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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Tried
from Draft
on 12 Feb 2022
at 19:19
7.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Dark brown colour, perhaps with some haziness though it's a hard to tell in a dark beer. At most one and a half finger of dark greyish/light brownish head, which soon recedes to a thin layer but still leaves nice lacing. Nice malty depth in a quite vivid aroma: toffee and caramel, plus light nuttiness and a hint of espresso coffee. Some dark or red fruit notes in the background. All among a nice warming feel. Taste notes more or less follow the aroma, though in not so nitid kind of way: the malty sweetness feels more 'generic' and is followed by a nice smoky/peated note. There's a nice warming feel as the smell suggested and lightly (pleasantly) perceptible alcohol. It's a very sweet beer but there's also a good amount of bitterness to bring balance, with a sweet edge in the mouth and a balanced finish that shows a hint of earthiness. Medium to dense in body with quite light carbonation, resulting in a nice half creamy, half smooth mouthfeel. A very nice one.
Tried
on 22 Jan 2022
at 15:52
8/10
Tried
on 10 Jan 2022
at 23:17
7.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Malty aroma, reddish brown color. Taste is a complex balance of thick malt sweetness, caramel, burnt wood, and floral/earthy hop bitterness at the end. Lingering woody aftertaste. Excellent example of the style.
Tried
on 29 Dec 2021
at 22:45
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
355ml bottle (bottled 18/01/21) from Jumbo supermarket in Stein, Nethelands. F: medium, tanned, good retention. C: brown, hazy. A: rich malty, fruity, herbal, berries, caramel, peat, toast, bit chocolate, dried fruits, spicy. T: full malty base, caramel, herbal, spicy, peat touch, toast, red berries, dried fruits, dry on the palate, medium carbonation, very good balanced, fully enjoyed.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Dec 2021
at 20:30
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Sweet licorice, anis, Sweet licorice, anis, vanilla-bourbon touch. Drying-seert finish on touch. Drying-sweert finish.
Tried
on 18 Oct 2021
at 09:08
6/10
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Oct 2021
at 21:33
6.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Flesje thuis gedronken. Donker roodbruin bier met matig schuim dat snel weg trekt. Aroma van chocolade en vanille. Smaak van gebrande mout en pruimen. Nasmaak rokerig en bitter.
Tried
on 29 Aug 2021
at 20:28
7.6/10
Very nice malty and yeast driven been. It’s actually not so chewy or big, yet it has loads of complex estery flavours. Great balance. Sterk ams
Tried
on 27 Jul 2021
at 22:53
7.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Donkerbruin bier met mooie stevige schuimkraag. Smaak is licht bitterzoet met iets van karamel, wat geroosterd brood en toffee. Heel erg goed.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Jun 2021
at 16:00