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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
common

on tap
common

Broad Distribution
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 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
8493.71/5.03.7/5.08.3%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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 jbuzz (658), South Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/102/511/20
Mar 31, 2008  
Tasting at Three Cellars Milwaukee. Reddish brown with a thin head, caramelized malty flavors, rich, earthy, somewhat sweet


 esjaygee (1467), Oak Creek, Wisconsin, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/514/20
Mar 28, 2008  
At Three Cellars tasting Founder’s Brewery night. Reddish brown with a thin head. Sweet malty aroma. Sweet malty taste to go with dry hop finish. A little on the sweet side but still pretty good.


 marchcow (664), Coralville, Iowa, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/104/515/20
Mar 27, 2008  
Caramelized malt aromas. Amber brown colors. Good bitter caramelized malty flavors, rich, earthy, somewhat sweet to balance. Fairly strong and solid palate. Bittersweet duration with a woody finish. Good.


 grimreeser (795), Minnesota, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/55/104/513/20
Mar 23, 2008  
Pours a dark amber with a small dark tan head. Aroma of caramel, smoke, and some brown sugar. Starts out with a nice sweetness, but there is a lingering bitterness that I don’t care for.


 davidoc (113), Chicago, Illinois, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/105/58/104/515/20
Mar 21, 2008  
Poured a dark auburn color with a very small head that disappeared quickly. Mild aroma. Sweet carmel taste, but sweetness did not linger. Very smooth, belying strength.


 DragonStout (1380), Pataskala, Ohio, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/516/20
Mar 21, 2008  
Poured a brick color with a sweet nose of malts, caramel, peat and wood.The flavor was sweet and smoky. A very good Scotch Ale.Finishes of sweet.


 WISEGUY572 (1244), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/103/515/20
Mar 20, 2008  
Reddish brown body, dark, slightly cloudy at the end, almost no head. Nose of dark roasted malts, peat smoke, and warming alcohol. Taste of dark malts, an almost Bourbon like alcohol warmth, toffee, espresso, smoke, and more hops than I would expect in a Scotch ale. Mouth a little syrupy ... maybe more lively carbonation would help. But a good beer.


 Syd (888), Waconia, Minnesota, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/103/58/104/516/20
Mar 19, 2008    Updated: Mar 22, 2008
Bottle pours a deep garnet color with very little head or lace. The aroma is powerful malt, brown sugar, chocolate, vanilla, peat, and just plain excellent. The flavor is really is so well rounded from the sweet malt and peat notes. Some mild pear notes in the finish with the peat. The palate is fairly rich, but does not at all become sticky like ales like this can tend to do. Carbonation survives pretty well and is quite lively in fact. Overall, this is an awesome beer. I need to get more of this.



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