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Founders Curmudgeon Old Ale

Founders Curmudgeon Old Ale - Old Ale

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 Percentile 
97
overall
Brewed by Founders Brewing Company
Style: Old Ale

Grand Rapids, Michigan USA

bottled
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on tap
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 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
5573.78/5.03.77/5.09.8%93.9English pint, Snifter
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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.
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 riversideAK (2646), Shoreline, Washington, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/104/515/20
Apr 10, 2009  
Bottles from a couple of kind folks. This one has a nice nose of wood, vanilla, green apple, brown sugar, earthy hops and more sweet malty goodness. Pours a murky orange amber with a thin head. Lots of malts in the flavor, toffee, green apple, softer light fruity notes, brown sugar, and woody earthy bitterness that rounds out the finish. The alcohol becomes a little warming towards the end of the brew. Soft carb, smooth drinking, pleasant finish.


 sigma23 (216), , Maine, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/104/517/20
Apr 4, 2009  
i really liked this one. pours nice amber/copper with a nice malty aroma with a little hop cutting through with a little smoke on the end. nice malt sweetness with a good bite from the hops. finishes sweet with dark fruits and smoke on the end. very nice


 ewestern (198), Ohio, USA
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/104/56/103/59/20
Apr 3, 2009  
Amber colored pour with not much head. Weak aroma of alcohol, spices and citrus. It was almost like watered down whiskey with just about the same burn in the belly. Softened a bit as it warmed up but that almost made it worse. Some definite fruits an malt flavor in there as well. I think if the liquor taste was not so prevalent this would be much better.


 Beardface (976), Eugene, Oregon, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/514/20
Apr 3, 2009  
Got this as an extra from an excellent trade with GCurlow on the other site. Thanks, Grant! Pours a nice clear amber, much lighter than I expected with a very minimal head. Has a powerful aroma, malt, peat, apricot and orange. Palate is medium bodied with a lot of sugar in the front. Very very malty and sugary with a light fruit flavor. Not my favorite style, but pretty damn tasty all the same.


 Rastacouere (5551), Montréal, Quebec, Canada
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/102/514/20
Mar 29, 2009  
Beautiful sunset amber pour displaying an ephemeral white cover. This version bought in September 2008 was actually labeled as 9.8% and it makes for a very heady aroma. No wonder the ratings are so high, this is high octane stuff. Fortunately, the malt base is solid with its deep mango/apricot duo thick pancakes bathing in maple syrup rich, toasty, bready cereal profile. As it even begins to warm up though, massive amounts of diacetyl emanates. I’m usually not all that disturbed by butteriness, especially not in beers like scotch ales, old ales or barleywines, but this surpasses my generous threshold. Liquid alcoholic toffee, rather chewy and thick besides for the overly biting carbonation that removes any English aspiration. It has its strong points with this type of malt richness, but were it a delicate offering, its ’integrated’ flaws would make me rate it under 3. I will not go so low as I still find it pleasant, but can’t call it a great beer and would never consider going as high as its current 3.8 average.


 EHopper (274), Minnesota, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/103/516/20
Mar 28, 2009  
Interesting red amber, even orange and brown, ok hard to describe the color. Every whiff brings something else. Maybe like smelling a warm piece of fruit cake. The flavor was better than I remember of any fruitcake. Deep, spicy, drinkable flavor, with all the flavors of a fruitcake as it was meant to be.


 Beerman6686 (1259), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/514/20
Mar 27, 2009  
This poured a mahogany color with an off white head. Aroma was of dark fruits caramel, sweet malts and some leather. Flavor was a but toffe/caramel scotch flavor with noters of burnt malts and alcohol. Althoguh flavor isnt quite breathetaking, it is almost overwhelming


 elihapa (1028), Honolulu, California, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/104/515/20
Mar 27, 2009  
Bottle. Pours cherry red and orange. Peaty, marmalade orange aroma with a hint of bubble gum. Flavor has spicy, grainy notes to begin, then some interesting scotch characteristics and a warming finish. Body is buttery, smooth, and satisfyingly rich, with a sticky finish. Flavor has a musty quality, I hope the name of this brew is not influencing me so much.



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