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

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Perfectly paired with Founders shirts that were a lovely Christmas gift!

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Max Lubberink

Wat een superspeciaal biertje, een wat dropachtige smaak en erg lekker. 254 dagen op bourbon barrels gerijpt

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Jon Smoes

Last one 👎. Great beer.

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Eugene K

Candied maple, toffee, Turkish fruit, amazing oxidation, maple, candy sugar,...

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Bob Congdon

#doubledup - great old ale. Sweet Molasses malt, followed by maple syrup, all covered in a smoky bourbon flavor.

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Bryan Simpson

What a find. They were sitting on this keg . So good.

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Libertadores!

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Chris B.

Wow. Sweet and delicious. Drinks easy and has a great kick.

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Evan Jones

Soo fucking good. My biggest regret is only getting 1 bottle. Big molasses and sweet maple flavor up front that finishes through well.

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Mike L

Completely underrated. Thanks, Sean! This makes me nostalgic, remembering drinking these on football Sundays and watching the Bears lose.

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Bijl

Bourbon met Maple siroop..... moutig en zoetige met vanille en oak. Mooi vol en iets spicy...dootr het zoete een mooie bitter wat een complex en geniaal bier zeg.

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jurals call

My first and best old ale

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Brett Q

So good.

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Grant

Wowzers aged well from 2018. Thanks Ferg. Sweet molasses #articblastbeerexchange2021

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Jennifer Elmquist

Amazing....you can really taste the sweet maple 🍁

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Lonny Orth

Absolutely awesome.

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David Vecera

Very smooth and sweet. This is sure to be a creeper with a high alcohol content!

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Somehow I've not checked this before. Age has treated it well

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Steve Hogan

Each time I have this one I like it more.

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Stacie Rusk

My last one ☹️

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Greg Van Orman

Delicious!

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David

Delicious! Sweet and tastes like perfection!

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Timothy Partin

So sneaky smooth boozy but on delay. Molasses flavor but not bitter so good tastes better then last time I had it!

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Brett Q

Always awesome

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Vince Hudkins

Over two years of cellaring didn't push it to perfect, but it's still close.

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jason

I was going to give this a 4.75 before realizing I checked it in twice before with the same 4.75. Glad my grading (or Founders) is consistent.

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Bryan

Why aren't old ales more popular?

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It lost a lot of the maple but it’s great with a chocolate chip cookie.

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