Founders Breakfast Stout

Pours very thick oily opaque black with a thin tan head. Aroma: straight black coffee beans, bitter roast. Flavor: salty dried licorice without the sweetness. Bitter medium roast coffee beans. After a while the saltiness blends into the background and only the bitterness is left. If you like eating raw coffee beans or drinking straight black coffee or espress (and I can’t say I really do, though I love coffee), then you’ll love this. Palate: oily, quite harsh bitterness. And now that I notice it on the label, there is something of an oatmeal smoothness to it.

12 oz. bottle - thanks to TMC for the trade; pours smooth and thick black with a chocolate head quickly fading to the edges; smooth aromas of chocolate and coffee are very dominant, but not overpowering; body is slightly thin, but plenty of rich, creamy texture; flavors are mostly milk chocolate with some roasted nuts; lots of lacing and sweet & dry finish; roasted coffee flavors come out much more in the 1/2 half of the glass as it keeps getting better and better with each sip; so tasty

Pours jet black with a minimal tan head. Very little head retention with decent lacing. Serious roasted coffee aroma with chocolate complements. Got a little bit of malty sweetness in there as well. Very nice aroma just invites me into this one. Big roasted coffee taste with the slightest hint of dark chocolate malts and hops. Hops and coffee lead to a fairly bitter aftertaste. Oily and thick mouthfeel with minimal carbonation that causes a bit of tingling on the tongue. I would view this as a good, but not great stout. The heavy coffee and bitterness make it a bit less balanced than the aroma might indicate.

Bottle. Deep black maroon color. No head. thick, molasses pour, almost unbelievably thick. Chocolate, fudge, nutty hints. Smooth delivery. Distinctly malty but not overbearing. Pinot noir, grape notes present. Excellent choice. Special thanks to Dennis Gilligan for this find.

A- Pours absolutely pitch black as expected. A small coffee head rises from the brew after is has been poured and seeps back into the murky abyss. S- The dominate smell here is roasted malt, coffee and a lingering sweetness. The coffee tones permeate the nose and immediately take control. T- There is an out of control coffee and burnt malt taste going on here. Taste begins sweet and moves into deep coffee which melds with an understated hop bite and some lingering acidity on the back end. M- Thick with quite a bit of carbonation. Coats the tongue and sticks to the palate. D- This particular Double Stout is definitely for coffee lovers. While I don’t drink coffee I did enjoy and appreciate this brew.

As implied by the label, it is definately a hearty brew. Pours a deep heavy black colour with a very rich mouthfeel. Heavy in chocolate, vanilla and oats. Creamy texture. nice strong chocolatey aroma.

Tap at Spuyten Duyvil: Opaque black with a deep brown/lacing head. Huge barley aroma. Roasted dark cocoa, old coffee grinds and a very light hop note. Dense rich body without being cloying. The flavor is pretty much a homogeneous coffee grind bitterness. There is a huge malt body to give it some underlying character; bitter dark chocolate syrup, and a long resiny coffee finish. A really well made Stout, but many of these highly rated coffee Stouts just don’t do it for me lately.

Draft at Spuyten Duyvil Coffe....big on the roasted coffee flavor. Dark brown head...tasted coffee, chocolate wood and a nice bitterness in the finish... Great overall Imperial Stout