Backwoods Bastard

Brewed and bottled by: ​Founders Brewing Co, USA.
How they bill it: Lovely, warm smells of single malt scotch, oaky bourbon barrels, smoke, sweet caramel and roasted malts, a bit of earthy spice and a scintilla of dark fruit.
My take: This is not just a great stout, it's more like unexpectedly running into an old friend on the way home ... deciding to have a quick drink which morphs into an allnighter replete with pool, table thumping, possibly mooning a passer-by, belly laughter and mellow, whiskey-drenched reflections of times past; then emerging into the new day bleary eyed but so very satisfied that you still got it in you. Drink with roast pheasant and the sounds of The Tinder Box.