Founders Breakfast Stout

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

Draft rating. Draft > Bottle, no question. The blurb is right other then coffee bender this is the closest thing to a serious cup of joe. Better is loaded with roasty coffee, bitter and black, yet sweet with oats and chocolate. A very delicate balance and is truly incredible on draft and great out of the bottle.

Pours like oil with a frothy brownish-red head. Tons of coffee in the aroma, some nuttiness, deep dark chocolate notes, tons of roast and burnt malts- amazing nose. Flavor contains tons of coffee and chocolate, perfectly melded together with some oatiness and vanilla for a dessert-like quality. Some nice burnt bitterness and oily coffee notes at the finish. The slightest bit dry and fairly heavy in the palate. A bit sticky. Glorious beer.

This is an excellent beer from top to bottom. Great aroma with bitter coffee up front and nice mellow chocolate in the finish. A rich dark malty flavor of more chocolate and toasty sweetness that is perfectly balanced. This stout really impresses with a full creamy and velvety mouthfeel. It reminded me of a good chocolate malt but with the necessary mix of coffee bitterness. Near perfection.

I have to say that this is about as good as it gets! Get your A$$ to Grand Rapids and buy some Founders. This beer is everything it should be and more: its got roasted coffee, dark bitter chocolate, mollasses, malt flavor, oats and then more coffee. Its very thick and filling - truly an amazing beverage.

A:Black w/dark brown head. Good lacing S:Hints of chocolate, coffee and caramel T:Wow! Bitter chocolate taste with caramel and a powerful espresso flavor. M:Thick full beer. Very heavy on the palate D:Very drinkable. Grownup hot chocolate! Suggestion: I ate a chocolate covered caramel candy while drinking this and it was incredible. The best Stout I’ve had...yet.

Pours a think jet black color with the darkest brown poofy head I have ever seen. Smells like a cup of fresh roasted coffee. The mouthfeel is so soft and the finish has no alcoholic bite at all. This is like a cup of to dark coffee and chocolate. Taste is intense roasted with a lasting chocolately finish. It does not get much closer to perfect than this.

Appearance: Pours a thick opaque black with a creamy tan head. Smell: The aroma is packed with coffee chocolate nuts toffee and many more roasted malt scents. Taste: Take a glass and fill if half full with rich melted milk chocolate, and fill the rest up with a gourmet coffee and add a healthy serving of whole cream. mmm. Oh there is a shot of booze in it too. That is the best I can describe the creamy chocolate sensational experience. Mouthfeel: Sheer silky velvety smooth cream, has a big feel to it but everything about this beer is extremely approachable, and divinely pleasant. Drinkability: Give me case of this stuff. You would never know its 8.30% ABV it is so easy! Hope this is helpful. Cheers!

yum. fantastic brew. dark black pour, and fantastic aroma of coffee and chocolate. creamy, but not chewing it down creamy. still very good balance though. the only way this could be better if it was aged in bourbon barrels ;)