think this beer has an identity.


 FatPhil (3477), Espoo, Finland
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/103/513/20
May 19, 2008  
330ml can (Pikkulintu, Helsinki, Bitter and Sour 2008)
Good deep red, doughy head. Very malty aroma, some wet sheep. Very smooth and soft in the mouth. Massive roasty malty taste - some coffee. Very sticky. Quite authentic Scottish bent. Quite punchy, and with a decent finish.


 larsniclas (3386), Gothenburg, Sweden
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Jul 10, 2007  
Canned. Hazy, dark amber. Small, beige head. Lightly sourish aroma. A bit salty licorice. Nutty sourish flavour. Is it supposed to be like this?


 rlgk (3377), Vårgårda, Sweden
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/59/20
Jul 9, 2007  
Canned, at the Rover, Göteborg. Somewhat hazy amber color, offwhite head. Malty and somewhat sourish aroma, with fruity notes. Sourish flavor, a bit roasted, but really not that good. A bit infected, maybe?


 rickgordon (3302), Göteborg, Sweden
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/515/20
Oct 6, 2006  
[Canned, SBWF] Dark brown colour. Smokey, cheesy aroma, bit sweet. Fatty mouthfeel. Bit smokey in flavour and big malty. Classic Scotch Ale with a cheesy backbone. Big flavour-big finish!


 ratman197 (3226), Arvada, Colorado, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/104/515/20
Oct 8, 2005  
On tap @ Oskar Blues poured a deep dark brown with a creamy brown head, Aromas of mocha, malt, bittersweet chocolate, and a faint bit of smoke. Palate was smooth and creamy. Flavors of dark chocolate, mocha, and a hint of smoke with a smooth creamy finish.



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