Founders Breakfast Stout

Brewed by Founders Brewing Company
Style: Imperial Stout
Grand Rapids, Michigan USA

Thanks Santa! Nose has coffee, sour burnt grounds, bitter cherry. Body is pitch black with a thin ring of dark tan foam. Deep burnt coffee flavor with sour cherries, wood. Not overly complex and a bit too bitter/sour. And I *love* bitter stuff. Great body but the overcarbonation kills the mouthfeel.

great beer, a nice opaque beer that look dark always get me excited. the beer, is dark chocolate and strong foreign coffee. slightly thin, but everything else is well worth your time. a winner.

Pours thick black into an english pint. Mocha micro head quickly recedes with no evident lacing. Abundant chocolate and coffee aromas - smells like an italian cafe. Spectacular up front sweet chocolate with a dry bitter chocolate finish. Wow.

(Bottle from my secret santa MIBRomeo) The bottle arrived from the US today and was only a bit more than half full. When I gently twisted the cap it blew open with a loud BANG. It could have taken an eye out... OK maybe not, but it poured pitch black with a big frothy, brown head. Big flavors of coffe and dark rich chocolate. Also hints of abricot, wood and earth. Full bodied. Long finish with coffee and caramel flavors. Very nice... glad the rest of the bottle was still good. Thanks MIBRomeo.

Finally getting around to rerating this guy. 2009 batch. Pour is opaque pitch danse black with a small brown head. Intense fresh coffee, plenty of oats, and top chocolate all through this wonderful beer. I don’t know what my problem was when I first entered my rating of this dude back in the day, but Founders Breakfast Stout is top notch.
On tap at the brewery. Light on aroma. Some roast and chocolate. Oil black, opeaque, with brown head. Lots of chocolate and coffee flavor. Roasty as hell.Silky smooth and full bodied. It did not live up to my expectations, but it is still a damn fine beer. I would like to rerate some day.

12oz bottle from drewbeerme - thanks! Man, this is quite the roast bomb, I love it. A deep dark pour with an extremely lively head - took a few patient pours for it to settle in my snifter - this is a gorgeously rich beer. It’s got all the qualities I love in imperial stouts, but somehow with the sweet mellows of its given style. My only (slight) knock is that I’d like a thicker, creamier body, but this is an awesome brew.

Whoa, huge chocolate and coffee aroma. Quite dry and roasted, nice. Not much head but good lacing over a dark, viscous body. Taste does not dissapoint, big sticky body with HUGE coffee taste. Nice roastedness through the finish. Could certainly use more hops/bitterness, but a great beer for sure.

12z bottle. Sweet coffee and bittersweet chocolate notes are abundant immediately upon opening. Opaque black with a slight ring of tan head. Definite coffee nose, but also a mild sweet raisiny aroma. Sweet malts hit you a split second before the coffee and bitter chocolate dominate the flavor. Finishes up with a toasty graininess. This is a great beer, but since I’m not a coffee drinker, one is definitely enough...for tonight! And whenever the occasion arises for early morning libations, this one is at the top of the list. This is also a prime example of a sweet stout. All of the bitterness is present in the malt. Not too much of a hop note can be detected. Which is just fine with me, bring on the malts! I love the concept of caffeine in a beer to keep you awake so you can drink more! Bloody geniuses!