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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Andrew P.

Such a great beer. Strong but smooth.

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Daniël Roels

Caramel, hintje single malt whisky... erg lekker.

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Koen Kievits

Toppertje!!

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L Mulder

So good. Barrel aging a scotch ale just adds that hint of complexity that kicks the flavors up a notch!

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Greg Kohler

Garage cleaning beer. 2016 vintage. Held up well. Barrel flavor still there

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Aleksander Aaser

Damn... #2015 årgang. Knalldeilig

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Gabe P.

Sweet, bourbon, rich and thick. I’m a fan. Not my favorite founders but it’s still a knockout. Plus, the smell is always phenomenal.

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Quaff Magazine

Bien marquée sirop d’érable, bois, Bourbon. Petit côté chocolat, vanille, fumé. Texture plutôt légère pour 11%. Pas excessivement sucrée. Agréable et très parfumée.

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Keith P.

Delicious wee heavy to finish off 2020 🍻

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Andrew Hat

Very good beer

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Ricky PeePee

So this is 2021...cool cool cool.

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Adam R

This is great, it’s a boozy, malty, sweet caramel ale.

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Barry Broersen

Languit op de bank. Lekker dit

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Paul Hoen

A wee heavy Scottish ale that is bourbon barrel aged! Ummmmm A little boozy but what the heck! More of a sipping beer than a guzzler.

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Andrew L.

I was informed yesterday that my niece thinks I look like the label art

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Andrew R.

I’m warming up to the barrel aged series, definitely better the second time around.

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Chad W.

Strong, whiskey barrel, sweet

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Steven L.

Love the bourbon taste. Great brew!

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James Lindström

Änku ett bevis på att scotch ale tenderar att bli riktigt trevlig när den blandas med andra smaker. Fin sötma, komplex, härliga dofter

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Frank D.

Outstanding smell as Baileywine and sense of whisky, not an easy but very recommended

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Nicholas J.

Starting to look like the backwoods bastard myself

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Paul Hoen

Movie and popcorn with a bastard.

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Andrey Kozyrev

2019 год розлива. Деревяшки многовато, но хорошо

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Charlie H.

Strong whiskey flavor. Vanilla. Slight bitter finish, but mostly sweet.

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J WOOD

12oz 11% nice smooth scotch flavored barrel aged stout. Will enjoy again. Worked up a thirst walking dogs at rescue.

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Hahn Arama

Oh ya.... that's a nice smooth mix.

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mike ellwood

Lovely as always, great sipping beer

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Brian Hoskins

Lakers game beer

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Chris C.

Snooth! 👍

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