Curmudgeon’s Better Half (2018)

Old Ale

What tames an old ale like Curmudgeon? The tender embrace of oak and sweet maple, that’s what. The result is Curmudgeon’s Better Half, a harmonious matrimony of our deceptively smooth old ale brewed with molasses and time spent aging in bourbon barrels that have previously held maple syrup. Because all counterparts should be sweet, rich and utterly delicious.

ABV

12.7

Rating

4.16551

Rating count

27,509

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about 5 years ago

 
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Todd Von

Very nice! Sweet maple w/ barrel burn!

4.25

over 4 years ago

 

Tony S.

Offah duffah

4.75

over 4 years ago

 

Pim S.

Beetje cofie stout zacht van smaak smaakt naar meer en ik heb er maar 1

4.5

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Adam Larson

Thanks BotW crew

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4.25

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Ryan T.

The beer for a moment.

4.75

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Jonathan

No longer in production but found some today...

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Phill H.

Very tasty.

4.25

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Dan C.

Killer. Thanks Eric W. What a treat.

4.75

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Darren Weber

Boozy, strong ale!!! Needed this beer after a long day!!

4.25

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Adam Franklin

Loving the maple, and the tobacco. What a treat on Halloween, as those couple of years sitting helped it drink better.

4.25

over 4 years ago

 

Anand Gupta

Post movie drink.

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Chuck V.

Yup age works

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Joelle H.

Found this bitch in the basement. Has aged like a fine wine. I'm pretty sure Steve would divorce me and marry it if he could. Weirdo.

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Bill

Updating from Tuesday night. Such a great old ale. Love that founders/their distributors decided to drop some 2018 into stores.

4.75

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Martin W

Alcoholic honey, before it turns to mead. Too sweet.

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Jimmy Silva

Would give a 10 if possible! Celebratory beer for hunting success!

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Addi nalin

Nachtrag !

3.5

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Cavca

Szkoda ze jest tak cholernie słodkie, byłoby mega sztosem. 7,5/10 z minusem

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Frank Corbey

Wat een pracht bier!

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Brandon Skluzacek

Great beer. This is what I believe an Old Ale should be. Visual - not terribly dark. Sweet, dark fruit - raisin forward. Maybe a bit boozy. Just a hint of bitterness - maybe from the molasses? Great beer. If the bitterness were a bit more subtle I'd go 5.

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Matt B

Bottled 15 Aug 2018. Purchased 07 Nov 2018. Smooth, sweet, molasses, vanilla, toffee.

4.25

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Scott Rogers

Definately a Maple brew! More sweet than smooth.

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Scotty Ducati

Cellar raid

4.25

over 4 years ago

 

Mike T.

Net te pannekoek zoet maar wel.lekker

4.0

over 4 years ago

 

Anthony Krull

Bottled 8/28/20

4.5

over 4 years ago

 

James A.

As Dave B. said, thanks to someone for cellaring this. Still fantastic.

4.75

over 4 years ago

 

J Smith

I can tell this is a quality beer, but I just don’t care for the sweetness and maple/molasses finish.

3.0

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4.5

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Anthony Krull

Bottled 8/28/18. Somehow managed to delete the check in from yesterday, but here it is again

4.5

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Shon

Oh man. This is awesome. Frothy head. Sweet up front with caramel. Boozy finish.

5.0

over 4 years ago

 

Matt Headley

Wow really nice bourbon and maple sweetness comes through. The old ale is mellowed to a good means to transport this nice barrel aging and still have some backbone.

4.5

over 4 years ago

 

Gerald Parker

Bottled 8/2018. Old ale seems more prominent now. Nice sweet finish is still there.

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Kris Spoto

Still outstanding

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Jurian Van der waal

Boozy maple syrup smaak komt goed terug. Blijft een enorme baas eigenlijk

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Josh Hellcat

Fuck that's drinking good.

4.75

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Anna Wallman

Gott!

4.0

over 4 years ago

 

Linus Broström

Konstigt. Anna fick hur många årgångar som helst som förslag på streckkoden, jag fick bara en - rätt årgång! 😀

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Matt Jeronimus

👃- brown sugar, barrel notes 👅- burst of maple, brown sugar sweetness. Warm boozy oak mid to finish. Hint of toffee malt. Little heat on the finish. Body is rich and mouth-coating

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Karl K.

LN. This has greatly improved with age. Super sweet and smooth.

4.25

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Michael A

Soooo good!

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J C

Boozy molasses. 👍🏻

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Kaingorn

Sporo karmelu, syropu, melasy, dość treściwe, troche wanili i kokosa. Destylat trochę i alko czuć. Całościowo smaczne takie na cztery minus jak to founders zazwyczaj

4.0

over 4 years ago

 

George Bentley

Chelsea 1-0 over Rennes at half time.

4.5

over 4 years ago

 

Ko Stolp

An explosion of different sweet flavours. The maple syrup bourbon barrels give perfect balanced sweetness.

4.75

over 4 years ago

 

Jeremy G

Thicker than I remember. Very smooth. Malty, lightly sweet, minimal barrel. Subtle.

4.25

over 4 years ago

 

Sander Wiggers

Bam, deze hakt erin! Old Ale brewed with molasses and aged in Maple Syrup Bourbon barrels. Boozy 🤪

3.75

over 4 years ago

 

Christina H.

Another winner!

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