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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michael cohen

Big scotch ale with bourbon and oak

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Robert Bryan

Ahhhhh

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justin

Thank you for sharing Gpa. Nice scotch aroma.complex raisin flavors. Funny but not boozey! Very good!

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Robert

Warm and rich, spicy malt, bourbon, cocoa, strong, heavy mouthfeel

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Nick P.

Dude, this is amazing. When ya want a heavy beer for this time of year. Go this route. Wow.

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Aaron Siders

You know, when they say people die, its comes in 3s,..man!

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Jon the Quaffer

Um, you can definitely taste the scotch…..

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Funky Cold

Straight up the aromas get me with Bourbon overloads which carries on to the flavours with also plenty of dark fruits, vanilla, caramel, oak and slight licorice. Great upfront but got better as I sipped on it and let it warm!

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Joseph R.

Subtle aroma, but amazing flavor. Complex throughout, very tasty

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Karl-Linus Börjesson

Luktar sött, fikon nästan. Smörkola, bourbon. Bra munkänsla, kanske något tunn/flyktig pga hög alkoholhalt. Men har en lustig bismak. Typ trä/tång/sjögräs. Hög beska i eftersmaken. Väl mycket whiskeysmak av faten. Har inte druckit många Wee Heavy.

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Al Teku

Карамель, какао. Во вкусе изюм и немного шоколада. Долгое послевкусие. Крепко, благородно.

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FoxMulder

В запахе как ни странно сыр с плесенью, ну и свой какой то неповторимый запах, вкус то же сыр с плесенью и сливочность при прогреве кофе шоколад и чернослив...очень круто, топ!

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Antonio Miguel Gómez

Clear reddish, frothy to minimal tan head. Strong aromas of dried fruits, wood, licor. Robust bodied, soft carbonation. Thick and oily. Medium sweet, medium bitter. Rich malt and licor flavors into a harsh finish.

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Shaun F.

Aged in bourbon barrels

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Brian Grove

Oak, bourbon, and caramel dominate in this barrel aged strong ale. This one starts out sweet and finishes with an over powering boozy bourbon finish. Slight taste of maple pushes this beast over the top!

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Patrick Wilcox

Had this one since '18.

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Anthony Fadule

Smokey peat phenols precipitates tantalizing urges for scotch neat imbibement, dry kilt lifting kiln barley sounds the Wee Heavy palate pibroch, toasted caramel toffee towers over taste receptors like Scottish Thistles in full bloom upon Highland taiga.

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Gay Olsson

Klara toner av Whiskey, lätt rostad toner av choklad.

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Ricki

Bourbon caramel with roasted nuts, hints of smokiness and soft malts 😯 Nice if you’re a fan of whiskey

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pieter tienen

Lekker volle Bourbon smaak...

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Teil H.

2016 bottle. Nicely warming, quite woody. Bit of a black licorice note in there.

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Trouble Maker

Loved this! The oak barrel flavor was fantastic, nice slightly alcohol-y flavor

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John Bare

Boozy goodness

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Bernie Zeffren

Strong boozy malty bready.

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Eric Kambach

A Beer Advocate 94 point triumph from Founders! Cloudy dark with berry, toffee and caramel quinoa with similar flavors, plus scotch, bourbon, dark fruit and vanilla.

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J. C.

YUP! Trick or Treat!

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Dec B

October 2021. Really impressive toffee apple aroma. Taste is a little underwhelming, however; sweet bourbon is there, but mostly like a generic chocolatey stout. Was expecting a bit more complexity. Great name, though! 🇺🇸

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