Founders Imperial Stout

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

Pours jet black with almost no head. Aroma of chocolate, smoke, lacto, and raisins. Flavor is chocolate and dark fruit with a very bitter and roasted finish. A bit thin and under carbonated for my liking. Still good though.

12 oz. bottle - thanks to alexsdad06 for the trade; jet black with foamy chocolate colored head settling to the edge; chocolate, molasses, creamy roast; yummy milk chocolate that isn’t too sweet; texture is thin yet flavor full; pretty solid, but not quite a knockout

Sampled at another monday night football tasting over at scottyp’s. Near black pour with minimal brown head. Sweet roasty nose is overpowering in the flavor, massive sweet cherry almost sickly sweet. This is a decent imp stout, but way too rich for me.

Bottle from my supervisor...Proot that I must be doing something good at work. DAABSTOAMPN. Thats Dark as a black steers toucous on a moonless prarie night for all of you non Lebowski-ites out there. Photon eater as well. Gentle nose of cereals as it pours from the bottle. Burnt sienna head. Nose builds to tart coffee. Head craters and clings to sides of glass, eventually staying at a nice quarter inch as it warms for twenty minutes and is steadilly renewed. First touch yields a head shaking bitterness that nearly leaves me with a slight concussion. Large quaff mellos the acrid tartness. Body is shortlived and has some lingering heat. Alcohol is well hidden but you start to feel this critter pretty fast. Glad the coffe bits toned them selves down a notch or two as it warmed.

POurs pitch black with thin brown head. Nose is alcohol, roasted malt, coffee, cocoa, licorice, fig. Flavor is thick chewey cocoa and roasted malt. Licorice, figs, smoke and bitter hops. Awesome. Awesome.

Nice aroma, but interesting. Chocolate, coffee, typical flavors. Warming sensation like hard liquor. All the usual makings of an imperial stout, but done about as brilliantly as it could have been. Fantastic.

I have been consistently dissapointed with Founders beers for some reason. This was decent. Surprisingly thin and light bodied. No creaminess. Flavor dominated by roasted malt, coffee and chocolate. Something else would have been nice. Light alcohol taste in the finish. Moderately dry, but no hops, just some bitter dark chocolate. Fairly drinkable, but not great.

Bottle from coldbrewky via generosity. Pours as thick and black as old motor oil. Small tan head with great lacing. Rich aroma of deep chocolate, cream, and coffee with a touch of smoke. This Impy Stout goes down smooth as silk. I’m tasting roasted malt, dark chocolate, and espresso flavors. The finish is clean and dry with a bit of hops. Thank you coldbrewky and quierocerveza for this spectacular I.S.