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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
common

on tap
common

Broad Distribution
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 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
5593.78/5.03.77/5.09.8%94English 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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 sunevdj (1765), Copenhagen OE, Denmark
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/103/517/20
Sep 3, 2009  
Pours a clear red amber with a smallish off-white head. Smells of bourbon, coconut and perfume. Quite sweet with aromas of caramel, coconut and bourbon. Tiny alcoholic hints. Full bodied. Sticky, slightly oily mouthfeel. Stron, sweet and dry finish with a touch of alcohol warmth. Good.


 blklab2007 (938), Connecticut, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/103/516/20
Sep 2, 2009  
bottled 3/5/09poured a dark ruby and brown in color with a thick foamy two finger light tan head that stuck around. aroma has sweet chewy caramel malt, rich dark malt, vanilla, dark sweet fruit, and some rum cake. medium mouth feel with light carbonation coats the tongue well. flavor has plenty of rich malt, vanilla, thick caramel sweetness, some earth, and a hit of alcohol at the end. i really like the flavors in this one, but the sweetness does get a little high even for a sweet lover.


 omhper (12155), Stockholm, Sweden
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/59/104/515/20
Sep 2, 2009  
Bottled at Monk’s Café Wallingatan, Stockholm. Brownish amber, almost no head. Thick caramel covered in a wealth of wood. Mid-sweet with full body and cottony soft mouthfeel. Warming and flavourful with caramel, spun sugae, oak and vanilla. Light salty finish. Well balanced, mellow and malty.


drtth (7), USA
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4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/517/20
Aug 31, 2009  
Pours out rich reddish brown. Aroma is mixture of caramel and vanilla, almost as if the beer had been aged in a charred oak cask. The nose predicts the flavor in that there is rich caramel/vanilla sweetness backed up by some earthy bitterness. I’ll definitely buy this beer again.


 Theis (3617), Denmark
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/103/516/20
Aug 28, 2009  
Bottle at home. Clear reddish - small white head. Berries, chewing gum, candy, sweetness, nutty, high malty, coconut, light bourbon flavor, caramel, dried fruits, barley, vanilla, light hoppy, smooth body, lots of sweetness.


 joergen (8430), Frederiksberg, Denmark
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/103/516/20
Aug 28, 2009    Updated: Aug 29, 2009
Bottle at home. Hazy orange brown coloured with a small off white head, Sweet aroma of caramel and dried fruits with notes of bourbon. Sweet flavour of caramel, dried fruits, vanilla and hops. Hoppy finish.


 ante (2904), Stockholm, Sweden
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/104/514/20
Aug 27, 2009  
Borrled at Monks Café, Wallingatan. POurs out in a clear reddish amber appearnace with a small bubbly off-white foam. Rich malty aroma of prunes, figs, molasses, almonds and nust with dryish underones of black chocolate, black pepper and alcohol. Full-bodied withnotes of fudge, molasses,, prunes and burnt caramel with rough undertones of grass and peppery alcohol. Long warming finish of bitter nuts, grass, and peppery alcohol with strong undertones of molasses. Feels a bit young.


 andersand (271), Malmö, Sweden
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/58/104/515/20
Aug 26, 2009  
Dark copper colour with a small off-white head leaving some lazing on the snifter. Aroma is very sweet malty with notes of dark fruit, caramell, alcohol and pure sugar. Flavour is sirupy malts, various fruit, alcohol heat with notes of raisins, caramell and carmelised sugar. The finish is woody, hot and somewhat dry. Not very balanced but still quite tasty, mouthfeel is smooth.



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