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Founders Dirty Bastard Scotch Ale

Founders Dirty Bastard Scotch Ale - Scotch Ale

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 Percentile 
95
overall
Brewed by Founders Brewing Company
Style: Scotch Ale

Grand Rapids, Michigan USA

bottled
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on tap
common

Broad Distribution
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8503.71/5.03.7/5.08.3%91.9Thistle
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Founders flagship beer. Dirty Bastard is an absolute beautiful beer to behold. Dark ruby in color and brewed with ten varieties of imported malts this beer continuously lives up to its reputation as a bold and powerful ale. Dirty Bastard is complex in the finish with hints of smoke and peat paired with a malty richness, finalized with a good bit of hop attitude. This beer “ain’t fer the wee lads”
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 charlotte (1997), Vanløse, Denmark
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/104/513/20
Oct 14, 2009  
Bottle.Dark brownish colour with small white head.Aroma is rosted and sweet malty,good powerfull mouthfeels and flavor of dried fruits,wood and caramel.


Lyncham (48), Ohio, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/518/20
Oct 13, 2009    Updated: Oct 20, 2009
Nice color for scotch ale. It has a simple head and good carbonation. The aroma is the best attribute of the beer with the smell of Carmel, the smoked malts, and hops. This aroma creates the scotch smell. The finishing hops are excellent. It is very bitter, but well balanced. The overall beer try’s to have a creamy texture like a Belhaven’s Scottish ale but I think the beer is too bit thick. It is a great sipping beer. I would not recommend drinking it fast. Very nice alcohol level. If you hold some beer on your tongue and behind you bottom teeth while breathing in, you get a nice spicy tingle.


 Svesse (2597), Hässelby, Sweden
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/515/20
Oct 13, 2009  
(Bottle, Monk’s Café, Wallingatan, Stockholm) Brown colour with brief, frothy, beige head. Malty nose with dark fruit, prunes, raisins, dark rye bread and caramel. Malty taste with notes of dark fruit, dark bread, raisins, wort, toasty caramel and spicy hops in a nicely balanced finish. Slightly more than medium body, smooth rounded mouthfeel. Lovely balance. Very nice beer.


 Pinball (2693), Allerød, Denmark
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/104/515/20
Oct 11, 2009  
clear amber/red, small white head. mild sweet malty red berries aroma. flavor is sweet malty, faint woody, sweet fruity, nice balance, swet barley wine type flavor.


 RHeastings (380), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/515/20
Oct 7, 2009  
Enjoyed from a 12oz bottle in a whiskey snifter. The beer pours a medium brown with just the slightest tan head that is gone within about 45 seconds. My sample is an unapologetic ode to all things malt. The aroma brings a malt aroma that, if one closes his eyes, leads him to think that he is in the boiling room of Briess. Almost doppelbock-like notes of Munich come through. Some middle crystal notes are also noticeable, giving a strong scent of caramel and toffee. The malt character found in the palate nearly penetrates to the soul. Rich toffee comes through first, almost as if they had bought a palate of hard-tack caramels, and then dumped them into the boil. Again, Crystal 60 thru 80 seems to evidence itself here. Interestingly (and slightly out of style), there is a moderate hop bitterness that runs through the mid-palate to the finish. While it is surprising, I think it is quite pleasant, and helps the beer from being cloying. The finish is a balance between sweet and bitter, and lasts forever. Overall, one of the best Scotch ales I’ve had.


 13mikey (118), New Hope, Minnesota, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/515/20
Oct 6, 2009  
12 oz bottle from Princeton’s. Dark brown pour with a tan head. Very nice lacing. Smokey, malty aroma. Smokey, hoppy flavor, the peat is noticeable too. Nice lingering finish.


 boamr (112), Pennsylvania, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/515/20
Oct 3, 2009  
Pours a dark brown color with just a little white head. Has a malty caramel smell to it. The taste is just about the same way it smells. Has a slight bitter finish to it


 blklab2007 (938), Connecticut, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/515/20
Oct 1, 2009  
bottle poured a dark ruby brown in color with a foamy white head with a brisk pour. aroma has mostly malts, some dark fruit, and caramel. medium mouth feel with just enough carbonation. flavor gets a little richer, roasted malt, light bitterness, toffee, and a touch of sweetness. good beer overall but not as nice as many of there others.



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