Backwoods Bastard (2020)

Scotch Ale / Wee Heavy

Expect lovely, warm smells of single malt scotch, oaky bourbon barrels, smoke, sweet caramel and roasted malts, a bit of earthy spice and a scintilla of dark fruit. It’s a kick-back sipper made to excite the palate.

ABV

11.0

Rating

4.24007

Rating count

458

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Katie S

A classic.

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Will C

Barrel aged with a lot of flavors. Pouring one with 41.

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Burt Roberts

Too much Scotch.

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michelle r.

I appreciate this beer but not a big fan. Was hoping for it to be a bit more dense.

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Kyle Borne

Hard n heavy

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Helena Engström

Lagring, lagring, lagring

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Nils S.

Barrel aged x10000. Du coup c'est un peu trop en fait

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Joona

Bottled 13/08/20. Raisins, malt, bit caramel, BA, grainy, dark grapes, boozy. Fluid and medium body at most. Drying. Not as enjoyable and sweet as I hoped.

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Matthew Stevens

Yeah, you get the Scotch aroma on the front end and malty richness throughout! This is not for the faint of heart!!!!

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Stark R.

Chalky roasty chocolate

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Anutochka

Необычное послевкусие виски и кофе

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Colin

I want to find some bottles of this to age.

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Nick Z.

Hahaha. Where’s those pesky PJ pets?!

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David D.

I remember when this beer was the shit... now it’s just meh. Mass produced made it watered down and mild.

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Maria Neff

Just not the same out of plastic. 😭

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Tom Dix

Nowhere near years past, but that’s barrel aging. Still tasty

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CW

Drier than what I remember

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R d.

Stevige Bourbon neus, kokos, boozy, zoet, karamel, barley wine

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Tomasz B

Od biedy można wypić, jak nie ma nic lepszego na horyzoncie. Początek bardzo fajny z mocną beczka w aromacie i masą karmelu. Dalej słabiej, w smaku klasycznie dla Foundersa brak ciała i alkoholowość. Wyjątkowo płytkie, zero głębi i złożoności.

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Willie frehley

Cool day out in the swamp , I’m a backwoods bastard so why not lol?

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Dardar Burn

Wyraznie beczkowe, drewniane, waniliowe, dymione, lekko palone, mocno karmelowe, krowkowe, ciut owocowe, lekko przyprawowe, 3,9, s: slodkie, karmelowe wyraznie, ciemnoowocowe, palone, dymione, drewniane, alkoholowe, ciut plaskie tez niestety, 3,7 overall.

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Bird Man

Hint of the bourbon barrel. Smooth. Clean finish.

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