Oskar Blues Old Chub

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

Clear, garnet colored body with a thick, fluffy, quickly diminishing tan head. The aroma is pretty enjoyable, but has elements of diacetyl that keeps it from thorough enjoyment. Caramel, nuts, cocoa, loads of grain, soft smoke wafts, some mild alcohol and a healthy dose of buttery popcorn. The body is silky, smooth and nice on the tongue. The depth of the malt really shines in the flavor, as each moment sees individual elements of the malt peel away like rings on an onion. The problem is the unmistakable sour butteriness of the diacetyl. While I tried to enjoy it, I couldn’t look past the obvious infection. It doesn’t seem common for this beer, so I don’t know what happened. Hopefully I’ll get another chance to try it and I see what it should be. The Dale’s Pale Ale I drank right after this was fine, so I really can’t explain what’s happening. Bummer.

My friends are getting worried, because my favorite beers are from a brewery that cans its beers. What a ballbuster of a beer! Pours dark and thick with minimal head. Smoky peat in the nose, very dry. If you like single malt scotch, you will like this beer. Wonderful complex flavor with nice malt to smooth things out. While the pale ale from this brewery is the more popular beer, this is a really tasty alternative. Prost!!

Pours a blood brown color with big dense tawny frothy. The aroma a little yeasty integrated with sweet malt. It’s an off dry (fruity, semi sweet) brew with a diverse flavor profile. It’s luscious and malty right up front with a slight hoppiness to follow. Then the earthy barnyard flavors protrude releasing complexities to include fresh biscuits, sourdough, and a wet campfire. The finish is long with a slight fruity bitterness. Alcohol is well hidden. This is the best canned beer I’ve ever had. I laughed when I tasted it. It’s so tastey. You’d never believe it was canned. I highly recommend this brew.

12 oz can thanks to xnoxhatex. Pours a dark brown with a beige fluffy tall head. Malty nose some chocolate, carmel, toffee, dried fruit and smoke? (next time i rate it, it won’t be around the campfire). Medium body. Malty sweet flavors bakers chocolate, a grainy earthiness that is a little like rye and a little chalky. Decent, but pales to dales ..pale .. ale.

12oz can. Very very dark brown pour, nose is ALL malt. Sweet caramel, bready, sticky toffee malt. Faint hops in the flavour a more malt. Some nice caramel corn notes, and maybe some ripe fruits like candied figs. Wow, what a nice beer!

On tap at Zeno’s. Pours a dark amber color with a beige creamy head. Lots of lacing. Aroma of dark fruit and malts. Taste is sweet and malty with a dark fruit presence and a light chocolaty finish.

From the can into a Delirium snifter/tulip. Dark brown, amber edges, and a frothy tan head. Muted nose of softly sweet malt. Flavor of toffee, lightly sweet malt, earth, toastiness. Simple but tasty. Smooth, medium body. Perfect bbq on the beach beer. Very nice.

On tap in a pint glass. Pours murky brown with a dark and creamy almost Guinness-like head. The aroma is sweet malt and dark esters with a fair amount of alcohol and a dash of salty smoke. The flavor is quite sweet and goes down with a bit of smoke and a good dose of hops. Mouthfeel is quite creamy like carbonated chocolate milk.