Curmudgeon's Better Half

Old Ale

Curmudgeon is an old ale brewed with molasses and aged on oak; it becomes Better Half after aging—for 254 days—in bourbon barrels that have more recently been aging Michigan maple syrup. As a result, Curmudgeon’s Better Half is a bit sweeter than her miserly counterpart.

ABV

12.7

Rating

4.12707

Rating count

48,604

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Crispy

Shared maple pour. Apparently from 2018, butterscotch and vanilla nose, tastes like sweet maple syrup and caramel with enough bourbon present to balance the sweetness but not be overwhelming. Definitely one to savor

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James H.

Shared amber pour. Smells of bourbon, maple syrup & honey. Taste is big on maple & caramel, nice butterscotch back with big booze lingering at the end. Damn good brew.

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Justin Rak

Bottled 8/27/18 yet still finding on store shelves... aging well although less boozy.

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Lucas W.

Very boozy, sweet and molasses. Rich and full of flavour. Delicious

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Chris D.

My last one!

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Michael Guilliam

Nice syrupy maple nose. Raisiny, warm taste with an almost hot bite

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greger Eneqvist

Förträfflig

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Jaymzy

Well, as the saying goes, we're not here to fuck spiders! Big, brawny, brave and bold. Massive, masculine, moreish maple backed by boozy, brutal & brewtastic bourbon bombastic bliss. Super sweet, solid & thick. 12.7% that doesn't pretend to not exist..

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JJ

Wow. Really complex. Very boozy. A sipper.

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P H.

Maple and bourbon party.

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John Lehman

Absolutely amazing

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Bart

Links, fijne afsluiter!

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Karl W.

One I forgot to add from last night. I think I like CBS a bit more than this one now. But I’m sure as heck glad I’ve got this in spades!

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Don Williams

Oh my. Very excellent old ale. Boozy, vanilla and caramel notes in a semi-sweet viscous beer.

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Mark M.

that was a belter

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Kyle Fluck

Found a 2018 from Binnys & it’s fantastic. Maple & barrel have cooled way down. 4.65

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Kdog

Needed some higher octane. Still sweet and boozy.

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Ethan Coxsey

Super sneaky. Mellow sweetness. Barley wine and oak.

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Mike L.

It tasted good

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Phil Widdison

Just past the 2 year mark. It's become a Barleywine with some heat.

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Nick R

2018 batch and it’s aged well

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Jim P

Soul enlightening as always ;) 🍄

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Syrupy flavor. Nice breakfast beer.

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Caleb R.

Incredible whiskey 🥃 beer 🍺 bomb

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James L.

Such as great barrel-aged ale! Amazing maple and molasses flavors with a great maple bourbon finish. Wonderful and warm.

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Tex Vossen

2018 and loving it

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Big G

Visiting a favorite!!🔥🔥🔥

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Ron Arslan

Maybe a touch too sweet, but VERY enjoyable. I’ll have to grab more of these in the future.

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Jay Milo

Drank this way back in May, on the 21st, and it was wonderful.

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Reimark Neidermeier

2018 butter and bourbon

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Jasper Pollet

🤯🤯🤯 Babelutte the beer!

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