Oskar Blues Old Chub

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

Almost black & tan (Saranac b & t comes to mind) in color, with short lived white head. Smokey, roasted malt in the nose. Very flavorful and full bodied. Chocolate, smoke, caramel and a tad bit nutty. The alcohol adds a noticable amount of strength. Somewhat thin and dry at the end. For a canned beer this is impressive, and indeed worth a try.

Canned.....obvious appeal if it is in fact a quallity microbrew. Pours a deep garnet tinged brown with a small, quickly dissipating head. Aroma is big on sweet malt with caramel and toffee notes. Some subtle smoke comes through in the nose as well. Flavor is sweet and bready/malty with a pleasant smoke flavor to round it out. Moderate hop bitterness but no real hop flavor to boot. Slightly fruity and complex ester profile to complement the malt and smoke. Slight alcohol warmth going down, but no overpowering alcohol in the flavor. Mouthfeel is very full and smooth with slightly low carbonation though to style for a scotch ale. Great brew.

Courtesy of Secret Santa. <P> Aroma is chocolate malt, caramel malt and you definitely detect the smoked malt. Dark red/brown with a thin, but well established tan head. Huge mlt flavors. Chocolate dominates with a very high intesnity flavor followed by smokey notes and a touch of caramel. Finish is clean with not even a hint of the 8% alcohol. Damn fine beer.

This is good. Somwhat light in mouth feel. I like a thicker liquid in this style, but, that said, good flavor, balance and, particularly, not overly sweet on the finish as are many in this style. And it is out of a can!!!

Dark brown pour with a small cap of beige foam. Toasty caramel aroma with chocolate cake, and a touch of hay. Sweet hot cocoa flavor that resolves into a clean dry finish. Nice soft palate, substantial body while still conveying the impression of delicacy. A really nice surprise. Best thing I’ve had out of a can so far, and a ridiculously good value.

Pours near black with ruby hues and a fully receding tan head. Aroma of chocolate, raisin, molasses, aromatic malt, pepper, and cereal graininess. Taste is sweet, malty, vinous and fruity with a mild roasty finish. Notes of light roast, chocolate, toffee, peated malt, and smoke. Medium to heavy bodied with low carbonation. Great beer can be from a can.

Can. duh. Dark thick head, almost opaque. Chocolate, malty, evervescent nose. Taste is creamy, a bit carbonated with chocolates, malts, sweet candi sugar taste. A bit thin on the finish but overall a wonderful beer.

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.