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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Carl Vanden Bosch

So yummy over 7 years later! Bottled on 9/30/16 @ 6:07 a.m. Love this beer! What a super fun Birth-week! 2 fantastic concerts, great friends & a lot of damn good beers! Back to football next weekend! Time to go to THE GAME! GO BLUE! 3PEAT!!!

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Mike Cooke

Damn this held up well.

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Ryan Bates

Mellowed nicely

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Andy Barker

Smooth and sweet, but turning thin on the front end. Still excellent in 2024!

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Josh Lakins

Happy Birthday Gwyn!

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Don Bozimski

From the cellar…

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mike weiss

Tasty

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Adam Brenner

Cellaring has leveled out this bold brew, but it is by no means mellow. All the right notes are still present with next to no "hot" boozy notes. Still incredible after all those years in the cellar

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Christopher Hondru

From the cellar. Super mellow and smooth. Light scotch and oak notes, roasted dark malts and maybe bourbon soaked raisins that linger. Ever so slightly oxidized. Enjoyable

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Jere L.

Smoky and boozy. Nice malt base and aging really shows up.

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Timo Vuohu

Kermaisen pehmeä, erittäin tasapainoinen ja monimuotounen,kuivahkon maltainen, upeaa bourbontynnyriä, hieman paahteisuutta, suklaata ja tummia hedelmiä, pitkä aromikas jälkimaku.

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Kevin M.

Watching Yellowstone season 3.

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Jaakko Pilvi

Already from the first sniff I knew that this would be great. The barrel-aging comes forth great in the nose and also has hints of raisins and a little plum. The taste is sweet, it has layers and carries a bit caramel. Lovely.

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Aleksi K.

Bourbon all over the place, also some dusty oak. Not too boozy, tho. Some caramel and sweet coffee notes.

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Dani

So good🙏🏼

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Val

Nice!

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Jon Smoes

Only four years old

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Tom Nyberg

Still wonderful toffee with a touch of vanilla.

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Chad B.

Always tasty and age has not hurt this at all!!

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Sean T.

Smooth and rich

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David Powers

Mellowed some, but still has the barrel I enjoy.

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Mathieu B.

10/12/16. Not too thin but the wood did fade a bit. Still very good.

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Dennis Mehlbaum

Oudje uit Michigan, Backwoods Gandalf. Mooi in de whisky, karamel, gedroogd fruit en toch nog steeds flink in de lichtbittere kruidigheid. Scherpe randjes zijn eraf, heel mooi vol, doch zacht. Nomnomnom

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Livin' la Birra Loca

Oak, vanilla, bourbon, chocolate, nuts, caramel, plums, woody, smokey.

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Scott Whelan

2015 and 2016. 2015 probably hit its limit. 2016 is tasting great.

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Scott Rogers

Nice finish. Subtle bourbon barrel aging. I tagged carmel rather than sweet.

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George LaBeau

Bourbon toffee on an exceptional wee heavy. Still holding on strong.

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Hammy

#Latertappd

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Jason Rohloff

Falling off, a lot less bourbon, but plenty of dark fruit and brown sugar.

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John S.

Very nice.

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brian

w/ Designated Survivor S2:E7

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Matt J.

Even better after years in the cellar!

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Tim Lentz

Probably held onto this too long.

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Mike McMahon

Held up well

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scott arlen

Really good after a few yrs. barrel is excellent

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Tim Caplet

I feel lucky for Pete K. to have included me to try this 4 year old aged brew! Had this yesterday on a quick trip to Pete's to watch some football on a mid December day...less than 2 weeks to Christmas. Covid 19 vaccine being delivered. Great flavor notes

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Jeff Miller

This one is still holding its own.😋

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Dean

Liked it better fresh

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Jim H

Still love this crotchety old prick.

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