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

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Tony C.

Aftertaste is like an old man

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Brandon Young

Tons of barrel and maple syrup. Very good with age (2018 vintage).

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Sybren HH

Zoet en vol en een flinke whiskey smaak.

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Nathaniel B.

Reminds me of curieux but with tons of maple syrup and molasses. Haven’t had a barrel aged beer from a major brewery in a long time and this is GOOD.

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Ryan P.

2018 release. Overall a solid barrel aged beer. May have let it sit too long because I struggled to get much beyond oxidization and molasses. Not bad by any means, I just remember drinking it younger and enjoying it more

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Pedro C.

BOMBA! barril gritando e alcool beliscando ! Coisa linda ! So podia ter um pouco mais de maple !

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Matt H.

Incredible sweetness and a great woody flavor. The aging is great and it makes it so smooth and candy like. Never know how high the abv is unless you look....or drink the bottle yourself lol.

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Andris W.

One hell of a beer, so well balanced and complex

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Clinton B.

Such a great beer.

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Lucas Pires

Always a blast.

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Steve

Bottled 08.15.18. Drank this fresh and wasn’t crazy about it. 2 years has definitely improved this but it still has a medicinal finish. Like orange children’s liquid ibuprofen.

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Michael D.

Too sweet

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Jan K.

Ganska färsk, tål nog att lagras. Dock väldigt fin

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Glenn Geers

Yum-o!

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Justin B.

Dedicated to Ellen, Ashley & Lorin!

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Kyle Tuffley

Maple fell off. Really warm still. Almost like rubbing alcohol.

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Ryan L.

Boozy, sweet, lovely mouthfeel

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Dusty Peeler

This one is fantastic. The molasses and maple flavor is the perfect amount of sweetness and the bourbon finish is on point. Yum

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Andrew Vaughan

Not some who drinks many barrel aged things. For me it's hard to drink because of its strong back bone but everything else about this beer comes out so well so I can really enjoy it

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F. K.

fave.

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B P.

Solo dome of the bomber.... for $6.50, this beer is amazing.

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Oyvind Riise

Når ale’en nærmer seg barleywine...

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Grant Rose

Always good to have a Better Half!

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Neil

As a dessert that’s a flawless beer. Sweet in all the right ways.

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Stadig lækker

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Minnesota Brewsassin

FLN. Cellar clean out.

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Alan the Prodigal IPA Pounder

From last night. Thanks Minnesota Brewsassin

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Hopt Mystery Box, THT 13-08-2019

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Second base...

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