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.

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12.7

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trent n.

a little sweet but a good 8 ounce beer!

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Christopher P.

This beer was refrigerated since the day I got it and no oxidation. Maple syrup flavor is no longer but bourbon and molasses are there. Not a big fan of the flavor but it’s drinkable.

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Ellie

🤣🤣 Which one of us Curmudgeon?

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Hiro

They skipped 2019, it seems. 2020, I have no idea.

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DavidD

Booze bomb

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juul schut

Iets te alcoholisch . Verder heerlijk.

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Shawn Pederson

Wrong beer for this time of year. This is a fall or early winter beer.

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Johan van Elten

Heel veel en hele goede smaak, maar mij net te sterk

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B. S.

Not too shabby. Could have sworn I've had this before, must have forgotten to check it in. Boozy, but decent barrel.

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AJ Timmerman

And now onw from the draft. Strong and good.

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Scot McKee

#mashtag dusting off the equip

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Mike D

Found some from 2018 at Kroger. Love this stuff.

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Federico Sequeda

dark but shiny brown. molasses boozy nose. raisins foggy mouth with long boozy bourbon aftertaste. moderate carbonation. quite good. deceptively smooth.

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Joep S.

Wordt bij elk slokje beter. De zoetigheid van de Maple siroop rond de smaak helemaal af

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👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

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Robert LaValley

Deep, coppery color. I think the aroma is of molasses, perhaps carmelized sugar. Rich mouthfeel. Peculiar flavor. Caramel aftertaste. Big alcohol.

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Colby G.

One of founders better beers. Sweet old ale.

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Charlette P.

A sip by the firpit Oak barrel aged craft beer.

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Justin H.

Good but too sweet

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Greg Hughes

Great sweet boozy balance.

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Dmitry Pogodin

Выверенно, образцово, на балансе, но повторить не захочется. Без огонька. Есть BA от Founders интереснее

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Douglas Terborg

Take Founders Old Curmudgeon, a beer they named after me, then mellow it out for a year by bourbon barrel aging, and you get a more tempered form of the original. Worth the pour.

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Aaron Gregor

Solid. Expected it to be more boozy for abv. Molasses, caramel, toffee notes there. Muted vanilla and maple.

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Randy H.

Only 1. Tastes like you think it would

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Mark Smith

Sweet, boozy better half.

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Mike Youngberg

Maple is subtle ... sweet n boozy

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Lot K.

Never tried an Old Ale but this pretty damn good

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Scott M

Brewing my version of a marshmallow graham cracker imp. stout

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David Johnson

Great for a book by the fire on a cold night. Wasn't cold enough tonight so I only made it through half before I got sleepy

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Patrick Hammack

Super Sweet

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Matthew Benzel

Love a good BBA old ale. This one goes out to my better half!

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Julia van Geemen

Retteketet, deze zat fucking 1,5 jaar geleden in mijn kerstpakket

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