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

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Richard S.

Gets better each time

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Patrick McGrath

Time for cool weather beers.

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Crystal M.

Soft notes of caramel, oak, subtle maple and bourbon. Aging has softened the sweetness and brought out more of the oak.

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Kane H.

That first whiskey hit was a Tyson uppercut! Lit my heart! But settles in so nice! Sweet Whiskey Beer Soup!

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Jack B

Bring it

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Con Lav

Beautiful beer. Lovely balance to it and not boozy for the abv.

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Tiemco Nelissen

Zoet, zoet, bourbon, maple

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Brendon S.

Sweet with a boozy punch

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Z W.

Mmmm. Barleywine is Life

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Martin Dickey

This is sweet

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Adam Larson

Thanks BotW crew

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Anand Gupta

Post movie drink.

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Scott Rogers

Definately a Maple brew! More sweet than smooth.

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Mike T.

Net te pannekoek zoet maar wel.lekker

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Jurian Van der waal

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

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Anna Wallman

Gott!

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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

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Pete

The maple is nice addition to this beer.

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Michiel Andrea

Geniet0n.

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Scott Rogers

More difficult to taste the maple syrup this time. On the sweet side but maybe with a bit of tang (molasses).

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Jennifer B.

Where’s Mrs. Claus?

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Paul Ryckbost

Fridge find!

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chris hildenbrand

Mellowed out nicely

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Kyle Randolph

Been aging for a while. Dropped off some boozy components, added some sweeter ones. Little bit more honey and molasses.

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Tom Pritchard

Sweet goodness......

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Jurgen Neele

Niet mijn bier, lijkt meer op een vloeibare lollie.

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Michael

Nice.

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Joe Armstrong

Snow day! Thanks SummerDave it's still delicious. I wish we could have more from that keg.

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Chris Wagner

Found in the back of the beer fridge. Better than I remembered.

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Monsieur Pamplemousse

Dried and dark fruit with a bit of toffee, quite prominent bitterness finishes everything. Barrel blends well. Background noise provided by Terveet Kädet - Ääretön joulu (infinite christmas). 4.1

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Harry Callahan

Usually i would split these beers but Covid cracked down on that. Time to start hitting the 1k worth of old stouts in the basement!

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Kevin H.

Drinking really good, lots of syrup flavor and still pretty barrel forward.

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Beer Drinker

Really unique and tasty

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Jeff Risley

Much sweeter than the 2016 Curmudgeon

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wouter k.

Happy!!

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Glenn Normile

Delicious start to the New Year

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Brian Puffer

Didn’t realize it was two years old when I purchased it last month. Taste great!

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Beer falling off and tough act following some big stouts.

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Andy

Held up nicely.

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Andreas H

Found this in the deepest corner of the never ending catacombs of forgotten beer. Sweet and oaky. Strong at first but with a nice warm alcoholic feeling in the end.

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