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Founders Curmudgeon's Better Half

Founders Curmudgeon's Better Half

Rated 3.400 by BeerPals
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Brewed by Founders Brewing Co.

Grand Rapids, MI, United States

Style:  Old Ale

12.7% Alcohol by Volume

35 International Bittering Units

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Old Ale brewed with molasses and aged in Maple Syrup Bourbon Barrels.

ID: 71705 Last updated 1 month ago Added to database 6 years ago

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Statistics

Overall Rank7908
Overall Percentile92.7
Style Rank72 of 411
Style Percentile82.5
Lowest Score3.6
Highest Score3.9
Average Score3.800
Weighted Score3.400
Standard Deviation0.000

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  • IBREW2OR3 11582 reviews
    rated 3.6 1 month ago

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

    750mL bottle pours deep clear amber with tall dark tan head. The aroma is all over the place initially with boozy heat giving way to vanilla, sweet bourbon, molasses and then an odd mix of pine hops and sweet malts. The taste is bold with vanilla and bourbon and surrounded by thin rings of molasses and pine hop bitterness. It gets a bit more molasses but bold firm sweet bourbon booze quickly overshadows it. With all the cool flavors the beer aspect of this drink has; it is a shame too much barrel time has pretty much wiped them out. Way way too barrel forward and when I think about all the rich beer flavors I’m missing and all the potential this beer has with less barrel time it makes me weep and angry all at the same time. Ok, let me put my purse down and grab a tissue so I can have a good cry.

  • SHIGMEROTTEN 13601 reviews
    rated 3.9 2 months ago

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

    Bottle at Anchorage tasting: Poured a mahogany brown with lightened red edges, light bubble brown head. Sticky maple, vanilla, fruit, bourbon fills and remains in the nose. Taste is sweet maple/molasses, dark fruit, vanilla, winey/bourbon alcohol mix. Finish is sweet sticky.

  • CYBERCAT 13704 reviews
    rated 3.9 6 years ago

    Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 9 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 8

    Pours clear sepia with a thick and lasting buff head. Aroma yields sharp bourbon, roast malt, woody, and subtle maple syrup tones. Flavor features bourbon, roast malt, maple, woody, subtle molasses - and an alcohol bite that will remind you this is a hi-grav! Drink it slowly and on a full stomach! Texture presents OK body and perky fizz. Every curmudgeon has to have a "better half."

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