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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Jerry Sainsbury

I can’t say I am that excited about this. It has s Some good character, but the booziness is lacking. In fact, I don’t think the barrel it was aged in was a particularly good bourbon. But I have three left, so I will trudge on.

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Peter

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Jan Persson

Lite av en besvikelse 🍻

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Captain Beardo

Hoppy and a little caramel maybe but still some harshness.

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Crafty Brian

Ironically this brew was bought at Jungle Jim's in Cincinnati after the day before being in Grand Rapids MI. This brew presents with a sweet malty bourbon and chocolate flavor profile. While high ABV there is zero alcohol byproduct.

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sebastiaan vervoort

Lekker,mooi in balans .

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Carlos Diaz

More scotch than ale

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Emerson L

Good beer overall, but I was caught off guard by the overwhelming chocolate milk taste. Would have this again if someone else is buying 😂. Pricey 💵!

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JB Barksdale

Def stout. Gotta chew it a little. When my beer gets to 11% I might as well drink bourbon.

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Jerry Vergilis

The flavor of this is delicious but man an 11% beer is just a punch to the mouth kinda strong. Still a great addition to the flight but would pass on this in most cases outside of trying sumn new. The guy also looks like Gandalf +.25 for that

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Tyler Longstreth

End of a successful diet

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Keith Lepla

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Harry Linowski

Not my favorite - a little too much bourbon character with minimal residual sweetness to back it up. Was interested to try - thanks for sharing Steve!

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Matt Christopher

Notes of vanilla and crayons. Going to make me yell at Creagh and Niyazov…Jeff G. They’re being mean to me.

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James Marotta

This Wee heavy does justice for me. Good beer.

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Jeff DeLuca

Not a bad brew for sure. Pretty good scotch ale.

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