Backwoods Bastard (2016)

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

11.1

Rating

4.31677

Rating count

28,671

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Dave

Age has washed a bit of the favor but it is sure mellow going down. A lot of the scotch ale flavors still present.

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Carlos D.

Aged better than expected. Nose smells of malt and caramel. First sip is met with that caramel-like sweetness. As it warms up it opens up to more spices and whiskey notes. It finishes with a subtle wood and sweet character

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John T.

Held up quite well.

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Born A Jee

No cardboard in this one. Thank you, Thor. Also, I'm not trying to offend any religious types. I like just Thor.

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Anand Gupta

I think his backwoods is about to burn.

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Link Hogthrob

Another 'oldie' bites the dust ;-) very dence deep aroma, sweet rich sweet jam like fruit smell, and very noticeable barrel addition. Taste is almost too much, so thick, sweet, vinous and medicinal. Food pairing for this is...? Salami? Cheese? Candy?

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Chad H.

Cellar aged 5.5 years. Most flavors have fallen off. Sweet malt and molasses hitting so smooth that it’s almost watery. Aged too long IMO.

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Jason L

Lost a lot of flavor. Don't let these age that long.

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Mikael Karlsson

Jarå, i like.

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Nate T.

At 7 years old this held up as well as could be expected.

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Walter Woodlief

Aged well.

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Otto Jahnukainen

Kiva kombo stoutin makumaailmaa mut ipan kirpsakkuus

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Jii Koo

Nyt tosi special. Konttori pitänyt jemmassa erää vuodesta 2016. Rusinaa,tynnyriä,porttia soundissa.

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KeljuK

In the backwoods dried fruits might have gone a bit stale. Resembles now more barley wine than scotch ale and not for the better. Still ok but would've liked to taste this before "maturing".

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Aapo K

"that'll do pig, that'll do."

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oo, 00

Missed this in 2020, now available again, great

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Markus T

Peat, malts, caramel, vanilla. Dryish.

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Keith C

Completely mellowed

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Jimmy

Held up well

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Mitchell Kraus

Hot caramel roast dry

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Dio Johnsin

This one wasn't as good, first the bottle exploded upon opening then taste had more of a bitterness vs my first 2. The last one I guess will tell if the bottle was bad or if the taste has plateaued.

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over 4 years ago

 

Jeff

Additional coronavirus cellar turd bottle. Got to kill these 12 oz bottles in the next 23 days 😞. More enjoyable than the 18 KBS

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over 4 years ago

 

Keith M

Cellar dive...

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Jeff

Final additional coronavirus cellar turd bottle. This is my 40th additional turd bottle. 9 of them have been Backwoods Bastard, which slightly edges KBS for most additional turds. 340 total. Covid wasn’t even a common term when this started. Final turd 🍻

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Darcy

Drinks like a light version of Firestone Walker Anniversary Ale. Toffee, figs & coconut. Not gonna get any Buffalo Trace or any Bourbon barr

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Thomas Holbert

2016 vintage. This thing has gotten smooooth! Almost no booziness whatsoever. Sweet and caramel right away with just a touch of oak. Wouldn’t go back in vintages any further, this is almost to the point of oxidation.

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about 3 years ago

 

Amanda Darus

Whoooiee. That’ll do it. A bit sweet for me but good!

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Pauliina Stöckel

Hyvin erikoinen, vahva, savuinen maku, jossa vähän rusinainen aromi.

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Mikko Kanerva

Pehmeä bourbonin tuoksu, vaniljaa ja maltaisuutta sekä vähän rusinaa. Mausta löytyy kuivaa viskisyyttä, mallasta, hentoa mausteisuutta sekä vivahde tummaa marjaa ja hedelmää. Kyllä se on hyvin kellaroitunut. Namskis

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almost 2 years ago

 

Karri Huhtanen

watery, dry, but some complexity and alcohol in the after taste

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Toni Vesa

Dried fruits, burnt caramel, vineous notes. This one is decent. Same vintage from tap at Konttori 2020 was disaster. Rated 2.1. Bottled version rated 4.0 at Konttori 2014.

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Liz Sprout

Day 12 (Insert Schitt's Creek theme)

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Rob S

Past its prime

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over 4 years ago

 

Michael R

Barrel nose, with a hint of caramel. A little astringent, some charcoal.

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Jake B.

Let it go to long 😔

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Scott St Andre

I went for 1/2 - added Bells Rind Over Matter

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over 3 years ago

 

Trevor VandenBerg

Probably too old, which could explain the bitterness.

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over 3 years ago

 

Clint

Better when fresher

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Micke O

Fortfarande bra tryck i denna. Wee Heavy med mycket bourbon.

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