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

Last updated

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Craig Westbrook

End of the workday. Time to be a bastard. Chickens ain't happy bout the weather.

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Илья В.

Дубль 2. И всё равно, такое себе. Спиртуозная горечь несколько раздражает.

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Rezar G.

Very strong and scotch tasting.

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Alex F.

Аромат: бочка, виски, квадрик. Вкус: бурбон, бочка, деревяшки, крепко. Хорошо.

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Tomer Avramovitch

3.4 years old. Sweet,caramel,toasty,lots of bourbon. Remind me bourbon barrel quad by boulvard. Didnt wrote my impressions when it was young but it probably passed its peek. Still wonderfull

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Shawn K.

Tasty and smooth for 11%

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Ori Urquhart

Butter, scotch, butterscotch.

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Steve R.

Surprisingly good

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Kerry R.

You can really taste the bourbon afterwards!

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Lenny S.

Тот самый случай когда выдержанная версия не вкуснее обычной.

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Adam Rust

Lots of bourbon with some malts. Not like a viscous bourbon stout; this is decidedly thin.

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Michael B

Decent. Boozy, and a bit malty. Not sure that it benefited from the cellaring. My earlier grading was probably low for how I grade now, but at five years, it's still reasonable. Also, sitting next to one of the Founders founders. Gotta document it.

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Karbulot

warka 2020. Kiedyś chyba było lepsze, na pewno mogłoby mieć więcej ciała. Mimo to wciąż świetne, bardzo ułożone, karmel + dąb + whisky

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Dirk Koppert

Verrassend

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Miika Kontio

Hevii juomaa. Mämmiä. Vehnää, ruista.

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Simon Bettino

VLCI - Leider ohne Axt

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Mike C

haven’t tried this one since 2017 so why not try the 2017 version today? mouthfeel’s smooth. sweet, malty, sherry-like but perfumey on the chaser. apparently much more appealing to me fresh. 3.65

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Ryan K.

Good. Slightly sweeter than my scotch ale preference. Bourbon notes are prominent.

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Will S.

High chocolate flavor

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Johnnie Scott

Hanging with Rob B. Has rubbed off on me. I really enjoy barrel aged beer. I chose this good one for my 1200th beer. Lots going on here with the Scotch barrel adding some bitterness.

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