Oskar Blues Old Chub

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

Can?! thanks to CaptainCougar: Dark brown pour, with a small tan head. Aroma rich malts, some chocolate. Flavor was chocolate, roasted malts, some bitterness on the finish. Mild carbonation, light bodied. By far the best thing I’ve ever had out of a can.

I have been curious about this one for a while now. Sampled from a 12 oz can this beer poured a very dark brown color with a large dark brown head. The aroma is roasty with elements of chocolate, molasses, and maple syrup. The mouthfeel is thick. The flavor is roasty malts with chocolate, strong floral hops, molasses, a hint of coffee and a tangy sour finish. Very malty and quite enjoyable.

Can from BevMo, La Mesa. Dark ruby/amber in color. Rich malty aroma. Very peaty with a hint of sweetness. Thick and malty up front. Some dark fruit. Malt dominates with some smokey qualities.

A deep deep dark red/brown pour with a light tan lace. An aroma of raisins and burnt coffee come to mind for me. A flavor of rich toasted malty chocolate and the raisins. It has a very pleasant lingering after taste that reminds me some of a dried fruit drink not the gooy sweetness of dates but something like the juice would taste if you could make it. A full creamy rich mouth feel and excellent carboantion make this a very damn good beer.

Pours transparent brown and the head atop is tan. yes, tan. bubbly, lacey, and tan. Nose is malty in nutty ways with a stream of caramel running through it. Nose fumes show some notes of alcoholic toffee as well, like if a heath bar was your drunken uncle’s dirty clothes but instead of smelling bad, smelled good. A little musty too...like a basement. something like a basement, i say. Smokey too actually...like your fingers, 3 days after smoking a cigarette if you never washed your hands. Flavors were smooth and toffee like..like toffee flavored silk, if silk were edible...even if it wasn’t edible, it may taste the same...but I dont want to talk about eating inedible things, because that may cause a stomach ache. There’s nut flavors that come about as well...i can’t really label it as any specific nut per se, but of all the flavors in the world, Im sure it comes closer to the general idea of nutty than any other general ideas out there. Then again, i could be wrong..I am generally nutty as well. There’s also a meaty smokiness behind everything...like, your drunken uncles fingers...if you sucked on them...which you would never want to do, im sure...but why note, it tastes damn good...in beer form, anyway. The alcohol here...kind of like a ghost. I dont believe in ghosts but I certainly believe in alcohol, so...it may not be quite like a ghost afterall...but like a ghost in movies, because I do believe in movies, at least most of them. I like this beer. I drink it out of the can as nature intended.

355ml can from the <a href=http://www.ratebeer.com/Place/new-york target=blank>Premier Gourmet in Buffalo, New York. Dark brown in colour, thin beige head dissipating into a ring around the glass, some spotty lacing. The aroma was of light chocolate, some caramel, smoke, generous sweetness. The flavour had some smoke, chocolate malts, light roast, caramel, good sweetness, chewy and sticky. Bitter mouthfeel, medium body, medium carbonation. Finishes medium length, mild sweetness. No alcohol noticable throughout despite being 8%, excellent balance.

12 oz. can from Plaza Liquor - Pours a clear brown color with a one and a half finger thick light tan head. Nice lacing. Has a lightly smoked malt aroma. Perhaps peat? Flavor is nice and malty but not sweet. Smooth mouthfeel with no lingering aftertaste. One of the better Scotch ales I’ve had.

mahogony red pour thick tan head some nice lacing. Typical scotch ale aroma some wood notes lots and lots of malts. Palate is avg. Flavor is moslty malts carmels and more carmels then some light grains. Decent.