Founders Brewing Co. KBS (2011)

KBS (2011)
(Batch of KBS)

 

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

  Stout - Imperial Rotating Out of Production
Score
7.73
ABV: 11.2% IBU: 70 Ticks: 509
A Stout Ale Aged in Oak Bourbon Barrels

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.
 

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8/10
Bottle. Flat black. Bourbon, chocolate, dark roasted barley. Med body 3.9
Tried from Bottle on 18 May 2019 at 22:15

9/10
Tried on 22 Oct 2015 at 15:02

9.3/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 9 Flavor 9.5 Texture 8 Overall 9.5
12 oz. 2011 bottle. $6.50 @Binny’s. Sorry, folks. I got the last one there. Opens and pours with a sensuous smell of chocolate, French roast coffee, and an old, empty bourbon barrel. Even some molasses cookies. Color is what else but black, with a deeply tan head of foam. Taste is complex swirl of chocolate, bourbon, coffee. I think some Cascade and Centennial, but in the main, mostly bittering hops. Sometimes, I think there’s some roast barley bitterness, other times I’m not so sure. But always, a sweet, sticky malt is left behind after other flavors have departed. So now I’ve enjoyed a lovely fresh KBS and can keep my 2006 bottle in the cellar, screwtop cap and all.
Tried from Bottle on 17 Mar 2011 at 06:32