Dirty Bastard
Founders Brewing Co. in Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸
Scotch Ale / Wee Heavy Regular|
Score
7.41
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Scotch-Style Ale
So good it’s almost wrong. Dark ruby in color and brewed with seven varieties of imported malts. Complex in finish, with hints of smoke and peat, paired with a malty richness and a right hook of hop power to give it the bad attitude that a beer named Dirty Bastard has to live up to. Ain’t for the wee lads.
So good it’s almost wrong. Dark ruby in color and brewed with seven varieties of imported malts. Complex in finish, with hints of smoke and peat, paired with a malty richness and a right hook of hop power to give it the bad attitude that a beer named Dirty Bastard has to live up to. Ain’t for the wee lads.
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7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 7
Review based on the BJCP2015 guidelines (style 17C). Bottle 35.5 cl - Batch unknown (bottled on 10/05/16 - BBF unknown). AROMA: moderate malty aroma with notes of toffee, maillard compounds (bread crust), medium-low peppery alcohol backgorund. APPEARANCE: deep ambar color and slightly hazy. medium light brown head with good retention. leg formation. TASTE: similar to the aroma (toffee / caramel) but with a more roasty character. medium bitterness with an almost dry, bitter and roasty finish. PALATE: medium-full body with a velvety texture. medium carbonation. OVERALL: a very nice scotch ale, a bit on the bitter side.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Apr 2017
at 12:01
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle from Boise Co-op. Dark, ruddy brown, small spotty head. Big earthy, peaty aroma. Taste is malty, peat, chocolate, roast grains,. Lingering bitterness. Nice body too, velvety, rolls over the tongue.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Apr 2017
at 23:49
8/10
Tried
on 25 Feb 2017
at 17:32
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
10th Feb 2017: Third beer on my first flight at Devilicious, Temecula California. Another highly rated beer new to me and my sweet tooth loved it. Mahogany body, off-white head. Malty, heavy and lovely. Malty molasses rule this semi-sweet Scotch Ale, some fruity notes calm the sweetness down and the hops try to balance the brew out (but fail).
Tried
on 22 Feb 2017
at 03:37
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Poured from tap at Tuckaway hazy brown with a thin tan head. Aromas of chocolate rum dar fruit and caramel. Taste is sweet malt brown sugar dark fruit.
Tried
from Draft
on 19 Feb 2017
at 11:48
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
355ml bottle into tulip. Smells of rich chocolate, rum and raisins, a little pepper. Mahogany red/brown beer with light only penetrating the edges. Small creamy off-white head. Slightly zingy mouthfeel, full bodied and viscous. Taste is dark bitter chocolate and cocoa. Finish is dry, bitter and malty. Warming alcohol notes at the end. Good dessert beer, really nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Feb 2017
at 08:41
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
33cl bottle at Sheepshank, Bangkok. Thin off white head. Hazy amber pour. Molasses in the aftertaste. Nice
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Jan 2017
at 06:14
8.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
King of American Scotch ales--all hail the Bastard. Pours a gloriously rich red with a massive layer of foam and ample lacing. Smells like a sticky bun eaten on a Scottish moor. Starts with a burst of dark caramel and toffee, yet never grows overly sweet, instead rolling around in the peat with a whisky-tinged smoky backbone. Grows surprisingly hoppy for the style, adding a needed balance to the heavy malts, sliding into a lovely bittersweet fade. God, what a great brew.
Tried
from Can
on 19 Jan 2017
at 19:51
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
On tap at Elizabeth Station. Pours a hazy copper with a tan heae. Aroma is roasted malt, caramel. Taste is pretty the same with. Good.
Tried
from Draft
on 18 Jan 2017
at 20:44
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle (Edeka Gronemann, Castrop-R.): Deep ruby-amber coloured, almost clear, small off-white foamy layer; rich sweet bitter aroma of caramel, port-wine and dried fruits, herbal hops and traces of soy-sauce in the background; solid bitter-sweet flavour, medium to full bodied; lingering drier and hoppier finish with flavours of - again - caramel and dried fruits. Classy and well balanced stuff, the right winter-warmer...
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Dec 2016
at 02:53