Oskar Blues Old Chub

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

Appearance: Pours out dark chestnut brown in color with a brown head made of thin, unconnected bubbles that soon vanished. Smell: Sweet-smelling with a huge, rich malty profile. Sliced dried dates. Fresh flowers. Some gentle spiced rum booze notes as well. Taste: CAN YOU HANDLE MALT?!?! Let’s hope so! Caramel and toffee almost exclusively dominate the palate, no question there. Cocoa powder. And some smokiness. Nice touch, fellas! Gentleman Jack-ish. Alcohol is apparent in this brew. A teeny-weeny amount of herbaceous hops add a bit of spice for the finish. Mouthfeel: Medium-full in body, with a faint amount of carbonation. Creamy. Drinkability: Well made and full of flavor. A bang-up job for a canned beer. Give it a try!

Pours to a deep brown body with red highlights and a nice tan head. The aroma is chocolate, nice peats. The flavor was very creamy. Nice chocolate, peat smoked malts, scotch. The palate is really creamy, moderately bodied, great.

Cask conditioned. On hand pump at Sharp Edge. Light wood aroma. Dusty apple skins and fresh cider. Cherry wood chips, mild fruit hops. Dark brown hazy with huge creamy light tan lacing head. Heavy body with light carbonation, smooth and drinkable. Starts fruity and sweet, like apple cider stored in oak and vanilla. Tangy cider notes, cherry skins. Rather mild in flavor but really enjoyable. Woody fruity notes, light bitter finish and dry fruit after. Nice cask ale.

12oz can. Aroma of roasted, smoke and spice in the mix. Dark bodt with cramy tan head. The creamy head formed a halo on body a good caramel with a hint of spice bitter in the background for flavor. Smooth on palate. About the third time trying to rate this beer. First one disappeared, second time the cat jumped on computer table and that ended up with the cat having to lclean half the pint off her body. Now hope this one stays put.

A very nice roasty smoky aroma. A bunch of chocolate of smoke in the flavor. It is a bit sweet and rich in the finish. A great scotch ale that I would certainly recommend.

Great very dark brown coloured body with a nice sized brown head. Aroma of roasted malt, nuts, cherries, chocolate and even some strawberries! Medium-bodied; Chewy taste of nice roasted malt, strong chocolate, coffee, nuts and a very good dose of fresh fruit - both pit fruits and fresh fruits of cherries and apricots. Aftertaste is sweet, bitter, alcoholic and very warming. Overall, a very nice scotch - definitely worth trying...plus the can makes it that much better! I sampled this twelve ounce can purchased from Whole Foods in Vienna, Virginia on 15-January-2008.

Can shared with jerc - his can. Deep ruby-brown with a big mocha head. Aroma of rich malt and dark sugar syrup. Medium mouthfeel. Flavour holds some nice coffee and toffee notes, dark malts, and a faint smokiness in the finish. Not the best Scotch Ale I’ve ever had, but still pretty good.

12oz can via trade with Bück Dich! - Thanks Jordan! - Pours dark brown with a nice foamy tan head that blew out of the can when I popped the tab. Aromas of nice smooth caramel malts, some smoke, roasted malts as well. Nice sweet and malty flavor. Lots of caramel, a bit of chocolate, roasted malts, smoke, and some light hops on the finish. Palate is smooth with low carbonation and a nice creamy mouthfeel. Beer this good shouldn’t come from a can.. I like it...