Founders Breakfast Stout - Founders Brewing Company

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rAvg: 4.52
pDev: 9.51%
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Brewed by:
Founders Brewing Company

Michigan, United States

Style | ABV
American Double / Imperial Stout | 8.30% ABV

Availability: Fall. bottle (2530), on-tap (270), growler (39), nitro-tap (5), cask (1).

Notes:
Brewed with flaked oats, bitter and sweetened imported chocolates, Sumatra and Kona coffee.
60 IBU
Released on Sept. 1, 2010.

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Reviews by cjoc83:

cjoc83

Pennsylvania

4.78/5 rDev +5.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75

Pours motor oil black and completely opaque, no visible hues of any other color besides black even at the edges of the glass and when held up to light. A creamy, 2 finger chocolate-milk colored head dissipates after a few minutes but leaves a foamy ring around the glass. Nice lacing.

The nose fairly explodes with fresh coffee, big roasted notes, and chocolate. Smells amazing.

And tastes even better. Big roasted malts and a milk chocolate sweetness at the front of the tongue, then in the middle of the palette I get espresso, bitter bakers chocolate, and some floral hops. The flavors just coat the tongue. Finishes with a coffee/hop medley of mild bitterness. Just delicious.

This beer is definitely on the fuller side of medium bodied and coats the palette with big flavors. Low carbonation is fitting for the style. Velvety smooth.

Long has this been my favorite stout. I have not been lucky enough to get my hands on a KBS yet, but it's honestly pretty hard for me to imagine a stout any better than this. A world class beer through and through. Founders, you beautiful bastards.

Serving type: bottle

08-18-2011 15:43:45 | More by cjoc83

More User Reviews:

SwG237

New York

4.5/5 rDev -0.4%

05-24-2013 03:52:14 | More by SwG237

WKole81

Illinois

4.5/5 rDev -0.4%

05-24-2013 03:02:33 | More by WKole81

Jeremy_H

Illinois

4.5/5 rDev -0.4%

05-24-2013 01:50:06 | More by Jeremy_H

berserka

Rhode Island

4.5/5 rDev -0.4%

05-24-2013 01:39:50 | More by berserka

tvl89

Texas

5/5 rDev +10.6%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5

Served from a bottle at around 55 degrees. This is my first founders breakfast stout so my expectations were really really high. Oh god I wasn't disappointed at all! The appearance is just like a typical imperial stout; pitch black with a decent head that dissipates in about 3 minutes. The smell is just awesome, coffee, heavy chocolate, roasted malts and more chocolate. The taste is just like the smell very delicious, very creamy. The first flavor you palate detects is the rich coffee, followed by tons and tones of dark chocolate, ending in a pleasant bitterness. This could be perhaps the best Russian stout out there. I highly recommend!

Serving type: bottle

05-24-2013 01:26:46 | More by tvl89