KBS
(has 19 batches)
Founders Brewing Co. in Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Regular|
Score
8.34
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This beer taught us that patience truly is a virtue. KBS is a big imperial stout brewed with a massive amount of coffee and chocolate and then bourbon barrel-aged to perfection. Incredibly silky and full-bodied with notes of vanilla, cocoa, roasted coffee and charred oak.
**Admin Note: This is the main rating for KBS, if you know the vintage please enter it in your rating or add your rating under the appropriate vintage. KBS became a year-round beer in 2020.
**Admin Note: This is the main rating for KBS, if you know the vintage please enter it in your rating or add your rating under the appropriate vintage. KBS became a year-round beer in 2020.
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7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle pours deep black with a thin tan head that quickly reduces to lace. The aroma promises roasted coffee which is revealed in the taste among subtle layers of dark bitter chocolate and more. A smooth silky texture leaves these flavors lingering until your next sip. Truly enjoyable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 May 2026
at 01:25
9.3/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 9.5
Flavor 9.5
Texture 9
Overall 9
A perfect companion for the night. Personally, I have found this beer great and really powerful at the mouth, complex and rich in aromas like roasted malt, coffee, chocolate, vanilla, cacao, you get a side of barrel, oak, final touch with hop, 10.05.21, purchased at the sterk, tasting it at Epalinges.
Tried
from Bottle
from
Sterk Avondverkoop
on 30 Apr 2026
at 20:30
9/10
Can at Celt & Viking. Intense rum, whisky, roasted barley, vanilla, sugar, oak, cream, sweet taste, soy sauce, hint salty liquorice
Tried
on 24 Apr 2026
at 15:58
9/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Jan 2026
at 23:00
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Tried
on 25 Aug 2025
at 15:41
8.5/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Aroma: Dark roasted malt with ripe dark berries and some alcohol. Flavour: Roasted malt and fruity sweetness with coffee and chocolate. Aftertaste is malt, oaky with some bitterness. Colour: Black with a brown head. From: Bottle @ Voldby Købmandsgaard out of business sale
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Jul 2025
at 18:07
8/10
Smooth, roasty and heavy with coffee notes, hints of bourbony vanilla and oakiness. Classic OMT stuff, still pretty good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Jun 2025
at 22:23
8/10
A black beer with a tan lacing. Aroma of maple syrup, sweet dark malt, bourbon. Taste of maple syrup, vanilla, bourbon, strong malt.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 May 2025
at 13:35
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Holy. Crap. Draught. Pitch black pour with almost no head. Incredible dark chocolate mocha coffee goodness. Almost minty in fact. Lots of alco but it works. Basically I am still drinking it as I type this am am nearly speechless.
Tried
on 20 May 2025
at 00:55