Backwoods Bastard

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. Distribution Note: Now available year-round beginning April of 2018.

ABV

11.0

Rating

4.111

Rating count

187,245

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Marc v.

Aanrader boyskies!

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Sotirios

superb

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Mattias Björkhem

Lite udda fyllig, tunn och fruktig. Saknade något. Men god

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Alex P

Lovely barrel flavors. Caramel and toffee. One of my favorites to sip and relax with

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Alex R

Caramel and barrel flavor. What else can you ask for?

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Justin E.

Upgrading this guy to a 5, b/c when the shit hits the fan at 5 PM, BB’s got you covered!

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Brian B.

Not as boozy as I thought

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James Maisch

Fantastic! Especially with a dram of Buffalo trace

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Niels P.

Prima bier dat goed gerijpt is op bourbon vaten. Heeft een zoetige smaak met een wat vanille achtige afdronkD

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Mart L.

Heb wel eens betere barrel aged bieren gehad. Iets aan de waterige kant voor 11%. Wel fijne hint van de bourbon, maar verder wat eenzijdig.

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Peter Vad Godtberg Jensen

Here we go... the almost 1 year UT Backlog..

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Pickle 1.

Absolutely awesome on M.L.K. Day

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Robert G.

Chocolate hints

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Jamie

YOLO

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Boris Nikitenko

Another baster for a good fuckin' night of today!

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Денис О.

Розлив февраль 2019го. Выдержанная бутылка. В аромате квашеная капуста, бурбон, карамель и жженка. Во вкусе жженая карамель, тёмный солод. Хочется смаковать. Великолепная срань.

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Jacob Halling Hansen

Ratebeer backlog 3,9

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Markus T

Very late from 2014. Bishops Arms Folkungagatan.

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Preston T.

Not as good as I remember.

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Eric Emling

Scotch ale > scotch

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Aaron L.

That'll do the trick

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Chris C.

Snooth! 👍

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Alex A.

Strong!

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Jamie

Great American ale. So happy this is year round now.

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Tate Brown

Unintentionally refrigerator aged for about 19 months and it has handled it well. Smooth, strong and boozy as ever and still my second favorite Founders brew.

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Jake Y.

A fine beer for a cold day. As with most Founder's beers I find myself wishing for a little more body. It has strong flavors but the mouth-feel is a little thin. I'd happily have it again but probably wouldn't go out of my way to get it.

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Erik R.

Not as good as I remembered it.

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T Pep

Great beer for a cold winters night!

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Ryan Campbell

2017 time’s up

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Marc W

2020

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William Johnson

Last night's night cap

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