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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Ilkka L

Bit too boozy.

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Marko Maaniitty

Lihaöverit Huberissa, safkan päälle tämä - hyvä, vähän makeampi laatuimppi ois ollu parempi

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NestemäinenSeksirobotti

Oaky caramel, dryness probably from alcohol. Could actually use more sweetness. Hint of those barrel chemical notes in scent. Alcohol warming in the end.

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Olli K.

Boozy, sweet and strong.

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Scott Baker

Just malty now. Not much barrel left.

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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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Paul Koutz

2016.....smoothed our and drinking nicely.

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Antti H

Mwah

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Karri Huhtanen

Tasted in 2020 from draft. Sweetness is gone, but maybe also some of those tastes, which earned 4.25 for this beer earlier.

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Juha J.

Mildly smoky(?), boozey, sweet, thick & rich. Some berried flavors in the mix as well? Complex and tasty stuff 🍺 A sip of Ardbeg Uigeadail on the side 🥃

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Oskari Mäkelä

4,1. Harvemmin tulee tän tyylistä juotua, mutta onhan tää hyvä

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Nice and summery. Caramel, molasses, barrel. Boozy and strong, perfect for beach.

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David Harley

Still life

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Shawn Milliron

Very smooth and a bit boozy at the finish

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Mark Mallia

It’s crossed a line after this long in the cellar. It’s flavor is very mellow but it has the dryness of an aged beer that doesn’t work as well with the sweetness.

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Pint Floyd

Damn, that ages well! Celebrating the Biden announcement. We finally got rid of the backwards bastard from 2016.

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Jonathan Escalante

Lots of flavors, very woodsy. Good call Chris.

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Shaun F.

A little past it’s prime. Tastes a little funky

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Jeff Good

Not sure why after more than four years this is still pretty boozy.

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