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Oskar Blues Old Chub

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9753.69/5.03.68/5.08%89.9Thistle
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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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 carl4beer (400), Fairfax Station, Virginia, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/517/20
Jun 23, 2008  
12 oz can. pours dark brown and has a off white head. aroma is caramel and a hint roasted malt. mouthful is smooth and creamy with caramel and a bit of cocoa and brown sugar. very nice and amazing stuff from a can... oskar blues is the bomb in a can!!


 Firemoose15 (540), Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/515/20
Mar 4, 2007  
From da can. Aroma of chocolate,caramel,deep roasted malts a touch of smoke. Pours an almost black thick tan head. Flavor is nice melding of roasted malts almost coffeeish. Caramel intertwines with the chocolate malts seemlessly and the subtlety of the smoke brings together a hearty brew. Palate was nice and easy but the malt characters give this a fullness to a thinner brew. Overall I liked this immensely, even better it’s in a can, who can’t like that?


 Papsoe (14996), Frederiksberg, Denmark
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/516/20
Mar 16, 2006  
(Can 35,5 cl) Dark mahogany with a reddish glow and a creamy, off-white head. Sweetish, malty aroma. Full-bodied with lots of roasted malt and perhaps a wee, smoked edge. Some sweetness, some alcohol. Quite lovely. Thanks to xproudfoot for this one. 150306


 BeerRules (237), Houston, Texas, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/59/104/516/20
Dec 7, 2007  
Thanks to Secret Santa for this beer. Honestly, I was apprehensive of this brew because it was in a can, but man, it was great! Aroma was intensely malty, with over ripened fruit and dark brown sugar notes. Taste was of caramel, mild coffee, slightly spicy, and vanilla. A smokey presence lingers throughout the tasting. An excellent beer.


 maniac (2628), Richmond, Virginia, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/58/103/515/20
Jun 19, 2006    Updated: Jul 4, 2006
Hazy deep mohogany color with a medium creamy light brown head. Sweet caramel malt aroma with some light smoke. Sweet caramel malt and molassas flavor with some roasted malt and a touch of smoke.


 Nejhleader (929), Lemoyne, Pennsylvania, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/516/20
Apr 25, 2007  
nice big tan head, sweet caramel aroma, creamy body, taste is a bit chocolaty, very dry aftertaste, good stuff from a can.


 porterhouse (1154), Alna, Maine, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/103/517/20
Aug 1, 2006  
(Can from Julio’s Liquors) Dark amberish brown body with about 1/2" of soft biscuit head that recedes to about 1/8". Aroma of sweet caramel and toffee. Mouthfeel smooth, fairly full, but a touch loose and watery. Flavor is full of the caramel, hints of Scotch and smoked maltiness also in there. Finishes with a bit of piney bitterness. I enjoyed this, could have been a bit richer but otherwise really nice.


 twindadplus2 (415), Wisconsin, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/516/20
Mar 14, 2006  
Dark brown with some ruby highlights. Big creamy beige head. Nose is malty and smoky with hints of chocolate. Big nutty, malty flavor with a bit of smoke and a distinct astringent bitterness. Tight, fizzy carbonation and a nice medium to full bodied feel. Very good and very satisfying.



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