Oskar Blues Old Chub

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

This dark brown ale poured from can to thistle with a decent beige head and a smoky caramel aroma. This is a good example of a scotch ale, with plenty of peat and roasted malt flavor and some chocolate notes.

Again with the can. By far the darkest beer I have ever poured from a can. Deep dark garnet body topped by a creamy tan head. Very pleasing sweet caramel malt aroma. The flavor is sweet and smoky, the two cornerstones on which any great scottish ale is made. Roasted nutty malts are medium in their presentation, the hops are more pronounced they I am used to in this style,, hough I think that here it works. The palate is medium with a bit of an acidic finish. While not really wholly to style my only out right complaint is the acidic/metallic finish. Is this from the can? Personally I have not near enough experience with good canned beer to say. The canned Pale Ale from the same brewer is better and does not exhibt the odd finish so that would seem to preclude the can as culprit. Who knows?

Pours a nice thick dark brown with a medium tan creamy head. Very malty rich aroma, slight smoked peat, chocolate, caramel, sweet molasses. The flavor is very rich, alcohol shows through just a little. Smoked peat a tad noticeable, but well contained. Nice caramel, chocolate, molasses in the taste. A fantastic beer.

Can sampled at the Newtown Brewfest with Stegosaurus and The Mad Indian. Pours a bronze with an off-white head. Aroma of caramel, toffee, and chocolate. The flavor is mainly roast, smoke and chocolate.

The can is a bit complex, the beer in the glass deep black, smoky aroma. Starts malty dry, reminds me of christmas spices. The finish is a bit weak in the first moment, but then smoky-malty. Nice!

Can sampled at the Newtown Brewfest with Beerded_one and the Mad Indian. Pours a deep bronze with an off-white head. Aroma of roasted caramel malts, toffee, and chocolate. The flavor is roast, caramel, and chocolate. Good body, good brew.

12oz can, no date. Pours a deep brown with a small beige head. Aroma of roasty coffee and brown sugar, chocolate, a little smoke and lesser nuts. Flavor is a little more peaty smoke, though the other flavors are pretty much the same as the smell. Alcohol is noticeable, but not overbearing by any means. Full bodied, moderate carbonation. Quite smooth. I’ve only had this and Dale’s Pale from these guys, and they are everything I expected them to be--which seems to be a rarity.

Can. Dark brown; nearly opaque, with a medium head that settles into a small ring that leaves some lace. Aroma is chocolate, roasted coffee and slight smoked herb. Flavor is big: dark chocolate, charred wood, sweetened coffee, earthy-tingly herbs, and some slight acidic twinges. The advertised "whisper of smokiness" in the finish is highly accurate, and along with some nice bittering hop, balances the big roasted malt flavors well. Palate is medium-bodied, smooth and dry. Excellent brew.