Founders Kentucky Breakfast Stout (KBS)

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

12 oz bottle, Are you Frikin’ kidding me?I cant save anything...this would have one to put a few away for later...oh well... A deep black color with a creamy dark brown head. Nose is very very alluring - chocolate, coffee, some decent bourbon notes, touched with vanilla. Full, rich mouthfeel, did I mention Creamy? wow Creamy!!! I LOVE this Beer... Very complex flavors, rich chocolate, smooth coffee, distinct soft bourbon. Full of body and the integration of the flavors here is completely seamless. A fantastic beer from a fantastic brewing company... more please

Super dark pour, Smells of tasty, fresh roast coffee. Tastes very similar to the regular BS, but has a little bourban sweetness at the end. Not overpowering by any means. The bourbon barrell works well for this brew for sure, but coffee still dominates the flavor, and its tasty!

12oz bottle-All that has been written abou this beer is true. A beautiful great black color,awesome nose,with bourbon and vanilla and coffee.Lots of chocolate,coffee,oak etc.Just an amazing and well done beer,one of my all time faves!

big thank you to stumac for bringing this over!! ..Dispenses into the glass and you immediately smell lots of tar,bourbon, smoked wood, chocolate... complex from the get go .... wow, this has a big bold delicious complex flavour profile ... vanilla, bourbon,smoke flavours ... complex and fuckin wicked stuff ... a joy to drink .. lots of sweet alcohol but it works so wonderfully!! ..been wanting to try this for years and it didn’t disappoint...

Yum! Poured a black body with a small wispy brown-grey head. Oaky, sweet, complex, and clean. A great approach of vivacious bourbon flavor, but balanced keenly with subtle oak. F yeah!

On tap at the Brewpub. OUT OF THIS WORLD!! so so nice in a sniffter, black with some beigeish foam. nose is oak, vanilla, coffee, chocolate and bourbon. Flavour is this and more. wish it was still in bottles but tap was fantastic.. this is the ber i was given when i told kevin my bartender "I was in his hands"

Bottle. A hard pour gives the balck, opaque liquid a nice half inch tan head. The aroma is certainly full of coffee, chocolate and I suppose a hint of bourbon...much more subtle than some of the other bourbon aged beers. The flavor is where it’s not so subtle, it’s like an attack of coffee, bourbon, and dark chocolate and some dark fruits in there somewhere...very rich and bittersweet all around. Velvety over the tounge, juicy at parts, with a semi-sweet finish. A great dessert beer and/or night cap...certainly nothing one would want to start the evening with. I’m really going to have to factor in price on the overall score...while this is an excellant beer...it’s no more excellant than its non-bourbon aged brother which is almost half the price.

update: 05/06/07. After having not only a slew of this years batch as well as a side by side of 06 and 07...I gotta give this one some higher marks. Both this year and last year seem to bring out the bourbon elements that should be there while leaving behind things like hot booze and an overbearing amount of coconut. These elements are in fact here, but they give way to a nice rounded oak flavor...both chocolate and vanilla coming out in layers over tones of coffee and light smokey malts. ANother thing worthy of mentioning is the absolute velvet pour, it’s almost like silk pouring out of that bottle which gives pretty thoughts to what the mouthfeel is like...smooth as silk...that’s what it is. A few bottles I’ve even encountered what could only be described as "sludge", while surprising it is certainly not unwelcome. Also, while I find the price a bit steep, it seems worth it when compared to others in its categorey.

Wow about sums up this beer. I was very impressed with how well the taste of burbon was pulled off in this brew, very much there without hitting you over the head with it. I had this following the Breakfast Stout and I was quite amazed at how different they tasted, while both great beers this one has a bit more of a trp down the rabbit hole. This is one amazing beer, it looks as great as the other reviews and if you are a stout drinker, it’s a must try beer.