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

 

Randy Gunter

A go to Scotch Ale. Founders nailed it with this one.

4.5

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Anders Peter Jørgensen

Faded a tad. Lots of licorice, coffee, slightly burned caramel, loads of bourbon, quite boozy nowadays, not as balanced and smooth, oxidation has also started to take its toll.

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Nathanael Baier

Crazy. It’s like a sweet bourbon that’s been turned into a beer. Bitter, sweet, bourbony, peaty and heavy.

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Tyler U

smokey peat, oak, vanilla, coffee, Islay floral notes; barley, toasty malt and a shortbread finish.

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Ron Kohlin

Lovely. Absolutely lovely!

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Char L.

Strong and smooth

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Matt Hoffmann

Fantastic flavor and scent. Like it just came out of a barrel. A definite must try if you like strong flavors

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Daniel Joslyn

Back in my local for the first time since the pandemic, the Knights are still tied.

4.25

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Jacob Shedivy

DecAnt! Wonderfully devoloped charred scotchiness. Frothy/pruney mid temps warm to unyieldingly smoky, boozy full body flavor, somewhat less entertaining but plentily palatable. Close to 4 but props for consistently well executed barrel aging en masse.

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Stefan Gons

Smooth for an 11% ale. Nice oak character

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Evgeniy S.

Отличное выдержанное в бочке пиво, пить холодным не стоит, иначе теряется вкус.

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Max Thompson

Delicious out of the tap!

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Dave S.

Smooth and delicious , check it out.

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David Taylor

Barrel aged goodness. Very smooth, lots of flavor.

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Edwin De Heer

Ouwe sok op het etiket, ouwe sok in het brouwvat

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Jim Masullo

Amazing!

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Ivan Tonev

Too thin and sort of a mess.

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Jaime

Cherry flavor?! Love! 😃

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Jesper Christensen

En del whiskey smag 🍺

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James Wilson

Sweet tannins mate.

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Jan Rosenberg

🇺🇸 Founders Kitchen Take-Over. Pleasant Bourbon aroma with sweetness and some mild peaty whiskey notes. The flavor has strong alcohol presence. Bourbon smoothens nicely. Bottled on 12/17/20.

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Alain Balistreri

Heel lekker. Qua smaak richting een klassieke Belgische dubbel/quadrupel. Licht rook. Mooi spul.

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NOBLE

Classic.

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Jim Masullo

The best😋

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Kale Manuel

Very, very tasty tonight, for some reason. Rich toffee coming through strong.

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Pilot

Gandaaaalf!!

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patricia Nederpel

Licht troebel. Bruin rood. Neus van koffie chocolade vanille en bourbon. Fluweel zacht mondgevoel.smaak van koffie bourbon en vanille.nasmaak van bourbon. Echt degustatie bier

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David R.

Pizza dough aroma, cherry, wood, a little hop bitterness, somewhat sweet. Perhaps a bit to much cherry for my taste, but overall very nice

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Thibault Titeca

Very nice

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Brandon P.

Tastes like the Great Taste of the Midwest

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Simon Mulier

Nice Bourbon

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Michael Noll

Too tough

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