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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Karl Bennett

Bourbon, spice, malty, dark fruit - gorgeous stuff. To be sipped and savoured.

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Josef de Dromer

Vanille , zwaar.

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BierUur Wouter

Barrel (bourbon) forward, but works wonders because the barrel aligns with the beer style. See taste profile..

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Nicklas mocander

Hade höga förväntningar på den här ölen. Bilden på flaskan gav mig verkligen hopp om att det här skulle vara något alldeles speciellt, och det var det. Faller dock inte mig i smaken och på grund av den speciella smaken blir den väldigt svårdrucken.

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Eric Granholm

Seriously good wee heavy! Scotch ale 11%

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Bruce Louth

The best beer of 2023 so far

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Tim H

Amazing as always

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Kevin Kindt

Minder zoet als verwacht wat positief is. Vol en ronde en rijke smaak. Veel gaande.

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Rod Howell

125th beer checked in at Flingers!

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Michael Stehlik

Süßlich und stark, mit Pflaumen und einer dezenten Torfnote. Dabei ist es schön feinperlig. Ein leckeres aber auch sehr wuchtiges Bier. Da könnte man glatt zwei draus machen 😃🍻🇺🇲

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V. Ruuskanen

Eeeeh, viina puskee läpi tooodella pahasti.

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Andres Garcia

Kroger have a bar

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Martin Johnson

Stong bourbon flavor

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Dennis Roose

Barrel-aged

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Peter Lang

The barrel aging adds strength to this solid Scotch ale. Not as good as a BBA stout, but quite nice.

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Kevin Conner

Tried it-one of Howard’s favorites

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Andrew Thompson

Very sweet with a lot of chocolate Fizzy I do not like sweet in my style of beer that’s why I have it at 2.5 stars. I am more into boozy smooth stouts

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Drew Terril

Very very tasty. I'm a big fan of barrel aged beers in general, and this has instantly become one of my favorites.

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T Camp

Pretty damn good. Nice boozy flavor but not overpowering.

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Bud Sponseller

Quite good. Strong but good.

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Robin

Solid hè dacht even dat ik de KBS had liggen maar bleek deze te zijn

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Ken Scheele

Complex flavor

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