Oskar Blues Old Chub

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

Can pours a dark cola brown with garnet highlights and decent ring of tan head. Nose of sweet malts and chocolate with a faint dogfood quality. Flavors of plum, toast, caramel malt, sugar. Alcohol is very well masked. Medium full creamy body.

(Canned) Pours dark with red hints. Light to medium roasted aroma with coffee and some chocolate truffles. Undertones of caramel, fudge, smoke, fruits and hops. Light roasted, light smoky flavour with a salty sting. Undertones of caramel fudge, coffee, cocoa and prunes. Velvety soft, extremely smooth mouthfeel. Light bitter. Medium body. Very nice.

Enjoyed while eating at Oggi’s while in OC. I started the night off with this one and perhaps it wasn’t the best way, but I’ve been wanting to try Old Chub for awhile now but couldn’t bring myself to buy a 6-pack. So here was my chance at $3.00 a can.

The beer pours out a rich mahogany brown, with garnet edges but a scant sized head. Perhaps the detergent used in the pint glasses killed the formation? After several swirls, it was a pretty lifeless pour. Aroma was sweet, almost fruity but in a soda pop/cola kinda way. More notes I keep picking up were nuts and toffee but it was all seemed lost somehow. Like I was only getting a quarter of what I was hoping to smell. Odd. Mouthfeel is a bit abrasive, but still mild mannered enough to enjoy. Flavors showed a giant dose of alcohol, some club soda like notes, caramel, light peat but overall just not enough there to really enjoy. It seemed overly hot and it just wasn’t working for me.

draught. Man, this is extra red with an off-white head. The aroma is of ridiculously thick caramel, a little oak, and maple syrup. Old Chub shows excellent balance of the elements of chocolate, vanilla, oak, caramel, etc. while not becoming overly sweet somehow. It finishes much like a smooth burboun.

12oz can from Rollin Oats (Tampa, FL). Pours a murky dark black color with a one finger tan head that settles slowly and laces the glass. Aroma is sweet and malty with notes of chocolate, dark ripe fruit, brown sugar, molasses, and hints of vanilla and cream. Flavor is roasted and malty with notes of sweet caramel, milk chocolate, nuts, ripe dark fruit, almost some hints of brandy-like alcohol overtones. Generally medium to full body with a pleasing malty and sweet finish.

Can thanks to Mcbackus. Poured a dark brown body with a nice head on it, good lacing throughout the glass. Aroma is malty, roasted malt and light hops. Taste is sweet with a hoppy aftertaste, chocolate. Full bodied and smooth. One of the best beers I ever had from a can.

Can from Charles. Muddy brown with a small off-white head. Nice aroma of caramel malts, chocolate, a little smoke. Sticky, icky mouthfeel with more caramel, chocolate, brown sugar, a bit of hops, and smoke. This is much better than I remember it. I wouldn’t want to drink more than a couple pints of this in a session, but it’s still very good. A bit underrated. One of the best scotch ales I have had.

Can. Pours a clear dark reddish brown with one finger beige head and spotty lacing. Nose is sweet malt, and some smoky earthiness. Taste is caramel malt and molasses up front, chocolate and a touch of charred wood in the finish. Medium, smooth mouth feel. This is one of the best of the style that I’ve had so far. Good brew.