Curmudgeon Old Ale

Old / Stock Ale

Brewed with molasses and a focus on malts, then oak-aged. The result is a strong, rich delight that’s deceptively smooth and drinkable.

ABV

9.8

Rating

3.837

Rating count

80,326

Last updated

11 months ago

 

Eric M.

Noooo

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Bubbles Tim

Tastes like super sweet maple malt water. Probably the sweetest beer I can recall drinking. Definitely pushing into the wine category in terms of boozy-ness. If I drank more than a few oz, I'd probably get a headache from this sweetness.

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Brandon Swindell

Much better fresh than the 2016 bottle I had, much spice

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William F.

Flaska från 2015.

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over 4 years ago

 

Joakim Janekärr

BB 15/11/16. Inget jag skriver hem om. Lagringen har inte gjort den bättre direkt..

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Eric M.

Syrupy

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Doug G.

Don't light a match nearby

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Marin C

Aged since 2016 🍺

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Thomas Hall

Pretty solid. Very sweet smelling and tasting. Getting lots of malts, not alot of molasses but this has some age.

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Jordan James

Solid ale, good flavor

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Yeji S.

🤨

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Jacob H.

Very interesting and glad I tried it, but not my type

3.0

about 3 years ago

 

j b

intense And flavorful, like a light barley wine

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Justin Bienio

A bit strong and molassesy for me, but not bad

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Valter Ulenius

Bäst före 2016

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Mike T.

Would have been best to share this boozy one, the sweetness is distractingly cloying the deeper you go.

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Mo f.

比较纯粹的苦,有焦香,酒精感9.多压的还好,但是接受不能🥲

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Svetlana

A little sugary...but, hey, it’s Founders.

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Brandon White

Not as good as expected but still decent. Not mu first choice but I wouldn't turn it down.

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almost 4 years ago

 

Shawn Nagle

2016 seems to have stayed about the same.

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Krishanu R.

Disappointing. Not as thick as I’d have expected it to be.

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Matt Graves

New England Taphouse on draft. Malty, sweet, but not overly so. Not at all boozy.

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Paul Day

Interesting, not my favorite founders but not bad

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Edo Van Bree

Nov 2009: Moutig, iets alcohol, gedroogd fruit, brandy, gras. Volle body. Rozijnen. Druiven, rode bessen, aardse hop. Geparfumeerd.

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John Riley

Meh, it might grow on me, maybe a winter beer, but compared to the others, good not great. Eh.

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Chris Gearhart

2014 bottle.

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