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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Heath B

Good, but more boozy than I expected.

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Kyle C.

Not great, not bad.

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Jonas Olsson

Skarp, balanserad men inte heeelt uppe i min gränd

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Carsten van Maasacker

Prima, wel veel whiskey

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Phil G.

Beer and burning leaves with your neighbor? Yes please.

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Kirt Stalker

It’s from 2018. Not sure if it aged well

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Brian Evans

Drinking a 2016 that was hiding in the beer fridge…pretty tasty

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Johan

Solid and good American old ale.

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TD

Sweet. Syrup flavors come through strong.

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Craig Rwb

11.9% on the bottle. Minty and cloudy.

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Paul David

Would have thought this was a minty coconut-ish kind of beer not a molasses syrup beer. Odd taste. Not bad just not what the label says

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Ian Basset

Long way to go for Founders but like fantasy draft, gotta pick the best player left on the board.

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Jef V.

From old ratebeer notes.

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Michael D.

Too sweet

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Rick Hutton

A good boozy beer 🍺 good maple I guess and sweet taste

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Mikey F.

Brisket just pushed through the stall. On to the home stretch now

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Tracee Elrod

Pretty sweet for me! I need a French fry with this. It’s definitely a breakfast beer! Lots of maple.

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Noah Elrod

Whoa! That is one sweet beer, a bit too sweet for my taste. I definitely taste the syrup. It is a little boozy which is nice

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Priscilla M.

Glad I only had a taster- sweet and strong!🤪

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Nate H.

Quite sweet, not hot for the ABV

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Derek Y.

I wonder what the other half tastes like. Not my cup of tea

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Jason Comins

Not really crazy about this game one.

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