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Founders Curmudgeon Old Ale

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RATINGS: 874   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.76   EST. CALORIES: 294   ABV: 9.8%
COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
This Old Ale conjures up thoughts of classic sea fairing ports, there local pubs and the weathered fisherman that frequent them. In traditional style Curmudgeon is brewed with an intense focus on the malt bill creating a very strong, rich, malty characteristic and a sweetness indicative of its cousin the barleywine. We are especially proud of the balance in this beer making it deceptively smooth and drinkable at 9.8% alcohol by volume.
Editor’s Note - The 2006 bottled version has been aged in bourbon barrels.

3.9
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
JStax (683) - Devola, Ohio, USA - FEB 3, 2012
Poured from a bottle into a stemless wine glass. Appearance is hazy copper with minimal cream colored head. The beer clears up a bit as it warms. Head retention is not as great as it could be. No lacing. Aroma is over the top malts and caramels. A subdued earthiness is prevalent. Taste is musty in the best of ways. Caramels overrunneth my glass. Alcohol is covered nicely in this one. Mouthfeel is creamy with little in the way of carbonation tingle. Long lasting aftertaste of earthy caramels.

4.5
   AROMA 9/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 9/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 19/20
magdalar (285) - Zurich, SWITZERLAND - JAN 31, 2012
Bottle, 12oz, bottled 2009. Pours a dark amber with a beige head. Smells of candi sugar, spice, caramel, prune juice, and definite bourbon with plenty of malt. Tastes of a heavy sweetness, a lot of fruitiness, some coconut, vanilla, a mild bitter and some tartness. Texture is superbly creamy. Full bodied. Soft carbonation. Finishes with a mild salty tartness. Delightful.

4
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
hollardustin (191) - Indiana, USA - JAN 24, 2012
Pours a reddish amber with pretty much no head. Aroma is very rich malt, sweet caramel, butterscotch, and bread. Taste is very sweet and malty with a perfectly balanced hop bitterness. The smooth and creamy mouthfeel goes very well with the big full body of this monster. This is really good.

3.9
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
Marsiblursi (2301) - Göteborg, SWEDEN - JAN 21, 2012
UPDATED: JAN 24, 2012 (Bottle) Pours orange red with a small off-white head. The aroma holds clear notes of oak - wood, butter, coconut and vanilla. Malt bring tones of caramel, toffee, fudge and bread. Hints of juniper, earth, resin and woodsy hops. The flavour is light to medium sweet and medium bitter with notes of butter, vanilla, cocoanut,wood, caramel, toffee and balanced hops. The mouhfeel clean, round and soft with a near medium carbonation. Plums, oak, sticky malt and resinous hops on the finish. Medium to full bodied.

4
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
BrewDad (3384) - Olympia, Washington, USA - JAN 18, 2012
Amber in color, clear with a thin head. Nice malt and alochol aroma. Rich bready and cereal like. The rich malt flavors are pronounced and very much barely wine esque. Super beer.

3.8
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
ttutony (508) - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA - JAN 7, 2012
Hazy light brown. Rich, sweet malty character with a backing of hops that is somewhat subdued but suits the beer well. Thick, almost syrupy mouthfeel. Fantastic malty beer.

4.1
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 18/20
HomeBrew_Man (10) - San Francisco, California, USA - JAN 4, 2012
This is not one of my go to styles, but if more of them were done like this it might be! The 10% ABV is hidden way too well. Very, very tasty.

3.8
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
bbbeer (179) - Massachusetts, USA - JAN 3, 2012
Amber-orange, large tan head which persists a little. Aroma malt, caramel, butterscotch, wood. Full body, some alcohol present. Flavor is sweet and malty and brown sugary but with a kind of tannic background to prevent it from being cloying. Interesting and excellent for sipping.


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