Founders Backwoods Bastard - Founders Brewing Company

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rAvg: 4.32
pDev: 11.34%
Reviews: 1251
Hads: 1761

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Brewed by:
Founders Brewing Company

Michigan, United States

Style | ABV
Scotch Ale / Wee Heavy | 10.20% ABV

Availability: Fall. bottle (1146), on-tap (96), growler (8), cask (1).

Notes:
Scotch Ale aged in bourbon barrels.

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Reviews by JCaweinstein:

JCaweinstein

Ohio

4.35/5 rDev +0.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4

Dark reddish brown, seems slightly hazy. White head did not stick around for a very long time.
This smells good. I smell caramel, wood, and bourbon. Very rich aromas which are intoxicating.
Very and sweet, flavors of wood bourbon and rich malts.
This beer is very rich and smooth. It coats the mouth and warms the body as it goes down. Leaves a nice woody/sweet after taste.
It's a cold rainy night in Southwest Ohio and I can't think of another beer that would be better in this moment. I will seek this one out again next year!

Serving type: bottle

02-03-2012 02:10:08 | More by JCaweinstein

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CosmoHopHead

Kansas

4/5 rDev -7.4%

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4/5 rDev -7.4%

05-20-2013 02:12:33 | More by eyeenjoybeer

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4.75/5 rDev +10%

05-20-2013 01:52:07 | More by assman79

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Minnesota

3.75/5 rDev -13.2%

05-20-2013 01:36:21 | More by Ctrauty

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Michigan

3.75/5 rDev -13.2%

05-20-2013 00:20:09 | More by JVoyager

JReites

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4.25/5 rDev -1.6%

05-19-2013 22:40:46 | More by JReites

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4.75/5 rDev +10%

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4.5/5 rDev +4.2%

05-19-2013 18:34:26 | More by everettsbeerguy

Alextricity

Michigan

4.05/5 rDev -6.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

On-tap at the World Expo of Beer in Frankenmuth, Michigan.

Appearance: Darkness. A few bubbles on top, no lacing, and just a pitch black beer -- about what I expected this beer to look like.

Smell: Huge scotch and oak aromas... maybe some dark sort of chocolate malt notes, but mainly oaky scotch.

Taste: A couple people I was with claimed it tasted like liquid smoke and dumped it out, but I quite enjoyed this one -- it tastes almost exactly like it smells. It drinks almost like straight scotch with some warming on the finish, but there isn't a HUGE alcohol sort of flavor. The finish is also woody with some dark chocolate and malt to round it all out.

Quite good, and I think it's awesome that Founders chose to put some truly great stuff on-tap at the World Expo of Beer.

Serving type: on-tap

05-19-2013 17:00:21 | More by Alextricity