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 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 8
Bottle from Busch's. Pours a deep brown to black with a tan head that dissipates. Big coffee aromas with fudge brownie and chocolate as it warms. Some light bourbon also comes out as it warms. More of the same on the palate with warming bourbon, coffee and milk chocolate notes. Warming boubon notes lingers on the palate. Body is a bit thin, but all the flavors are there. Still a pretty solid beer even as it is year-round now.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 May 2021
at 02:06
9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 10
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 9
2020 Vintage. 12% ABV. Serve at snifter with room temperature. bourbon mocno wyczuwalny, beczki sporo, wanilia tez jest, gladkie, swietnie ulozone, mocno palone, kawa i czekolada zwlaszcza ta gorzka wyczuwalna na potege, piekny zapach to najmocniejsza strona tego stouta. wyglad tez genialny, czarna bez przeswitow barwa, piana srednia 2 fazowa w miejscu gdzie sie styka z ciecza bardzo ciemny karmelowy braz. na finisz kawa i spora dawka chmielowego wykonczenia. Alko profesjonalnie ukryte niczym nasze twarze pod maseczkami, ale raz wyczulem posmak alkoholu, tylko raz nie mniej klasyfikuje to do ukrycia i do plusa. Potezna ciezka rzecz, polecam to twardych serow.
Tried
on 25 Apr 2021
at 13:54
9.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 10
Flavor 10
Texture 10
Overall 9.5
12 oz bottle. Blackish pour, into a bowl glass, with a medium sized tan head that has good retention. The aroma is strong and features vanilla, whiskey, anise and some red fruits. The taste is well balanced with vanilla, booze and roasted malts in good proportion. The mouthfeel is full and smooth and the carbonation soft. Long and glorious finish. Overall: decent
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Apr 2021
at 14:26
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Aroma of chocolate, coffee, vanilla, bourbon destillate, coconut, some grass notes? Taste full of chocolate, vanilla, coffee, caramel, hard chocolate candies, coconut, almond. full body, low carbonation, low bitterness. Overhyped
Tried
from Can
on 31 Dec 2020
at 21:23
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 9
Bottle. By far the highest rated common beer that i somehow have missed the last many years. pitch dark, small smooth brown head. Super complex roasted malty aroma, a little dusty, not only complex but also quite smooth at the same time. notes of coffee and chocolate, toffee, caramel and of course roasted malts and bourbon. flavor is just wow. coffee, roasted malts, a little wood, bourbon barrel flavors, good coffee bitterness that really rounds it off perfectly. No doubt it's a 9 or a 10 fainter sweet bourbon notes as it warm up. Very potent. Really nice imp stout.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Dec 2020
at 16:59