Founders Curmudgeon's Better Half - Founders Brewing Company

jrallen34

Illinois

3.25/5  rDev -24.8%

01-22-2013 01:24:56 | More by jrallen34

myersk27

Indiana

3.75/5  rDev -13.2%

05-17-2013 03:44:03 | More by myersk27

gueuzegossage

California

4.25/5  rDev -1.6%

05-15-2013 05:08:27 | More by gueuzegossage

BMart

Pennsylvania

4.5/5  rDev +4.2%

05-13-2013 17:01:51 | More by BMart

IMSPEAKNOENGLISH

Illinois

4.25/5  rDev -1.6%

05-13-2013 03:06:35 | More by IMSPEAKNOENGLISH

yadehtsiyadot

Pennsylvania

4.95/5  rDev +14.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 5

This forest is immensely dense. Foilage brushes against my legs as I make my way inward. I am at peace in this place. Light from beyond gleams through the trees, enveloping every blade of grass and every loose stick.

"This way", I hear a voice from the distance. Following it, I come across a great old maple tree. "What do you wish of me?" I question. "Share what I create by drinking from me", the old tree replies.

Reaching into my boot, I extract my pocket knife. Gently impaling the bark of the living wood, I open a prosperous floodgate. Scents of bourbon and maple encompass the forest. Pouring from the puncture is a beautiful, brown liquid.

"What is this?", I ponder. Reading my thoughts, the great maple replies, "This is you". "But I am me", I argue. "How can this be?" The old tree continues, "You are everything. But you divide yourself. You cut yourself in half, then quarters, then eigths, sixteenths, etc...forgetting what you truly are".

Confused, I bend down and take a gulp of the nectar. Everything is understood. This is me. This is my Better Half.

Serving type: bottle

05-12-2013 04:43:51 | More by yadehtsiyadot

stevec32

New York

3.75/5  rDev -13.2%

05-10-2013 00:20:15 | More by stevec32

beernads

Florida

4.5/5  rDev +4.2%

05-09-2013 05:45:49 | More by beernads

tommyguz

Pennsylvania

3/5  rDev -30.6%

05-08-2013 03:28:14 | More by tommyguz

chrisp450

Minnesota

4.25/5  rDev -1.6%

05-05-2013 14:55:16 | More by chrisp450

brandoman63

Illinois

4.5/5  rDev +4.2%

05-05-2013 00:31:58 | More by brandoman63

dsaudio

Colorado

4.5/5  rDev +4.2%

05-01-2013 01:41:25 | More by dsaudio

DStoked

Ohio

3.75/5  rDev -13.2%

04-29-2013 21:31:11 | More by DStoked

Jiatlas

Indiana

5/5  rDev +15.7%

04-29-2013 20:32:01 | More by Jiatlas

zachattack555

New Jersey

4/5  rDev -7.4%

04-28-2013 20:17:51 | More by zachattack555

SaxmanRick

Minnesota

5/5  rDev +15.7%

04-26-2013 16:40:24 | More by SaxmanRick

skaboom420

Pennsylvania

4.25/5  rDev -1.6%

04-26-2013 10:59:33 | More by skaboom420

randylangford

Pennsylvania

4.5/5  rDev +4.2%

04-26-2013 01:33:37 | More by randylangford

mnphish

Minnesota

4.56/5  rDev +5.6%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.5

On tap in MPLS at Pracna on Main on 4/25/13. Reviewed from fresh memory and a few notes.

It pours a very appealing caramel orange with little to no head, relatively hazy, just a very bright and warming hue.

It smells of tamed down bourbon and maple, followed by oak, vanilla, brown sugar, booze, and sweet dry fruit. Very inviting.

The taste follows nicely with a huge malt body, and sweet sugar fruits. The maple and bourbon aren't perhaps as big and dominating as i'd like, although it allows for more base beer flavor. Very impressive.

Medium body, light carbonation, massive oak, and light warming. Although the consensus is that this beer is on the downslope, I think it's drinking fantastic now and I bet it still tastes amazing in a few years.

Serving type: on-tap

04-26-2013 00:42:17 | More by mnphish

hollywood_15063

Pennsylvania

4.75/5  rDev +10%

04-25-2013 23:13:35 | More by hollywood_15063

LockeSD

New York

4/5  rDev -7.4%

04-25-2013 20:53:26 | More by LockeSD

supa0525

Michigan

5/5  rDev +15.7%

04-21-2013 16:08:13 | More by supa0525

swtchuck

Michigan

4/5  rDev -7.4%

04-21-2013 15:25:15 | More by swtchuck

pmarlowe

California

4.15/5  rDev -3.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Thanks to Scoot1969 for this. Tulip glass.

A: Barely a shimmer of tan colored head, leaving just a thin ring over a deep caramel body. Very good clarity, no lacing, and decent retention.

S: Dark fruit and spice, this smells like Christmas. Herbal, grassy honey, mint, caramel. Loads of syrupy molasses. A little alcohol burn. The barrel character is quite tame, but the nose exhibits excellent complexity.

T: Sweet, syrup-like molasses, vanilla, rich caramel, a bit of alcohol and bourbon, Andes candies, with a little hop bitterness on the finish. Lots of chocolate mint… interesting.

M: Full bodied, medium-light, soft carbonation.

O: The overriding flavor is very prominent vanilla-infused, minty syrup. Pretty unusual and good complexity, which makes this good slow sipper, but probably limits how much of this you could drink.

Serving type: bottle

04-17-2013 05:31:07 | More by pmarlowe

cadaugherty

Illinois

4/5  rDev -7.4%

04-16-2013 18:58:51 | More by cadaugherty