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

12 months ago

 
4.25

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Craig Mroczka

Just a great beer!!! Founders advent calendar has not disappointed yet!!!

4.5

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3.5

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Aaron Prybylla

Day 8 of the advent calendar. Loving all these gold bottle tops.

4.5

over 2 years ago

 
4.5

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B C

Strong scotch flavor

3.75

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3.5

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Paul H

Advent day 08

4.5

over 2 years ago

 

Artem Konovalov

Карамельная помадка, с нагревом сгущёнка, очень сильно скотч, что в плюс, ибо обычно везде бурбон, ваниль, не шибко глубокий, но разнообразный.

4.0

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3.5

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SK K

Bottle on 06.15.22

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Eric Erickson

Mild fruity toasted, caramelized subtle smoky malty, light vanilla bourbon oak barrel, subtle fruitcake, barley sugar, faint sponge toffee aroma with a subtle dark dried fruit nose and a warmth fruity toasted caramelized faint roasted malty, bourbon taste

4.0

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Rodrigo S

Super smooth and tasty barrel aged goodness!

4.25

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Red Hunt

So what’s the word on Founders these days?have they made amends? Are they still jerks? Are we ‘allowed’ to drink their beers? This is still one of my faves from them.

4.5

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Garry Kirkland

It's good. I just wish it was a little thicker on the tounge. Cheers!

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Cary G.

Woohoo! Haven’t had one of these since before the pandemic. Thinner-bodied than I remember. Flavour is still great.

4.0

over 2 years ago

 

Jason B

Perfect for this night. Was this always barrel aged? This is a wonderfully smooth batch for 11% abv

4.5

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Benzene Pauling

Woody and vanilla - delicious but the barrel aging overpowers the base flavour of the beer. Going to get another of these bad boys to age I'm thinking

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Jeff Hannah

Not leaving a rating because I think it’s good for what it is but not at all my thing

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Mike McLaughlin

Advent Calendar 2022 Day #4

4.0

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Linnea Wahlman

Flaskan var fin iallafall

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Paul Petera

Sweet, malty, strong.

4.0

over 2 years ago

 

Christopher Charette

Day 4! Boozey smokey, great slow sipping bear.

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dan c

Noms

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3.75

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Melle Ploeg

Malty, fruity, smoky.

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Chris Watson

2012 not rating

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Steph D

JAC #4. Nothing wrong with this wee heavy. Smooth booze.

4.0

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4.5

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Scott Parton

Bottled 3.02.2020

4.0

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Esa K

Doft av smörkola och fatlagring från bourbonfaten. Fyllig munkänsla. Smak av smörkola med fatlagring från bourbonfaten vid sidan av. Något torr eftersmak med viss sötma, samt inslag av fatlagring.

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Jocke Karman

Kokos och burbon

4.25

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Wayne Allen

This one is good, but I do prefer the French Toast Bastard.

4.25

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Cary Varner

Yummy!

4.5

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Teemu Kiviharju

Yhä vireessä. Kunhan ehtii lämmetä niin toffeemaisuus ja muut herkut nousevat esiin

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3.75

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Joen SH

Satan i gatan! Lagringen har förtrollat den!

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4.0

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gary seldomridge

Excellent

4.75

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Alex Shedlock

Such good barrel aged flavor. Well done, Founders

4.5

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Lance Lindquist

Strong one! Pretty good stuff though. Is that Gandalf on the label?

4.25

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4.75

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Alvaro Salcedo

Chocolaty and impossibly smooth for 11%

4.25

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3.5

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Jackson Bayer

More boozy and less French toast than the last one.

3.75

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Jonas Bergqvist

Riktigt bra med sköna bourbontoner, kola, torkad frukt och kokos (?) Yummy!

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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?

3.25

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4.25

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