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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Mike Reed

Long and sweet finish. Very barleywine.

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Carrie H.

Couldn't resist a revisit!

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Larry Hall

August 2018 vintage and it’s perfect smooth creamy maple bourbon barrel vanilla molasses Simply A+++ one of my favorite founders brews

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Greg Inosencio

A bit sweet but still a great beer!

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Mike M.

Smooth, sweet, oaky, thick and strong. Dark amber. If there’s such a thing as dessert beer, this is it. I put it in the barley wine category, but this one is truly unique & tasty. Get more molasses than maple. Extra points for an excellent name and label.

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Carrie H.

Wow! Is there any better brewery than Founder's? First taste of Crumudgeon's sealed the deal!

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Adrián C.

One of my favorites from Founders. Nice and sweet!

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Zachary Fleming

Oak,honey, maple, syrup mouth profile. Really interesting and sweeter than original.

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James H.

Shared amber pour. Smells sweet & boozy like honey & bourbon. Tastes of bourbon & maple, with the honey element really being molasses. Smooth but the boozy burn hits as you drink more. One of the last bottles I got back originally in ‘18. Great drinker.

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Matthijs Somford

Maple syrup

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Bengt Flemark

Sött utan slisk. Kan väcka varje slumrande organism till liv.

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Ian Schultz

It's pretty good. This aged very well.

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Josef de Dromer

Lci. Prima. Zoet, bourbon, vanilla, rozijn, suiker, rum.

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Laura W.

It really tastes like pancakes.

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Benjamin Rodgers

Last 12 oz. Still very tasty!

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Jon Cobb

Founders never disappoints

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Stephen Turek

Too damn sweet. Glad I’m done with the 4-pack

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Sara Keeler

Sweet tones and boozy but more sweet than boozy.

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Stacie Rusk

My last one ☹️

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ethan

Good barleywine color. Sweet aroma, very sweet malty taste. Maple, bourbon comes thru nicely.

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