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Oskar Blues Old Chub 3.68 987

Oskar Blues Old Chub

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9873.68/5.03.68/5.08%90Thistle
Commercial Description:
Old Chub is a Scottish style ale brewed with copious amounts of crystal and chocolate malts, and a dash of beechwood-smoked malts. While Dale's Pale Ale ("the best-tasting canned beer I've ever had," according to many brewers and beer experts) is a showcase of both hops and pale malts, Old Chub is a celebration of malts. The cola-colored beer features a dense, tawny head, a creamy mouthful and flavors of caramel, chocolate and lightly roasted malt. Complex and rich, it finishes with a whisper of smokiness that calls to mind a fine single malt scotch. Old Chub weighs in at 8 % alcohol by volume.
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 BuckNaked (1211), Tempe, Arizona, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Nov 30, 2004  
Can: Pours a deep ruby brown with a medium creamy tan head. Nice aroma, highlights the malts. There’s some earth, peat smoked malt, wood smoke, caramel, and cocoa. Nice taste as well, still showcasing the malt. There’s some bitter hops, earth, smoked malt, caramel, toffee, wood, cocoa, and brown sugar. Finishes with some wood smoke, just like advertised. Very nice.


 LilKem (1210), Marietta, Ohio, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/58/103/517/20
Sep 11, 2005  
best beer i have ever had from a can. smokey and thick and a beer you can really chew on. mmmm. some dark chocolate, carmel, malt, and toffee and nougat (haha) flavas. nice smooth texture that just calls you to grab another one.


 Zinister (1207), Houston, Texas, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/517/20
Jan 20, 2008  
Thanks to theisti for this can. Dark caramel color with off white head. Smoked peat, whiskey and sweet malt on the nose. Taste is rich and full with that whiskey flavor. I really enjoyed this and need to get more.


 BeerHawk (1203), Huntsville, Alabama, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/514/20
Aug 30, 2008  
Can. Poured Brown with some ruby highlights with a tan head that settles out quick. The aroma find caramel and chocolate backed with some other smoky malts. The initial flavor as it was still chilled from the frig was metal, lots of can taste. As it warmed this went away and the flavor follows much the same as the aroma. Medium body, smooth, and sweet throughout.


 markwise (1200), 15 Minutes from Kuhnhenn in, Florida, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/104/515/20
Jan 10, 2009  
Can from Total Wine Clearwater. Pours a dark brown with a small off-white head. Nose is malt, earth, some smoke, and barely noticeable caramel and sugar. Flavor is lots of malt, light smoke, molasses, some brown sugar, and a woody earthiness. Very nice overall.


 jcr (1194), Jasper, Indiana, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/516/20
Sep 8, 2006  
Can. Appealing dark reddish brown pour with tight-bubbled, creamy tan head. Aroma filled with sweet malts that conjure up molasses, caramel, raisin. Tastes rich with sweet malts and a peppery alcohol finish. Thick and creamy on the palate. Easy, tasty drinking.


 FlssmrBrewAlum (1186), Lisle, Illinois, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/514/20
Mar 29, 2009  
12 oz can courtesy of the singles selection at Three Cellars (Franklin, WI). This beer certainly has potential as I crack the can open. Pours a very nice murky dark brown with reddish copper notes through, decent offwhite head that dissipates to a small amount and laces a bit. Aromas are typical of the style, strong and enjoyable, caramel and toffee malts with vanilla, peat, a touch of toastiness, and a dollop of chocolate with a nice sweetness balanced by a subtle floral hoppiness. Initial is a good bodied brew that packs the malty flavors in, toast, carmel, toffee, and a touch of chocolate dance with light peat and creamy vanilla and sweetness. Hops make an appearance and bitter for balance on the backend, but lightly. A malty brew, packed with flavor. Sessionable but strong, a little watery on the palate for the 8% though.


 carruthm (1185), Seattle, Washington, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/59/104/516/20
Jun 28, 2008  
V - dark brown. A - strong aroma or caramel and dark roasted malts T - loads of caramel and malt. P - smooth and mellow.



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