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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John Licht

Another founders incredible bourbon barrel aged beer! The molasses and maple syrup are balanced perfectly

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Sean

Wonderful maple and molasses. Very smooth, but dangerously strong

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Lee Denney

A salute to my better half.

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Trevor Mattarella

Toast for Emma’s 1st birthday! Happy birthday baby girl! 🍻

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Kyle P.

This was a random chosen beer in a 6 pack bought from a restaurant. 2018 Better Half is still strong and smooth

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Micke Andersén

God, this gets even better with some age... O.o Best beer around!!

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D M

Phenomenal... Stellar. Happy Hump Day 🥞

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Daniel

Mmmm

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Darryl Burgess

One of my Absolute Favorites from Founders! Cheers 🍻🍺🍻

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Jason S.

Couple days late from Duncan but on Oscars anniversary. Cracked open curmudgeon’s better half to remember these good pups (And the very recent passing of Douglas).

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Dan Koch

Molasses, maple syrup, bourbon. This aged phenomenally.

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Mark Larsen

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Peter Kartler

Jösses

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Dave H.

Yep, love it!

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Al Vigland

What a happy evening! Curmudgeon's on tap at the local brewery! Delicious!

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Angelo Garcia, III

Ivory head caramel body hard cherry candy aroma syrupy sweet smooth #maple flavor boozy #Michigan #craftbeer

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Daniel Uecker-Herman

The taste belies the strength. Very enjoyable.

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Matt D.

Caramel goodness

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Seth Moortgat

Geen woorden voor. 😍

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Mark Henriques

Wasn't sure since it is an Ale, but I love it!

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Nigel McGregor

A fan-damn-tastic beer. Be carful, it’ll sneak up on you though.

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Frank O.

Heerlijk! Super bij de risotto met sucade!

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Peter Blowsky

Bottled date 08/28/18. Been aging for over 2 years. Now I am rating this a 5 then when I previously had it. The maple really shines now and balances out the bourbon taste

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hendrik jan schenk

Geweldig . Echt heerlijk

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Marcel Dhondt

Blijft fantastisch

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Jon

Remains one of my favorites from Founders!

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SuperBrewHunter

Tasty maple 🍁 bourbon barrel aged flavor not overpowering rich 🍻...as if all I rate is at 5🤣nice to drink nothing but kickass brew❗️🤣5369

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Gaby van Beek

Helemaal niets mis mee.. Holy Moly..

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Shannon W.

I was so stoked to come across this at the store! Bottled in 2018. Super smooth and not too sweet. Notes of maple and carmel. Banger!

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Guillermo S.

Smooth, drinks like a stout. Delicious!

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Nathan B.

Will definitely be having this one again.

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