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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Lonny Orth

Absolutely awesome.

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TooManyGlasses

Not getting worse with age.... wonderfully smooth with brown sugar, toffee sweetness, bourbon - boozy warmth - delicious sipper.

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Thomas Andersson

Ibland måste man ha alkoholen som smakbärare och värmande i kylslagen tisdagsafton

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Nick A.

Aged perfectly. This is pure caramel malt and barrel.

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Riley Rogers

Anotha 1. Tastes better this time around. Must be the fatigue.

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Jon W

Damn good. Boooozy.

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Kevin Kennett

Day 10 - very sweet

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Las

Wow, boozy in de neus, zoet voor op de tong, dikke slok bourbon vergezeld van vanille. Dikke wauw.

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Ryan F.

Sweet and maple taste, really smooth considering the percent

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Frank S.

On draught 🥰

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Chris Moran

Nicely blended.

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Phil Cleveland

Life’s just better on the porch with the Better Half.

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TigerKev

Decent because of the maple syrup taste. 🍻🍻

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Justin F.

Slightly sweet heavy hitting. Pretty awesome. Thx Couch's for sharing

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Michel J.

Like port. What a blast.

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Chris D.

Good. easy sweetness and mellowness from aging are pretty nice. I guess I wish it was “fonkier” or had some bite but it just ain’t that type of beer

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Patrick Sanchez

Drinking Cold is not too awesome, once I drank it at room temp, it became a really good beer

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Ro Man

Post tub time part deux

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Paul Dunay

Wow! Delicious maple, vanilla, and caramel notes, less raisin malt, more maple barrel notes. This elixir is wonderful.

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Bill

Wrong keg, shad a minty flavor.

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Larry C.

As if Curmudgeon couldn't get any better...you guys make its Better Half. Outstanding!!!

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Sam W.

A bit too sweet and maple-y for my taste buds.

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Bill H.

Fantastic! Thanks Matt!

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Freek Z.

#500

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Derek Schmitz

Smell of tea. Sweet. Velvety and smooth. Maple syrup all the way. Just a remarkable beer.

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Bryan W.

Bourbon

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Thijs Cr

Maple sweetness, good but maybe a little too sweet

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perry and doug

Delicious, like drinking candy. But probably too rich (and 12% abv) to drink more than one.

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