Dirty Bastard
(has 6 batches)
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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7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
2015-05-06: Bottle at O'Leary at Copenhagen airport. Pours brown with little light brown head. Aroma of dark bread, some smoke. Tastes sweet, with a bitter finish, well balanced. Full bodied, smooth mouthfeel. 2023-06-12: Shared bottle at Cardinal, Stavanger. Pours hazy brown with off-white head. Aroma of dark bread, dark berries, some caramel and smoke. Tastes sweet with little bitterness. Medium bodied, smooth mouthfeel.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 May 2015
at 08:21
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
35 cl bottle at a retailer in Manhattan, NY, around $4. brown color, almost clear, thin fune yellowish head. Roasted malts on the nose already. Aroma is well loaded of dark malts, nuts, hazelnut, caramel, vanilla and mild chocolate, while a proper amount of bittering hops balances it very well. Taste is quite bitter and has a nice play. Very rich overall, tasty, umami. The 8.5% is not overwhelming, the texture is smooth and silky, soft carbonation. The finish is pleasing with a brandy-ish leftover. Very very good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Apr 2015
at 19:21
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Appearance is a dark, murky brown, a foamy beige covering is all that emerges in the way of a head. Aroma- lots of sweet caramel and toffee, fudge, vanilla, chocolate and coffee cake, fruit cake, marzipan, almond, sweet malts, malt loaf, golden syrup. Taste- lots of delicious caramel sweetness, toffee, Christmas cake, burnt treacle, malty, vanilla undertones, caramel shortcake. Sweet, slightly syrupy mouthfeel. Very tasty indeed.
Tried
on 07 Mar 2015
at 03:05