Founders Dirty Bastard Scotch Ale

	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
859	3.71/5.0	3.7/5.0	8.3%	92.4	Thistle

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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shrubber85 (2876), Wallhalben, Germany

3.6	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.6	6/10	4/5	8/10	4/5	14/20

Dec 30, 2007

Bottle. Sweet barley malt aroma. Cloudy orange-brown color with small head. Sweet malt and light alcohol/bitter finish. A very smooth and easy drinking scotch ale.

jezmez68 (332), Chesterton, Indiana, USA

4.1	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
4.1	7/10	5/5	8/10	5/5	16/20

Dec 26, 2007

Shared a bottle with 3 others. Nice reddish brown color. Tastes a bit like a Heath bar, only not as sweet or chocolatey.

badbeer (433), Iowa, USA

3.2	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.2	6/10	3/5	5/10	4/5	14/20

Dec 23, 2007

Ruby red color with a cream colored head leaving spotty lacing around the glass. Toffee, brown sugar, malted milk balls in the nose. Malted milk balls up front followed by toffee in the finish, only a bit of hop presence. Average carbonation and medium bodied. Wasn’t very drinkable, split the bottle. Perhaps I will try it again to see if I got a bad bottle or if I will like it better.

jscherer (6), USA
does not count

4.6	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
4.6	8/10	5/5	9/10	4/5	20/20

Dec 20, 2007

Liquid GHB, clear your schedule if you plan to drink more than one or two. Im not a lightweight just something about this beer knocks you out.

lordeche (397), Quincy, Massachusetts, USA

4	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
4	7/10	5/5	8/10	3/5	17/20

Dec 19, 2007

Really beautiful pour- brown with amber highlights and two fingers of tan head. Strong grainy aroma with notes of smoke, peat, caramel, and molasses. Flavor is also grain and peat, with hints of sweet caramel, floral hops, strawberry, and some nice nuttiness and smoke in the finish. Thick sticky palate.

Arayaga2 (948), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

3.6	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.6	7/10	4/5	7/10	3/5	15/20

Dec 15, 2007 Updated: Jun 29, 2008

Deep chestnut in color with minimal white head. Banana bread aroma gets solventy as it warms, and carries through into the flavor. Roasty and bitter with a burnt caramel edge. Biterness lingers after finish. $2.5/12oz

msante79 (814), Orland Hills, Illinois, USA

3.8	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.8	7/10	4/5	7/10	3/5	17/20

Dec 15, 2007

12 oz bottle. Pours a dark red with a tan head. ksmells of smoke, dark fruits and alcohol. Taste of alcohol, malts, carmels and toffe.Finsih is alcohol. Definitly a sipper.

k4df4l (154), DTown, Pennsylvania, USA

3.7	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.7	7/10	4/5	7/10	3/5	16/20

Dec 13, 2007

Bottle pours a dark garnet with a tan head. Aroma of sweet malt, smokey peat and a wiff of alcohol. Flavor long on that rich smokey note with a mix of caramel/toffee /brown sugar, earthy finish with a warming alcohol influence.

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