Oskar Blues Old Chub

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

Can courtesy of shp555: Poured an hazy dark brown color ale with a big thick foamy head with good retention. Aroma of sweet malt with subtle touch of peat smoke is quite interesting. Taste is a nice balance between smoky malt with some sweetness. Body is above average with a creamy texture and some medium carbonation. This is a very good example for the style with some very good balance.

First impression: This looks like crap (from the outside). Second impression: "Holy crap this is good," from the inside. This beer shuns fancy marketing and labels and delivers on quality. Smooth, thick, goodness all around. Quality brewing indeed.

A few years back I packed a case of these on horseback into the Colorado backcountry, preferring cans to bottles for weight reasons. This beer was an instant hit with my camping companions and pretty soon they were all trying to barter their own liquor stash for a can of Old Chub. And for good reason. This is the best canned beer I have ever drank. It is an excellent Scottish Ale and conforms perfectly to its commercial description. At 11,000 feet above sea level, the 8%abv feels more like 10%! The horses didn’t complain about hauling out a case of empty aluminum cans either. Highly recommended for backcountry or home comsumption!

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.

(draft @ The Old Toad - Rochester, NY) Dark copper pour with a very thin tan head. Aroma is loaded with toasty caramel malts and some chocolate. Some smokiness too. The flavor is very smooth and sweet with a nice chocolate and caramel malt flavor. The finish is very sweet with some smokey malts to it. Very easy to drink and the alcohol isn’t overpowering. One hell of a canned scotch ale.

deep mahogany body, very thin head. It is odd to see something I’m expecting to be good to come from a can. Nose is caramel, chocolate, malt, roasting marshmallows & more. This is what I want a scotch ale to smell like. When I take a sip I get coffeecake, brown sugar, caramel, more of that perfectly roasted marshmallow character, chocolate covered cherries. Finish is sweet but not overly so. I can’t think of another scotch ale - not even Robert The Bruce - that I’ve enjoyed so much.

i was really surprised that this is a scotch ale. really dark compared to others i’ve had, like a stout. really good all around however. definitely heavy roasted malts, nice clean finish.

Can, 8.0%. Weak roasted aroma, slightly rough. Very dark brown colour. Small light brown head. The flavour is roasted and quite malty, a caramelly maltiness. Creamy flavour, finishes with a little syrupy sweetness.