Founders Backwoods Bastard (2012)

Had this beer for the first time last November, on the day before Thanksgiving. I remember being taken aback by how good it was. Can't wait to have it again.

 

I will be purchasing a large quantity of backwoods bastard for personal consumption.

 

One of my favorite's from Founders. Someone's going to have to hide a few from me in order to age it...

 

i've been lucky enough to never really have much trouble scoring some Backwoods Bastard. i remember last year there were some 4 packs kicking around boston about a month after it hit shelves. it was around even longer in GA. one of my all time favs!!!

i bought two 4 packs last year and a couple loose bottles, intended to age a 4 pack.... drank all but one bottle within two weeks. glad i did though, because i sat on a bottle for about 8 months before drinking and thought the toffee/vanilla/bourbon taste from the barrel had faded considerably. ITS READY TO DRINK FRESH!!

edit: for inebriated grammar.

 

Hell no. Waste of good bourbon.

Maybe a baby rock of ice in there no bigger than a quarter if the glass is more full and the evening in hot.

 

I saw those bottles in new beer i thought they said 12 also, but it cant be...

 

They weren't. I was mistaken. They are 9/23/11. Haven't cracked one open yet, but hoping they held up ok (considering that if they've been sitting at new beer for a year in the sweltering summer heat they could be pretty nasty).

 

Woo! Got two bottles of this stuff at a store by my house, from 2010 and 2011. They were 7$ and 6$, respectively. I can't wait to see the difference a year makes in this stuff. Hopefully I can nab some 2012 and get the full spectrum going.

 

There is a nice difference between the two ... I think that you'll love them all!

 

Damn.. I'll be on a overnight business trip to Grand Rapids next Thursday.. I'm from ATL, and will stop by Founders for sure Thursday evening.

Wish I could get some of this there, but I"m a few weeks early!

 

You know what guys, I've told myself I'm on a buying freeze especially after BCBS. I have never had the opportunity to try Backwoods Bastard and the way you guys speak of it here in this thread I must come out of hibernation and at least try to find a four pack especially since I love bourbon beers.

 

I kept a couple of bottles from last year and drank recently and found that it did not age well (lost some flavor, kinda flat) - anyone else have this experience?

 

You owe it to yourself ...

 

had 2010 backwoods on tap in milwaukee about anmonthbago, sooooo good

 

Mine was kinda flat too. However, that wasn't the biggest issue for me. It's a pretty high ABV beer, and I felt like whatever it was that succeeded at masking the ABV when it was fresh, faded, and left nothing but the booze.

 

I remember even two years ago this sat on the shelves for months. Now I better git my lazy bum out the day of arrival. Similar but better than the Boulevard Rye-on-Rye, and the 4x12oz. warms my heart...

 

My pants got tight!!!

 

Is the distributiong cut down this year for this? Every year in GA we have a bunch of it sitting around and it is easy to score multiple 4 packs. But most in this thread make it sound like getting a single bottle this year will be a miracle.

 

Nope, just the hype train coming through. Here in SE Mich I can get almost a full case between multiple stores.

 

Awesome. I was JUST talking to my fiance last night about how fantastic this beer is over a dirty bastard from the variety case. Its pretty much my favorite Founders Brew.

I'm probably in the minority- but I think its way better than KBS.