     Founders Kentucky Breakfast Stout (Founders Brewing Company)
Here it is! The one and only Kentucky Breakfast Stout (a.k.a KBS) from Founders. This is a beer a lot of us beer geeks look forward to spotting on the shelves and then buying as many bottles as we can. As far as bourbon-barrel aged stouts go this is definitely one of the very best. If you see it, buy it! From the Founders site: "What we’ve got here is an imperial stout brewed with a massive amount of coffee and chocolates then cave-aged in oak bourbon barrels for an entire year, to make sure wonderful bourbon undertones come through in the finish. Make your taste buds squeal with delight." Here we go... Pour - motor oil. Very dense, very dark and very rich looking as it fills the glass. Pretty thin tan-colored head that spreads and dissipates. Looks ominous and inviting all at once.
Aroma - where do I begin? Rich, strongly brewed dark-roast coffee mixed with vanilla extract, classy bourbon, burnt sugar, molasses and the type of strong alcohol that tickles your nose as it warms your sinuses. Incredible.
Taste - a flood of warming bourbon, vanilla, dark-roast coffee, bitter dark chocolate and burnt sugars overwhelms the senses. Strong malty flavors and quite strong yet oh so smooth as it finds its way to the back of the throat. Bittersweet, strong, soft, smooth and amazing.
Overall - When it comes to blending strong flavors and complex tastes this has to be one of the best examples of a job well done. Everything comes together so well and it not only warms your stomach but also any beer lover's soul.
Would I buy more of it? - Are you kidding me? Absolutely. This is some incredible stuff that has very few equals.
Note - This is NOT the Founders' Breakfast Stout aged in bourbon barrels. Founders' Breakfast Stout weighs in at "only" 8.3% ABV whereas their Kentucky Breakfast Stout is almost a full 3% stronger. Founders also released a very limited draught only "Canadian Breakfast Stout" which was "Founders Breakfast Stout aged in Kentucky whiskey barrels that were also used by a small maple syrup maker. The beer is then aged underground in the town’s local mine. Maple & whiskey soaked wood, Sumatra and Kona coffee beans breakfast stout."
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