Backwoods Bastard
Founders Brewing Co. in Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸
Scotch Ale / Wee Heavy Regular|
Score
7.81
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The Kick-Back Sipper
Expect lovely, warm smells of, oaky bourbon barrels, sweet caramel and roasted malts, a bit of earthy spice and 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.
Expect lovely, warm smells of, oaky bourbon barrels, sweet caramel and roasted malts, a bit of earthy spice and 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.
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7.5/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Sep 2025
at 15:43
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottled. Poured a medium opaque brown, mild head. Strong bourbon notes obviously, lots of cherries and some vanilla. Good enough.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 May 2025
at 01:11
8/10
11.6 version
Tried
from Draft
on 26 Mar 2025
at 06:51
6.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 10
Overall 4
Bottle at home. Copper pour, beige head. Nose is sweet bready malts, bourbon, vanilla, booze. Taste is almost only booze, unpleasant, burning alcohol, almost no traces of the bourbon ba, or in fact, the base beer. Closes with sweet finish, alcohol burn again. Light to medium body, soft carbo. Expected much, much more from this.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Mar 2025
at 12:00
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
Bottle @ Fox and Hounds, Sønderborg. Amber, almost clear, slightly oily body with a small tan head. Aroma is strong, almost intense with lots of dry fruit and quite vinous with hint of wood. Flavor is very sweet, but not sticky, dry fruit, oak, hint of vanilla, caramel and some warming alcohol but otherwise the alcohol is well hidden. Fine body and long lasting aftertaste. A very nice and quite beer that has this thing I use to describe as “dead” in a positive meaning (the opposite of fresh, but quite and solid).
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Mar 2025
at 07:42
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Bottle. Brown in color with amber highlights and a small head. Taste is toffee, sweet up front with a malty finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Mar 2025
at 05:49
8.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Very dark brown pour, with a large beige head. Loads of oak, caramel malts with some roast. Notes of vanilla, cherries, plums, and earthy hops. The barrel doesnt overpower, but compliments. Incredibly balanced, and a great sipper. Loved it.
Tried
on 28 Feb 2025
at 05:24
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle from Stanislaus Brewkovitch, Zwolle. Aroma is caramel malt, toffee, Bourbon, oak, dried fruits, figs, some vanilla, heavy butterscotch, touch of tobacco and light booze. Flavour is sweet with a light bitterness in the finish. Body is full with a little alcohol. Pretty daunting beer, rich and sweet, I can understand why this is regarded an elite Scotch Ale, I am just not generally drawn to this butterscotch-heavy profile.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Feb 2025
at 04:46
7.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
330ml bottle, 11.0%, from Dunells in Jersey. Pours a deep dark brown with a off white head. Aromas & tastes of bourbon, dark fruits, smoke, caramel & sweet malt. Medium body. Smooth light bitter finish. Highly enjoyable
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Jan 2025
at 15:28
8/10
Tried
on 13 Dec 2024
at 18:44