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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Paul B.

Had once on tap.

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Syrus Stogran

Very strong. Bourbon flavour is very pronounced with a light ale background.

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Alan D.

Extremely sweet, smells like rum and spices (mostly picking up vanilla and cinnamon), tastes like maple syrup and oak idk

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D F

Lekker zoals alles van founders

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Ale-X

Too boozy for me.

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Lisa Hansen

It needs something with it, like bangers and mash or a greasy schnitzel.

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Good ol' boy Mike ..

Is pastry old ale a thing? It is now :-( Sweet, boozy, caramel, and creamy. Way to mess up a great beer. SUDS- 3/5

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Aaron Fidoten

Too heavy of a drink. Will try another time

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Joe

2018 bottle. Lost its flavor. Better fresh.

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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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Chris Moran

Nicely blended.

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Bill

Great to have all that alcohol in a 12.7 brew, but it is a bit too sweet for my taste.

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Stephen Turek

Too damn sweet. Glad I’m done with the 4-pack

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Jason

Good “old ale” flavor, but a bit sweet and syrupy.

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Bryan Wyckoff

Whew! Whiskey barrel sweetness m! Thanks G!

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Trevor Stokes

This is a good one, BUT a bit too sweet for me. Unique bourbon maple flavor.

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Burkni H.

Slaps you sideways and calls you Sally

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Yi S.

Syrup, quite sweet

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Eric S.

Potent as sour cobra venom!

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Nils Vikhagen

Litt for heftig bourbon

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Lucas Weje

Hid nok men Smæk på, men for meget til mig

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Søren Graugaard

2018 vintage. Vinøs og sød. Barleywine’ish. Lidt for meget, grænsende til kvalm

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