Founders Brewing Co. Imperial Stout

Imperial Stout

 

Founders Brewing Co. in Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸

  Stout - Imperial Rotating
Score
8.10
ABV: 10.5% IBU: 75 Ticks: 265
Imperial Stout

Brewed with an abundance of malts, this stout is smooth as silk, yet complex and rich in body. Best enjoyed at cellar temperature to allow the notes of chocolate, dark fruit and caramel to soar. Put another log on the fire, sit back and enjoy the moment with this full-bodied and utterly delicious cold weather companion.
 

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7.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Draught from rattles event. Jet black pour. And small dark tan head. . Roasted malty aroma with coffee hints. Nice finish but slight alco burn. Very well done.

Tried on 20 May 2025 at 00:52


9
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9

Bottle at home. It is not often I comment on appearance, but I gotta say this looks like a work of art with its ink black pour and thick brown head. Aroma is strong roasted malt, rich chewy malt, liquorice, coffee, cocoa, dark chocolate, touch of vanilla, slight hint of dark fruits. Flavour is medium sweet and above moderate roasty bitter. Body is quite full and wonderfully thick. Amazing Imperial Stout, almost need to chew it.

Tried from Bottle on 11 Feb 2025 at 15:36


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Dark brown almost black with a light brown head. Aroma is chocolate, coffee and roasted grains. Taste is rich chocolate with hints of coffee and roasted grains

Tried on 21 Jan 2025 at 05:38


8

Holy shit.

Tried on 13 Dec 2024 at 18:44


8

Tried on 18 Sep 2024 at 18:50


7

Pints of this one? Jaysus…

Tried from Draft on 16 Feb 2022 at 18:55


8.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Black and oily with thin head. Intensely bitter roasted malts. Elements of coffee, dark chocolate, treacle toffee and sweet vanilla. Thick and luscious. Really bitter aftertaste.

Tried on 09 Jul 2021 at 19:34


9
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8

355ml bottle from Galereya Piva in Moscow. 2019 vintage (a great year for me). Pours black with a tall tan head. Aroma is roasted malt, coffee, dark chocolate. Taste is light sweet, roasted malt, smokey, dark chocolate, liquorice. Heavy bitter finish. Full bodied. Pretty amazing.

Tried from Bottle on 04 May 2021 at 14:30


8.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

355ml bottle from Hopt, France. Pours fully black, dense, with just a thin line of brown foam. Aroma is intense, of liquor, wood, molasses. Body is fairly thick, with delicate tickling carbonation. Taste is well balanced with both good sweetness and bitterness, thanks to the strong alcoholic content. Final is long, warm, roasty, elegant.

Tried from Bottle on 31 Dec 2020 at 19:39


8.2
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 7

Black body with a big tan head. Smoke and roast aroma. Very malt forward with coffee, roast malt and chocolate aroma. Vanilla in finish.

Tried on 16 Dec 2020 at 00:29