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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Betzzem

🍍express, cultfilm saturday

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Rick Ity

A new one on my short favorite list. Very good - smell, front porch and back door.

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Scott Brewer

Really sweet, but like kinda complex too. Pretty great with snickerdoodles too!

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Kris De Meester

Impressive maple/molasses strong old ale. I feel soo relaxed now...

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Frank O.

Heerlijk! Super bij de risotto met sucade!

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Keith H

Old ale that tastes like a scotch ale. Delicious! Thanks, Sean!

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Brandon Eaves

A favorite winter beer

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Ben VdP

Bourbon, maple, vanille, zoet

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William Channing W.

Big bold and sweet old ale, plenty still happening here with maple notable bringing a heightened lingering sweetness - nice autumnal sipping beer.

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A Bernstein

Excellent brewery

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Daniel Uecker-Herman

Watching Homeland season 8 with a CBH.

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Rock

Tasty BA old ale with maple & molasses taste. Good, tasty, enough oak barrels to give it layers of complexity. Good one.

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Aaron R.

Very boozy tasting if you drink it straight out of the fridge, but if you let it get to that 45-50 degree mark, it is very smooth and delicious.

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Peter Blowsky

Bottled date 08/28/18. Been aging for over 2 years. Now I am rating this a 5 then when I previously had it. The maple really shines now and balances out the bourbon taste

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Shaun H

2018

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Tomi Manhell

Been awhile without this, found one bottle in the fridge. Rich, complex, molasses, stronk, coconut, boozy are the words that appear in my windy brain here🦉

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Roman Morawek

👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻

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hendrik jan schenk

Geweldig . Echt heerlijk

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Jip Leenders

Lekker!

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John Butler

Very tasty. Lots of sweet flavors that hides the big abv.

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Nate H.

Quite sweet, not hot for the ABV

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Roman Andrade

A little too sweet

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Derek Y.

I wonder what the other half tastes like. Not my cup of tea

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j wickboldt

Boozy but nice

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Dustin Beck

YAY vacation!

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Andrew Owen

Caramel apple, maple syrup, and bourbon toffee. On the sweet side but enough booziness to keep it from being cloying.

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Michele E.

The Child is a fan too 😊

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