Founders Brewing Co. KBS Espresso

KBS Espresso

 

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

  Stout - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Rotating
Score
8.03
ABV: 12.0% IBU: 70 Ticks: 166
Bourbon Barrel-Aged Chocolate Coffee Stout

KBS gets its coffee fix in the very first variant to come from our beloved bourbon barrel-aged stout. Yes, KBS may already be brewed with coffee, but it gets some extra oomph when it’s aged on espresso beans after being removed from barrels. The result is a fresh and snappy coffee twist on our classic barrel-aged beer. Who says you can’t start your day with a barrel-aged stout?
 

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9/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 9 Flavor 9 Texture 10 Overall 8
Black. Aroma is chocolate coffee pecan vanilla deep caramel. Taste is sweet chosolate with deep espresso and very smooth vanilla. Nice.
Tried from Can on 05 Jun 2023 at 19:42

1/10
Tried on 15 May 2023 at 11:19

8.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
15cl draft @ The Bishops Arms Gamla Stan, Stockholm.
Noire sur huile de moteur, huileux doré au verre, col léger crémeux moka.
Arôme sur un bouquet bien malté, caramel, grillé, vanille/boisé avec un Bourbon tout autant classique que dans la KBS. La touche de café/espresso est bien là mais sans en devenir surfaite.
Palais est épais malté, chocolaté, grillé/toasté avec un caractère 'dark sugar' et un retour imédiat de Bourbon, ce dernier avec le boisé offre une fine note de douceur vanillée à laquelle s'ajoute le fini espresso. Pointe d'amertume du café en fin de bouche, côté cacao nibs et un volet alcool bien présent tout au long.
Tried from Draft at The Bishops Arms Gamla Stan (Stockholm) on 07 May 2023 at 14:05

7/10
On tap@ Colorado Rocky Mountains Craftbeer, Gijón. 11/03/2023 Color negro opaco, corona de espuma blanca, aromas y sabores café cacao, tostado cuerpo medio.
Tried from Draft on 12 Mar 2023 at 11:27

8.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 6 Overall 9
Bottle at home from Sterk, Amsterdam, New Years Eve, pre party, 31st December 22. Pours a black thick stout. Aroma is coffee and coffee beans, dark chocolate and caramel. Taste is rich, bitter coffee and dark chocolate covered coffee beans, green coffee bean, roasted malts and cocoa. Great livener for the afternoon and evening ahead, quality KBS.
Tried from Bottle on 31 Dec 2022 at 15:37

8/10
Tried from Draft at Taplokaal Gist on 20 Nov 2022 at 18:07

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Draught, taster. @Barcelona Beer Festival 2022, Barcelona (Spain). 14/10/2022 [#5.429 Global - #815 United States of America - #10 Founders Brewing Company] Pours black with a lasting tan head. Aroma: roasted coffee beans, wood, liquorice and brown sugar. Taste: espresso coffee, chocolate malts, mild bourbon barrels. Long dark chocolate finish. Tiramisu coming through. Next one please!
Tried on 18 Oct 2022 at 16:10

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Pours black into a tulip. Mocha head with good retention recedes to hug rim. Hot espresso and chocolate front to back. Hot lasting bourbon and vanilla finish.
Tried on 13 Aug 2022 at 00:13

7.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 9
Bottle from Dranken Vandewoude and drunk at home Black beer lasting tan head .Big espresso coffee and dark chocolate aroma. Good coffee and chocolate flavours a touch of paper on aroma. Full in mouth full on finish. hides abv well. very good
Tried from Bottle on 29 Jun 2022 at 16:53

9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 9 Flavor 9 Texture 10 Overall 9
Aus der Flasche (bottled 09.10.2021) im 2022-05 getrunken. Bei dieser Variante des KBS ist der Name im Aroma sofort sehr deutlich. Hier findet sich eine wunderbare Kaffeenote, die durch eine Süße die Bitterkeit der Röstaromen hervoragend balanciert. Ein tolles Stout!
Tried from Bottle on 28 May 2022 at 20:21