Founders KBS (Kentucky Breakfast Stout) - Founders Brewing Company

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rAvg: 4.64
pDev: 8.84%
Reviews: 2210
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Brewed by:
Founders Brewing Company

Michigan, United States

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

Availability: Spring. bottle (1961), 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 lurpy1:

lurpy1

Minnesota

4.6/5 rDev -0.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

Much love to maximum12 for parting with a bottle so I didn't have to fight fanboys for this one. Thanks, man! I have another Sacramento beer for you now.

The pour is deep brown, with a tiny cappucino head. The smell, oh man, what a smell. Bourbon, booze, vanilla, butterscotch lifesavers.

Taste, well, it's a bad news, awesome news type of thing. The sip starts with bourbon and chocolate, but becomes temporarily awash with raw alcohol. Then the aftertaste comes, coffee, coffee, coffee, and all is forgiven. If not for the tiny ick moment of alcohol we'd be talking 5.0 here.

Classic FBS consistency -smooth, syrup, lightly carbonated.

This bottle was split with my wife, who sometimes struggles with bourbon aged stouts. It says a lot that she slammed this down and heckled me for my half.

Great drink. A+. Thanks, Maximum12. Also, since you are not a huge fan of this, you are dumb.

Serving type: bottle

04-01-2012 21:50:33 | More by lurpy1

More User Reviews:

ajramirez1

Washington

5/5 rDev +7.8%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5

Live in NW WA rec'd in a beer trade with my buddy DWitt. Beer cold is really good. Let it warm, it is amazing...
Worth the hype. KBS is best stout to date. Cant imagine how good it taste kegged
With age, this beer would be mind blowing. So if anyone had the beer cellered, contact me. Pink Q Tip

A-

Serving type: bottle

05-25-2013 04:00:06 | More by ajramirez1

SmellsofMahagony

Texas

4.5/5 rDev -3%

05-25-2013 02:18:52 | More by SmellsofMahagony

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