Oskar Blues Old Chub

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

12 oz bottle via JOHNyKAT (hey this guy sends me a package for no reason exept that he is cool..f%&$8n’ hey!!!! thanks, mr kat YOU RULE!). Pours A DEEP DARK BROWN WITH A LARGE BEIGE HEAD. Nose is heavy chocolate malt(nuts), phenols, and yeast. Hmm, this is weird as it tastes like an easy drinking vanilla flavored porter but with much more going on...quite nice. Med body, low carbonation..i love this one but i dont like scotch ales, so whaT DOES THIS MEAN...?!!!!!! I DON’T really know, but i like this beer, it is good at 3 AM on an August night:=)

The best beer by far I have ever had in a can. I would venture to say even better if it came in a bottle. Pours a deep brown with a slight tan head. Flavor is nice and malty, with nice malt hints. Aroma is also malty with some caramel sweetness to it.

Its great to see the Oskar beers now appearing in Oregon. Bought this tonight and hurried home with great expectations. Very attractive looking beer out of the can, dark chesnut brown with a large creamy/bubbly off white head,..that shrinks in a few minutes but leaves a gorgeous lace down the glass. Very nice malty aroma, mostly caramel style, hint of smoke. Wow this is a really nice American try at a Scotch Ale ( ok,ok most Scotch ales are American now!)Wondefully sweet and malty with flavours of dark fruits, blackberries, winey in some aspects and finishes up with a nice smokey aftertaste.Very well done. Good on the palate , quite smooth and the alcohol is not noticable. Over all a fine beer..best ever ina can. Will have again.

smoky and fishy big hints of charcoal or it could be chocolate (burnt).smokey (clearly artificial) burnt tang sorry but this could be anchovy like! nice creamy body does’nt make up for a questionable taste. heavy broomstraw taste. this is not genuine - and you have to be very careful when you try that! it may be desired from time to time - huh! it is too thin - and does not hold it’s body.

on tap at the "i" bar, manhattan. darkest ruby chestnut color, a little gold at the edges. dark tan thin creamy head. aroma is molasses and licorice malty sweet. more of the same for the flavor, with candy licorice and molasses like maltyness. a little syrupy and a bit like a sasparilla soda.

12oz can. Served at 52.5° in my NB worthy glass. The beer pours brown with red highlights and a small, quickly dissapearing cream colored head. The beer coats the glass when swirled and leaves foam dots all over the glass. Aroma of sweet, smoked malt, deep dark fruit, and milk chocolate. The beer is very full in the mouth. The flavors are caramel, milk chocolate with some light smoke, plums, and a hint of the alcohol. The finish is tasty with a caramel taste, but not the excessive sweetness of real caramel, and a little smoke. Nice mouthfeel. A great beer.

can. sure, I’ve had better scotch ales, not many, but for the price, balance and abv, this is pretty damn good. dark brown on the pour with a tan head, aromas of sweet caramel malt and some molasses, flavor of the sweet malt, molassess and some peat lurking in the background, I found this very enjoyable!

Deep burgandy color with tannish head that quickly dissipates. Aroma is nuts, cherries and a little bit of dough. Initially the flavor has a smoky aspect to it then the malts shine through with a nice balance of caramel and chocolate. Nice creamy texture. Medium bodied, overall the best canned Scotch Ale I have ever enjoyed.