Old Chub, you are a harsh mistress.
Old Chub, you are a harsh mistress.
From Voyageurs National Park on FB:
From Voyageurs National Park on FB: Called “Catamaran” by locals, Bert Upton is among the strangest of historical characters on area waters. He lived in a hut built over a dug-out at Squirrel Narrows. Found frozen to death in the 1930s by Kettle Falls pioneer Oliver Knox; Upton was perched lifeless in the snow just a half-mile from his home. Shunning civilization, Upton defined the word hermit. First spotted rowing his crude log raft on Namakan, no one knows how he got there. Upton’s accent implied an English heritage but any personal inquiries brought a stony silence. Some suspected him a man fleeing the law; others saw a bizarre outcast; everyone knew he was peculiar. Just five feet tall and wildly unkempt, Catamaran wore hacked-off pants and walked barefoot with a stick. Winter demanded shoes but no socks, a cast-off Mackinaw, and a trailing cap made from the leg of old underwear. He was oddly religious, and suspicious of being poisoned. Surviving on snared rabbits and fish, he ofte...
Spherical, yet quite pointy at parts?
ReplyDelete(Also, I have not heard of Old Chub. How is it? I haven't had a lot of luck with scotch ales, I've found the ones I've tried thin and overly sweet)
It's pretty good. Kinda harsh aftertaste.
ReplyDeleteI like it. But I'm prejudiced.
ReplyDelete8% alcohol is a plus.
ReplyDeleteA neighbor of mine swears by it. I've had a can, not my style of beer but not bad. Sweet but not sickly like a lot of malt-heavy brews, not very strong on carbonation.
ReplyDeleteI like it a lot! Even better when you can find it on tap as a nitro pour.
ReplyDeleteHave you had the Nitro Chub?
ReplyDeleteChub is bad news. Always the last thing at the bottom of the cooler.
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