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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Chris Foley

Solid, thanks Brody A.

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Steve Gagne

Full-bodied for a scotch ale. I like scotch ales but I much prefer this big, woody version. Malt forward with a bit of malty sweetness. Complemented nicely by the wood aging.

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Paul J

Thanks Dever!

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Scott L.

Strong but smooth.

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Jason Patterson

Flavor like woah!

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Will S.

High chocolate flavor

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David Mossman

My last one! Hope it comes back next year.

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Willem B.

Goed begin van de dag en mooie afsluiter van Nieuw-Vennep weekendje. Top biertje 💪

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patrick Otsen

Wat een topper. Mooie afsluiting van gezellig weekend

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Alan Tidwell

One of my all time favorites.

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Ian

So good considering the price. Great balance of sweetness. Slight barrel presence. A bit non descriptive but not in a bad way since I love barleywines/old ales/stock ales.

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tom h

I like big beers and I cannot lie.

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Brock

Reminds me of dancing the tango with Alex M. in Grand Rapids.

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Rob

Nr 21

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Eric

Getting less complexity in this batch. Not as much Carmel butterscotch notes. A little more bitter

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TBINUS78

This barrel aged Scotch ale is likely my favorite beer in the world. Caramel, oak, Scotch & bourbon flavors perfectly done. We need more barrel aged Scotch ales around, because they don’t get much better than this.

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Mark C.

Self-Titled debut album...

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Jason VanB

Wow! 11% - strap in !!

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Kevin C.

Wow. Harsh. Hopefully after a bottle, the rest go down eadier.

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Spencer Kalafut

Sweet caramel and a whiskey nose

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Lee

Felt like having bourbon tonight. So I opened a bastard

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Shane Welter

BUCKS IN 5

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Orbits W.

Late night crushhhhhhhhh

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Sarah Hanson

Enough sweetness to contract the dark beer taste. Wonderful.

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Melvin Dorgelo

Heerlijke barrel aged ale, helemaal snoepjes en bourbon

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Marco Cirkel

Whiskey en bier geeft mij denk ik niet zoveel plezier. Bier en whiskey, dan toch liever fristi. Toch gaat het wel met de smaak. Het is dat ik van koffie en zoetigheid houdt.

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Angie A.

It is dangerously delicious

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Sean Spindler

Sweet and smooth. Delicious.

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Afanasiy Бир4ек

Бурбон с бочкой, шоколадные и немного кофейные тона, и мягко и крепко! Прекрасное пивко чтоб отметить 5к!)

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R. van der Wal

Beige foam op een kastanjebruin bier. Whisky, salmiak, hout geur. Zacht bittere start, vanille, karamel, melkchocolade, bourbon, hout, rookachtig, spoortje zoethout, iets bittere nadronk. Lekker, lijkt op barley wine.

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Jon D

Ya know, so used to stouts, this was disappointing.

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