Old Chub - Scottish Style Ale - Oskar Blues Brewing Company

xoqx

Washington

4.1/5  rDev +2.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

This beer pours very dark brown, nearly black, with garnet highlights around the edge. There is a massive tan head that has nearly the same kind of amazing retention as Dale’s Pale Ale. The smell conveys amazing malty sweetness and mocha aromas. The taste is fantastically big and sweet without any cloying finish, a great example of this fine balance of the Scottish style. The focus is totally on the malt here, with the hops not standing out as much more than bittering. The taste is of heavy malt and chocolaty roasted barley. The mouthfeel is medium-full bodied and creamy. This is a very drinkable beer.

Serving type: can

10-30-2006 06:03:36 | More by xoqx

Rdc67

Kentucky

4/5  rDev -0.2%

05-22-2013 19:02:46 | More by Rdc67

johntfox

Florida

4/5  rDev -0.2%

05-21-2013 01:29:06 | More by johntfox

marshmeli

New York

4/5  rDev -0.2%

05-20-2013 16:11:01 | More by marshmeli

Birdlegs

Washington

4/5  rDev -0.2%

05-20-2013 06:44:29 | More by Birdlegs

hopswap1

Illinois

4/5  rDev -0.2%

05-20-2013 03:59:14 | More by hopswap1

DrewBest

Massachusetts

4.75/5  rDev +18.5%

05-20-2013 01:17:40 | More by DrewBest

dweeuu

Virginia

4.75/5  rDev +18.5%

05-19-2013 00:58:43 | More by dweeuu

Photekut

Azerbaijan

3.5/5  rDev -12.7%

05-18-2013 22:31:20 | More by Photekut

Otisimaas

Texas

4.5/5  rDev +12.2%

05-18-2013 14:29:50 | More by Otisimaas

warpedrevolution

Washington

3.5/5  rDev -12.7%

05-18-2013 08:02:44 | More by warpedrevolution

st9647v3

New Jersey

4/5  rDev -0.2%

05-18-2013 04:20:50 | More by st9647v3

akttr

Michigan

3.5/5  rDev -12.7%

05-18-2013 01:03:02 | More by akttr

Ebf

Illinois

2/5  rDev -50.1%

05-17-2013 23:53:22 | More by Ebf

G_Rod

North Carolina

4.25/5  rDev +6%

05-17-2013 11:23:18 | More by G_Rod

ElizabethEleanor

Texas

4.75/5  rDev +18.5%

05-17-2013 02:02:40 | More by ElizabethEleanor

NorthSideSean

Illinois

4/5  rDev -0.2%

05-17-2013 01:28:46 | More by NorthSideSean

MaximalC

Illinois

3.99/5  rDev -0.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25

Pours a murky molasses color with a thin khaki head. Aroma smells of molasses, brown sugar, and a faint nuttiness. The flavor is both sweet and roasted, but neither is cloying. This may be due in large part to a level of hopping that just about perfectly offsets the sweetness of the malt--far more balanced than I typically expect from a scotch ale. There is also a palpable alcoholic heat that adds an additional dimension to the flavor profile. The exact character of the malt is pretty difficult to dissect on account of how well everything melds. There's brown sugar and some nut, but that's as much as I can discern, at least without significant warming. The hops may overstay their welcome ever so slightly, but this is forgivable when one considers how well they serve the beer as a whole.

The stellar carbonation lends a creamy texture to the medium body that complements the flavor of the beer quite well. This is a brew where the whole definitely exceeds the sum of its parts. It's flavorful, lively, and sessionable in spite of its moderately high ABV (it strikes me as the scotch ale equivalent of Domaine DuPage). This is the first offering I've had from Oskar Blues, and I must say I'm impressed.

Serving type: bottle

05-17-2013 01:01:16 | More by MaximalC

JMurphy41

Illinois

3.75/5  rDev -6.5%

05-16-2013 05:21:27 | More by JMurphy41

MrParker

Ohio

4/5  rDev -0.2%

05-16-2013 04:23:29 | More by MrParker

xShoWTeKx

South Carolina

4/5  rDev -0.2%

05-16-2013 03:13:08 | More by xShoWTeKx

Gatordaddy

Maryland

3.5/5  rDev -12.7%

05-16-2013 02:04:50 | More by Gatordaddy

alex_hart

Massachusetts

4.25/5  rDev +6%

05-15-2013 23:55:58 | More by alex_hart

nquigley16

Massachusetts

4.25/5  rDev +6%

05-15-2013 23:09:02 | More by nquigley16

JohnSnowNW

Minnesota

4.25/5  rDev +6%

05-15-2013 19:37:00 | More by JohnSnowNW