Oskar Blues Old Chub

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

355ml can from the <a href=http://www.ratebeer.com/Place/new-york target=blank>Premier Gourmet in Buffalo, New York. Dark brown in colour, thin beige head dissipating into a ring around the glass, some spotty lacing. The aroma was of light chocolate, some caramel, smoke, generous sweetness. The flavour had some smoke, chocolate malts, light roast, caramel, good sweetness, chewy and sticky. Bitter mouthfeel, medium body, medium carbonation. Finishes medium length, mild sweetness. No alcohol noticable throughout despite being 8%, excellent balance.

Pours transparent brown and the head atop is tan. yes, tan. bubbly, lacey, and tan. Nose is malty in nutty ways with a stream of caramel running through it. Nose fumes show some notes of alcoholic toffee as well, like if a heath bar was your drunken uncle’s dirty clothes but instead of smelling bad, smelled good. A little musty too...like a basement. something like a basement, i say. Smokey too actually...like your fingers, 3 days after smoking a cigarette if you never washed your hands. Flavors were smooth and toffee like..like toffee flavored silk, if silk were edible...even if it wasn’t edible, it may taste the same...but I dont want to talk about eating inedible things, because that may cause a stomach ache. There’s nut flavors that come about as well...i can’t really label it as any specific nut per se, but of all the flavors in the world, Im sure it comes closer to the general idea of nutty than any other general ideas out there. Then again, i could be wrong..I am generally nutty as well. There’s also a meaty smokiness behind everything...like, your drunken uncles fingers...if you sucked on them...which you would never want to do, im sure...but why note, it tastes damn good...in beer form, anyway. The alcohol here...kind of like a ghost. I dont believe in ghosts but I certainly believe in alcohol, so...it may not be quite like a ghost afterall...but like a ghost in movies, because I do believe in movies, at least most of them. I like this beer. I drink it out of the can as nature intended.

Draft - Deep brown, super thick tan creamy head. Malty nose of smokey vanilla, caramel, and roasted chocolate. Flavor matches almost exactly and is extremely smooth going down. Full bodied, soft carbonation, rich malty finish. Really nice malt-head brew...

For the style I think this beer is about perfect, Thanks Slob!. Translucent dark brown. Sweet, carmelly aroma with a slight roast quality. It has a very slight hop bitterness to it(it may just be the roast). Smokey peat finish.

12oz can from South Bay liquor San Diego. I was very impressed with my first beer from Oskar Blues. Poured a deep dark brown with a faint ruby hue. A very small tan head was there and gone in a flash, little lacing. The nose had hints of toasted malts, dark fruits and chocolate. On the palate, this beer was very smooth and creamy.

12oz can poured clear brown with lasting creamy light brown head. It has a sweet aroma of malt, roasted malt, chocolate malt and smoked malts. The flavor doesn’t hint at the smokiness but embraces it. It isn’t too crazy though. Seems to be a mild smoke malt. It hits up front and toward the finish. Around the mild smokiness I taste roasted malts, sweet caramelized malts and chocolate malts. Refreshing brew. Around the periphery of the mainly malt flavor profile I get hints of hop bitterness. Just a hint though. The more I consume the more the sweet caramel and chocolate peek out behind the mild smokiness.

Thanks to mcbackus for another great Oskar Blues brew. Pours a super dark copper with a small light tan head. Aroma is of malt, light cocoa, and maybe some nutty hints. Flavor is bitter malts, spice, black licorice, mild smoke. WOW! Very nice stuff here. Light bitterness in the finish.

12oz can. Dark Brown, reddish tint. aroma of piney hops, hint of peat smoke. Milk Chocolate colored, foamy head. Sweet flavors of malt. Finishes with a small bite of bitter hops. Loved cooking Brats with it!