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Curmudgeon (Cans)
- Barleywine / Strong Ale
- 9.8% ABV
- Label approved Sep 15
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Founders Brewing Co.'s Barleywine / Strong Ale. Label approved 15 September 2026; not spotted yet.
Lighter than 82% of the 139 Barleywine labels we've read.
From the label“CURMUDGEON IS AN OLD ALE BREWED WITH MOLASSES AND OAK-AGED. COMING IN AT 9.8% ABV, THIS BEER OFFERS A RICH, MALTY, AND DECEPTIVELY SMOOTH FLAVOR. EACH SIP IS STUBBORNLY BOLD AND COMPLEX JUST LIKE AN OLD, WEATHERED CURMUDGEON.”
How to serve it
- Serve at
- 54–60°F (12–16°C)
- Glass
- Snifter: a wide bowl you can warm in your hand, for a small strong pour
About 300–360 calories and 28–42 g carbs
About 190 of those calories come from the alcohol.
General guidance for Barleywine / Strong Ale. Calories and carbs are estimates from the ABV and how the style usually finishes; numbers the brewery prints beat ours. More beer tools
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About this beer
This is the 37th of 39 labels we have from Founders Brewing Co. It is one of 18 barleywine / strong ale labels approved in September 2026. Its label was approved 1 day after it was submitted.
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A starting-point recipe from the style and the ABV on the label: derived, not tasted, and the sheet says which is which.
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Style: StrongBrewery: Founders Brewing Co.