So Brian and I got together tonight for the first time in a while. Naturally, what are we doing? Blogging about beer. ‘Cause we’re sweet like that. Tonight (as Brian promised) we’re trying Backwoods Bastard from Founders in Grand Rapids Michigan. Lets start from the beginning.

Why have I not purchased every bottle of this? Not what you would expect from Goose Island. This stout is AMAZING! This beast feels like milk… not that skim crap… but whole milk. No carbonation to speak of, but what do you expect from a 13% ABV brew? Bourbon is appropriately the main note in [...]