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

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Casey C.

Wowowowow baby Barleywine. Goes great with Irish breakfast.

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Mel D.

Sweet. But I’m not into barleys

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Lauren R.

A lot of bourbon flavor plus the sweet from the maple syrup

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Johan van Elten

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

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Stella Rouse

Ugh. Tastes like medicine.

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Chuck Schirmer

this one is smooth, sweet, and a little boozy. A fine sipper.

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Crispy

Shared maple pour. Apparently from 2018, butterscotch and vanilla nose, tastes like sweet maple syrup and caramel with enough bourbon present to balance the sweetness but not be overwhelming. Definitely one to savor

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James H.

Shared amber pour. Smells of bourbon, maple syrup & honey. Taste is big on maple & caramel, nice butterscotch back with big booze lingering at the end. Damn good brew.

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Justin Rak

Bottled 8/27/18 yet still finding on store shelves... aging well although less boozy.

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John P.

Trump is a dangerous fool

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Lucas W.

Very boozy, sweet and molasses. Rich and full of flavour. Delicious

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Ken D

Malty and sweet! Reminds me of a barleywine.

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Melvin Lofton

Bitter

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Bobby H.

Thanks Benny!

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Chris D.

My last one!

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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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Andrew T.

Very tasty. Nice maple flavor, too.

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Stephen Brown

Whoa this is BOOZY!! And maple-y

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Michael Guilliam

Nice syrupy maple nose. Raisiny, warm taste with an almost hot bite

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Gummi Kristjansson

Love the smooth oak but it’s a bit too sweet and boozy.

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greger Eneqvist

Förträfflig

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Tomi Manhell

Never fails. Beautiful & rich in every way🦉

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Rick Lewis

Very disappointing. Sorta a not good old ale with a hint of mint for some reason?

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Kris

Oh yes. Just wonderful.

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Maron Ranielson

Small town grocery store had some on the shelf today. Bottled 2 years and 1 day ago, labeled as "new". Has aged wonderfully: sticky sweet, and more hops spice than I remember.

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May not have been my first time, but it was an amazing time!!!

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Bas

Gewoon de vorige verkeerde bier getapt.

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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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Well, as the saying goes, we're not here to fuck spiders! Big, brawny, brave and bold. Massive, masculine, moreish maple backed by boozy, brutal & brewtastic bourbon bombastic bliss. Super sweet, solid & thick. 12.7% that doesn't pretend to not exist..

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JJ

Wow. Really complex. Very boozy. A sipper.

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