Founders KBS (Kentucky Breakfast Stout) - Founders Brewing Company

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rAvg: 4.64
pDev: 8.84%
Reviews: 2209
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Brewed by:
Founders Brewing Company

Michigan, United States

Style | ABV
American Double / Imperial Stout | 11.20% ABV

Availability: Spring. bottle (1960), on-tap (231), nitro-tap (10), growler (7), cask (1).

Notes:
This stout is brewed with a hint of coffee and vanilla then aged in oak bourbon barrels for over a year.

Note, this is NOT simply barrel-aged Breakfast Stout. It is an entirely different beer.

Now labeled as "KBS."

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Reviews by FLBeerGuy:

FLBeerGuy

Florida

4.93/5 rDev +6.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 5

Pours black with a thin tan head into my Cigar City snifter.

Nose is strong bourbon upfront, vanilla, coffee and some chocolate.

Taste is amazing, bourbon, chocolate, vanilla, coffee, oak and some nice alcohol warming. Very complex, very tasty, alcohol is prevalent, but were talking 11.2 here.

Mouthfeel is smooth and silky, low carbonation.

This is one amazing beer, word class.

Serving type: bottle

06-06-2011 02:17:55 | More by FLBeerGuy

More User Reviews:

edbritton

Alabama

5/5 rDev +7.8%

05-24-2013 20:28:09 | More by edbritton

s_currie

Michigan

4.5/5 rDev -3%

05-24-2013 18:58:54 | More by s_currie

Beer_Drinker

Illinois

4.75/5 rDev +2.4%

05-24-2013 16:44:23 | More by Beer_Drinker

wezzul

Michigan

5/5 rDev +7.8%

05-24-2013 16:35:29 | More by wezzul

Benish

Wisconsin

4.75/5 rDev +2.4%

05-24-2013 15:05:35 | More by Benish

kspongeworthy

Texas

4.5/5 rDev -3%

05-24-2013 14:40:11 | More by kspongeworthy

Hoozierdaddy

Illinois

4.5/5 rDev -3%

05-24-2013 05:18:54 | More by Hoozierdaddy

SwG237

New York

4.5/5 rDev -3%

05-24-2013 03:50:17 | More by SwG237

BeerGardener

Nebraska

5/5 rDev +7.8%

05-24-2013 03:42:32 | More by BeerGardener

WKole81

Illinois

5/5 rDev +7.8%

05-24-2013 03:05:15 | More by WKole81

Jeremy_H

Illinois

4.5/5 rDev -3%

05-24-2013 01:49:13 | More by Jeremy_H

berserka

Rhode Island

5/5 rDev +7.8%

05-24-2013 01:39:22 | More by berserka

BrendanTownsend

New Hampshire

5/5 rDev +7.8%

05-24-2013 01:27:16 | More by BrendanTownsend

ATXboozer

Texas

4.75/5 rDev +2.4%

05-23-2013 23:44:50 | More by ATXboozer

Billz187

Ohio

4.75/5 rDev +2.4%

05-23-2013 23:39:16 | More by Billz187

tipfortap

New York

4.84/5 rDev +4.3%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.75

5 words to describe it: Burnt Sugar, Fudgey, Chewy, Roasty, Smooth

Paired it with: CBS

Should have paired it with: Actual breakfast. Pancakes or French toast.

Drink it if you like: Silent killers; any oatmeal, coffee, or chocolate porter or stout.

A few other thoughts: KBS is by far my favorite of the Breakfasts. It was SO smooth and velvety, and hid its 11.2% ABV remarkably well. It’s sweeter and creamier than the CBS, and has none of that licorice funk that I found in its sibling. It’s just an amazingly balanced, practically perfect beer.

Serving type: on-tap

05-23-2013 19:30:30 | More by tipfortap