Founders Imperial Stout

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

via trade with hippie4beer - Pours black with a tan head that faded quickly. Very light spotty lacing. Has light a chocolate, coffee aroma. Flavor has lots of chocolate and coffee to it. Has a good bit of bitterness to back the malt. Smooth and full bodied. A very nice sipping beer. Thanks Seth.

Thanks go out to Walt for this beer. Poured thick and black with a large fluffy brown head. Aroma of cherries, roasty bittersweet chocolate, with some piney hops. Flavor is big, sweet and roasty, with some coffee grounds, bittersweet chocolate, with a lot of dry alcohol flavor, although not a lot of alcohol heat. Finishes very peppery and bitter., almost like the finish of mouthwash, without retaining much actual stout flavor. My score would’ve been higher if the finish hadn’t been so alcoholic. But still all-in-all a good stout.

Bottle courtesy of Footbalm. Sharp alcohol and chocolate spicy bitterness w/ biscuity/toasted malt undertones. A very good beer.

Bottle. Pours motor oil black with a creamy brown head...nice! Aroma of dark chocolate. Initial flavor of dark bitter chocolate and molasses than transitions to some flavors of red wine (merlot, shiraz, etc. ) A pleasant hop bitterness in the finish, but there was a lingering sweetness that was cloying. But overall, excellent. I appreciate that this was in a 12 oz bottle, not a bomber.

Black. Small, creamy, brown head slowly dissipates. Aroms of bittersweet dark chocolate, burnt roasty malt, coffee, herbal licorice, pine trees, marshmallows, poison, and subtle alcohol. Flavor adds milk chocolate, root beer barrels, caramel, and a bit of ash. Full/medium, smooth palate. Body could be a little heavier, other than that, an excellent brew.

12oz - Aroma is almost fruity (raspberry, blueberry, or cherry) chocolate, and roasted malts. Pours deep black with a small brown head and good lacing. Flavor is much more roasty than aroma. Toasted dark malts take the lead and provide a great chocolate flavor. Palate is sticky. This is a tasty brew but does not stand out amongst it’s peers in my opinion.

From 12oz Bottle. Now that is a deep black motor oil pour, almost like thick sludge oozing out of the bottle. Medium, lasting, fizzy head of smoked lake trout skin. Rich, chocolatey aromas are dried by some french roast coffee. A nice, minty whiff of hops flows from my glass as well. Some black cherry and seeded red grapes add some fruity aspects that are quite enjoyable. Ultra heavy, syrupy body with little carbonation effects on the tongue. A brush of unidentifiable hops first brush the tongue from inside the coffee riddled syrup. Not overly bitter, the roast coffee flavors are exceptionally balanced. Molasses and dark belgian chocolate flavors round out the long lasting finish in a pleasurable smack, along with a breath of herbal hops.

Poured nice and black with small head. Very rich and malty with some chocolate notes, but could use a bit more hops. This beer MUST be allowed to warm. You will not be satisfied if you serve it too cold!