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Founders Dirty Bastard Scotch Ale

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95
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bottled
common

on tap
common

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
8593.71/5.03.7/5.08.3%92.4Thistle
Commercial Description:
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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 raiderfost (158), virginia beach, Virginia, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/104/517/20
Apr 19, 2008  
Very good! The best beer of this style i have ever had. Alot going on in the flavor and aroma of this one. Well done. Thanks mark.


 BREWMUSKCLES (1070), New Jersey, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/58/103/515/20
Apr 16, 2008  
cherry and beer and alcohol. clean old and pleasant -dirty bastard- uuhhh ok! beautiful ruby amber color. light beige head malt and hop with a clean finish. this brew is candy sweet. quite good! nice considerably consistancy.


 georgekappus (296), Brookfield, Connecticut, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/514/20
Apr 14, 2008  
Bottle. Pours a deep caramely brown, hazy, with a thin offwhite head. The aroma was sweet and caramely with notes of brown sugar. Taste is sweet, thick caramel with a touch of alcohol at the back of the throat. Thick on the palate.


 Stine (1380), St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/105/516/20
Apr 13, 2008  
Pours transparently; body of volcanic, glowing burgundy with wispy lacing. Aroma of burly pit fruits and strawberry candies; a pure and decadent but still soft note of scotch whiskey dripping with peat smoke and pillowy tobacco character. So rich, generous, and simple. Flavor is not especially dark but very deep, giving hints of peat, charred raisins, and raspberries to speckle the body of viscous maple, dark honey, scotch, and milk chocolate. A tower of carefully polished malt complexity. Medium to full palate is luxuriously silky with a distant sparkle of carbonation; finish is semisweet chocolate and caramel before turning tannic and bitter like a blend of a muscley shiraz and dry citrusy hops. First rate example; just immaculately made.


idbowman82 (62), Painesville, Ohio, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/104/514/20
Apr 11, 2008  
A fine example of scotch ale. Strong, complex, but clean. The pour is a deep amber with very little head. The aroma is intense--caramel, hops, and smoke. The flavor follow suit, with a very noteable earthiness and an apparent, but not overpowering sweetness. Finished bitter and quite clean. Excellent, excellent brew.


 Strykzone (1468), Wood River, Illinois, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/58/104/515/20
Apr 10, 2008  
Powerful roasted malt jumps out at in the first sip. It is also full of dark fruit, coffee, smoke, and a hint of tart hop as a nice undertone. This is a complex and thoroughly enjoyable beer. You have got to love the attitude!


artistsatwork (25), USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/104/515/20
Apr 8, 2008  
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. Sneaky at 8.5% ABV. Tasty with a andouille sausage and greens dinner. Shared a bottle with a neighbor.


 jeremytoni (1089), Swedesboro, New Jersey, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/515/20
Apr 6, 2008  
From the tap poured dark brown with a fair amount of head. Nice sweet malty flavor with a quick finish.



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