Founders Curmudgeon Old Ale

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

Enjoyed in Vermont. Pours a clean, dark amber colour with a frothy light-beige head, good retention and creamy lacing. Slightly sweet malty aromas with some dark fruits, caramel and light oak. The wood shows up more in the taste creating a nice balance with the caramel and the hints of vanilla. Alcohol nicely hidden. Not as rich as expected, but lots going on, well-blended.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 7

pours a light red or copper with a small head that sank to a rim of foam. The aroma is malty and sugary sweetness, fruity hop aroma, scotch ale sweetness and malt character, found and full nose. The taste is rich and robust, & fruity. The mouthfeel is on the light side of medium bodied with a slightly bitter finish.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 9 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 8

355 ml bottle, from Voldby Købmandsgaard. ABV is 9.8%. 50 IBU. Cloudy brown colour, low beige head of poor retention. Sweetish malty aroma, notes of caramel and oak, hints of dark dried fruits and alcohol. Not as sweet flavour as I feared, malty and oaky, caramel and dried figs, well balanced with the hops, a nice bitterness in the finish and aftertaste. Would buy again.

Aroma: 9 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 9 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 9

280 ml, on tap at the ICBF, Dublin 09/14. Poured in a session glass a clear and amber-copper coloured O A with a short one finger fine and beige foamy head that had a long retention and tons of micro bubbles. Low carbonation. Great lacing. The aroma is fruity, grapes,raisins on a solid toasted malty backbone, woody and honey notes. The flavour is citrussy fruits, dried fruits, raisins, apricots, nuts, toasted malts, caramel and spicy, vanilla and a ginger touch, molasses. The mouthfeel is fulled, syrupy and very smooth. The texture is oily. This full bodied O A has a lingering fruity finish. The alcohol is completely hidden during all the tasting and at the end, a nice warming feeling is emerging. Great and an unexpected outstanding experience

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 10

Pours a light- carbonation top. Light orange in color, a little oak aroma.An explosion of flavors upon tasting.I pick up a leathery taste and perhaps some berry notes.Then it boomerangs with a sharp dry bitterness.The alcohol seems to be well hidden, enveloped by all those good flavors.A well made Old Ale.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 9 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 8

I just drank three VERY expensive and fantastic beers. This sucker surprised me outstanding. I've had several Founders beers and this one is the best so far it's like a barley wine. It's smooth in mouthfeel but just a wee bit sweet in taste. This is high in abv just like the other three one which was 15.2 and for the cost this is just as good. I drank this again on 6/11/2015 as a first beer and boy I can the sweet molasses.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

A viscous amber pour, some floating sediment, slight white rim of head. Smells almost like a barley wine, very sweet malty profile, caramel, plum, vanilla and booze. Tastes much like a very strong barley wine mixed with some scotch. flavors of bourbon, oak, vanilla, tons of barley, caramel, banana, plum, raisins. a full bodied ale with some, but not a whole lot of carbonation. Overall its very heavy, boozy, thick and rich, this would be much better on a cold dreary night instead of a sunny 80 degree afternoon.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 8

9.8% ABV- I'd best describe this as an in-between their Dirty Bastard and Backwoods Bastard (minus the bourbon flavor). Maybe not as malty as the scotch ale, but has some flavor in there. A little bitter up front, but balanced out by sweet molasses and oak. Tastes a lot like a barleywine. Some bread and mild fruit flavors. I was given a single in a trade, but this is a beer I will look out for in the future.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 8

A murky reddish amber colored beer with a small, two fingered beige-white head rising above. Not much hang time. But a thick ringlet and moderate ringlet. A caramel-oaken nose. More of te same in the tasting with some vanilla bean. Big alcohol presence. Midium-full bodied, slick.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

Six month old bottle into a snifter presents deep brown with a soapy off white head. I'm interested in how cloudy and hazed the brew is. Aroma of biscuits and with a subtle sweetness - honey, maybe. Major malt forward favors of biscuit and caramel along with nuanced dark fruits - figs, raisins, and faint cherry. Sweetness is present from the massive malt bill and helps with drinkability, but this is a sipper. I like this more with a little more age on it.