Founders Imperial Stout

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

Brewed in the USA...... Pours black in color with thin beige fizzy head. Aroma of dark coffee, roasted malts and chocolate . Taste of milk chocolate, smoky malts, hops and coffee. The mouthfeel is pretty smooth, medium bodied with some lingering bitterness at the finish. Overall, this stout is well balanced, very drinkable and should be in your refrigerator.

Tan pour with brownish head. Great aroma of coffee and some caramel, maybe some toffee. Sugary coffee in the flavor. Drinkable for a stout too, nice beer.

Bottle purchased from Sam’s Quik Shop. Pours black with a 1/2 inch head. Very little aroma which is not a bad thing, not too hoppy and not too much alcohol. You would be hard pressed to find a better Imperial Stout anywhere.

pours very black with a thin caramel tan head that stuck around the rim of the glass. nice full bodied coffee and chocolate aroma with smooth coffee and smokey malts through the front of the palate. finishes sweet and creamy with hints of chocolate and a hint of vanilla. great drinking stout

Damn thats tasty. Pitch black with a dark mocha head. Very bitter chocolate and intensely roasted malts. So hoppy it sucks at your tongue in the aftertaste, A very unique Imperial, and another winner from Founders.

12 oz bottle from Sam’s. Pours a dark black with a thin beige head. Full roasty nose, toasted malts, chocolate. Flavors start off with red fruit that isn’t that appealing, but it fades as it warms to let the chocolates and roast dominate. Bitter chocolate flavors are abundant with floral hops peeking through. The bitter and milk chocolates are really nice and the alcohol is hardly noticeable for 10%. A well done imperial stout.

Bottle. Awesome. Superb. Etc. Etc. Pours exactly as an Imperial stout should- thick, vicoous, motor-oil-looking blackness. Thin dark tan head with some decent sticking time and lacing. Initial smell is all dark roasted malt- heavy, burnt toast smells. Also some hints of pumpernickel, dark pipe tobacco, and some vague generally woody notes. Flavor is thick and full, with lots of roasted action, a decent amount of alcohol heat, some bitter dark chocolate. A hefty bite of bitterness with some light floral hop notes. Tastes like all the flavor of a solid imperial stout, drinks as quick and easy as a session dry irish stout. Enough booze to be nice and warming, without being overpowering. more flavor than many Impy stouts, but also lots of balance and mellowness. Finish/palate is a bit on the acrid/sharp side, but not bad enough to really detract. Superb Imperial Stout.

12 oz. bottle. Dark black pour with a thin, tan head. Aroma of dark chocolate, dark fruits, piney hops. Mouthfeel is smooth and creamy. Flavor is very full, with chocolate and bitter coffee. Finish is biter as well, with some warming alcohol. Another great beer from Founders.