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

Last updated

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matty f.

Love it. Sweet but the oak adds depth and keeps it from being too sweet

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Patrick H.

Damn good

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Darren Richards

Sweet maple, molasses, vanilla, with a malty finish...yum!

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Frank Zaal

G: toffee, moutig, caramel, zoetig. S: maple, wat rood fruit, zoet, houtig, vanille, alcohol, erg moutig. F: vol, moutig, brodig, melasse.

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Evan

This growler is slightly stale I think but it's still good

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SULYA

Люлька

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David R

Possible namesake

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Patrick H.

Toppertje!

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Jeff Good

Always love this beer! For a big beer it is great fresh. Can’t wait to see what the other three bottles to the cellar!

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J Homie

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Craig Payment

This is delicious!! Thanks Carlos G. 🥃

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Xavier Silversmet

Oh wauw! Bourboncaramelkandijsuikerbier. Ook alcohol, boozy. Nice!

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Eric Anker

Want your molasses? How about your molasses brewed in a maple syrup bourbon barrel?

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Laurens

Veel maple sweet, aardig scherpe Bourbon afdronk. Lekker boozy.

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Ben VdP

Bourbon, maple, vanille, zoet

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A Bernstein

Excellent brewery

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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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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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John Butler

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

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j wickboldt

Boozy but nice

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Henrik

Studio time

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James H.

Very suddle maple. Light bourbon finish. Smooth for the ABV. Pre Turkey day suds.

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Brian Puffer

On cleaning duty, told my youngest grab me a beer from the fridge, comes back with the 12.5 heavy hitter!

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Matty Beer

Love me dis Olde Ale!!

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Rob K.

Old ale brewed with molasses and aged in maple syrup bourbon barrels

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Garrett P

2018 vintage. The boozy fusel notes are still there at first but it mellows into a sweetness of maple syrup. The finish is perfect malty/sweet interplay. Upping the rating .25 from my first tasting 2 yrs ago.

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John B.

Delicious!!! Bottled 8.28.18

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Tate C.

2018 bottle

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alex van der horst

Super bier !! Zacht caramel achtig

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Anders Nybø

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Jasper van Driel

Barrel behoorlijk aanwezig. Wel machtig zoete ondertoon (niet vreemd gezien de ingrediënten). Heeft wat weg van vloeibare stroop met alcohol.

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Maikel P

Niet de overdaad aan zoet die je verwacht bij een bier met stroop/molasses en op bourbon vaten gerijpte maple syrup. Mooi rond en vol.

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Mike McMahon

You had me at maple

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Vince F.

Love how the maple bourbon barrels work so well in this beer.

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Tyler DeCaire

Great gift from a friend. Bottled in 2018 but still good!

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Tim Surber

Still good after 2 years old , enjoying date night 🤓🍻

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