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

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187,245

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Nathaniel Herring

Overall a sweet boozy flavor, robust

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Fanaberia

Zaległe

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Dan G.

This is okay but there are many other beers I like better for this style.

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Jonas D.

Smells like scotch. Tastes like it has bourbon in it. A little sweet but Tastes too boozy.

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Jon D

Ya know, so used to stouts, this was disappointing.

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Marco Cirkel

Whiskey en bier geeft mij denk ik niet zoveel plezier. Bier en whiskey, dan toch liever fristi. Toch gaat het wel met de smaak. Het is dat ik van koffie en zoetigheid houdt.

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Kevin C.

Wow. Harsh. Hopefully after a bottle, the rest go down eadier.

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Gabriel D.

A smooth but too-strong alcohol taste that still tastes good.

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Beer Drinker

Didn’t age well

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Corey I.

Heavy and creamy!

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Ben J.

It tastes like highball that isn't made well.....

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Daniel Tägt

Stark doft av mörk choklad. Även smaken av mörk chokad finns med en hint av karamell

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Tobias Larsson

Spritstark....

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Johan

Mkt smak. Ganska rolig.

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Thomas Seimyr

Darkness

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Ralph Christensen

Strong. Good beer for a late fall afternoon

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Thomas Seimyr

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Brian Haynes

Good. Definitely aged in oak bourbon barrels,

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Holly Gallaway

Very strong

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J Shuster

A lot of oak, a bit of bourbon. Smokey and a touch sweet. Doesn't drink like 11% at all. Dangerously good.

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Ivan Quijas

5 year old bottle, initially this was horrible but grew on me after every sip and as it warmed. Will say it ain't bad just not used to barrel aged beers tbh.

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Lauri J

I’ve heard good things about this ale, but I don’t find this particularly interesting. I love many Scotch ales, but this has a raisins-in-paint-thinner approach and it does work sometimes. Not today. Now, where’s my Heineken?

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Gene Garbacz

Tastes like a S’More to me. Good dessert beer.

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