Founders Breakfast Stout

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

Appearance: black, brown head. Aroma: chocolate, coffee, dark roasted barley. Very nice. Flavor: Starts with strong coffee, light chocolate. Some alcohol. Ends with tasty, lightly bitter chocolate, slightly chalky finish. Body: Appropriate, maybe a bit thin. Outstanding stout.

"double chocolate coffee oatmeal stout." Already, I like it. Pours black, with a very small brown head. Looks like a less heady Expedition almost. Deep aroma of coffee (a very bold "bean" smell, not a weak brewed coffee), dark chocolate, milk and sourdough toast. I taste the strong black coffee first, with a lot of chocolate and caramel swirling around as equal players. More coffee-y than any other coffee beer I’ve had yet. Finishes with a strong roast flavor and the bitterness is all black coffee, toast, nuts, and a medium acidity. It’s coffee finish, rather than hops, but perhaps the hops only emphasize the coffee. Either way, this is a great stout. Very strong on the coffee flavors, but it’s not like that’s all that’s here. I can see why not everyone would enjoy that, but I think it tastes great, and fits in with the rest of the flavor profile.

Thanks Strykzone for this superb beer. From a 12 oz bottle this poured inky black with a fat tan head that lasted a very long time and left very thick lacking rings. The nose is very rich with roasted malts giving aromas of chocolate, rip fruits and coffee. Lots of coffee. About as smooth and rich a mouthfeel as you can imagine, Flavors are dominated by the coffee, but there is still good balance leading up to a long dry bitter finish. Fantastic stuff.

pitch black. creamy and smooth. taste is of some of the best coffee i have ever had! i would drink this for breakfast if i could get my hands on more. the prominant coffee is balanced out by dark chocolate. this is a well crafted stout. thanks to avaulteriam for the bottle.

Thanks go to Lou18 for this beer. Huge aroma of strong espresso and expensive dark baker’s chocalate. DAMN this smells good. Deep black with a mocha colored pinky thick head. An enormous blast of coffee and choclate syrup are followed by a creamy smooth transition into a strong and firm hop bitterness. This is phenemonal.

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.

I’ve been drinking the tap only version of this beer for awhile. This is the best coffee stourt I’ve tasted. Founders has put itself on the road toward being the best of michigan breweries.

Much thicker pour than expected. Khaki brown colored head fizzling down on the otherwise impenetrable black beer. I pick up the snifter and I swear it’s never felt heavier. Aroma is roasted malts, burnt rye bread and strong roasted coffee. Some chocolate chips wafts jump out as well. Flavor is brown sugar oatmeal, bitter mocha java, cocoa puffs and burnt toast. Very heavy on the palate, finishing like you just took a lick from a stick of margarine. Strong coffee bitterness in the aftertaste. Oh, if I could only brew this each morning before leaving home for work.

<h6>(Rerate update based on overall enjoyment level and love of this beer. The only change to the rating was by raising the numeric scorings.) </h6>