KBS Espresso
Founders Brewing Co. in Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Rotating|
Score
8.03
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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?
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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8/10
Tried
on 18 May 2022
at 21:17
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Panda 🐼 at home thanks to Colin. A dark mahogany brown black coloured pour with a decent tan head. Aroma is nice rich coffee, creamwoody roast, coconut, coffee bean, waxy, brown sugars. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, oily coffee, coconut, ashy roast, brown sugars, coffee bean,. Palate is medium sweet, oily, mellow carbonation, lingering spicy coffee bean. Reall nice.
Tried
on 17 May 2022
at 20:45
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle at home, from Yards & Crafts online, 07/05/22. Black with a good sized lasting tan cap. Nose is coffee bean, mellow bourbon, chocolate, dark malts, roasted tones, toffee fudge. Taste comprises mellow roast, balanced bourbon kiss, toffee, brown sugar melt, molasses trail, coffee bean, light spice, toffee crisp. Full bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a balanced rising boost. Solid well balanced BA impy with a good spike of coffee.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 May 2022
at 22:23
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
On tap @Treefolk's (Rome). Nera, densa, impenetrabile, schiuma abbondante color cappuccino, molto persistente. Al naso intense note di caffè e cioccolato fondente, vaniglia, botte. In bocca è rotonda, intensa, equilibrata, con attacco cioccolatoso e chiusura amara caffettosa. Corpo pieno, carbonazione media. Eccellente.
Tried
from Draft
on 03 Apr 2022
at 20:55
8.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle from Beerdome. Black with a dense and lasting light brown head. Aroma is sweet, roasted malt, heavy coffee and light bourbon. Flavor is quite sweet and rather bitter. Dry and rather bitter finish with warming alcohol. Oily and soft. 190322
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Mar 2022
at 21:28
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Bottle from Craft Logic (then Brewcraft) at home. Had initially by itself then second bottle alongside 2022 Add Oil from Young Master. Initial impression of the KBS espresso on its own was a bit underwhelming. With so many amazing BA coffee imperial stouts I expected more from the KBS name. That said it is better on second taste, even next to the phenomenally good Add Oil. Pitch black pour with light tan head. Coffee and chocolate on the aroma, with booze and damp wood. Taste is more straightforward but good - rich coffee roast chocolate explosion with alcohol and leathery wood and dark fruit. Solid bitterness. Palate is rich and chewy but not too thick. Very well executed coffee stout - not as aggressive as the Add Oil, nor does it take as many risks with different coffee flavor profile. It’s very much “coffee”, rather than exhibiting different types of coffee flavors. Still very very good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Mar 2022
at 13:26
8.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
22 January 2022. Bottle from Gedeelde Vreugde. Bottled: 23/4/2020. Cloudy black, stable, frothy, dark beige head. Strong aroma of mocha, coffee grounds, milk chocolate, chocolate powder, dark fudge, prune, toast, brown bread, vague green apple, Irish coffee. Taste has sweet prune, date & (green) apple in a malt body of chocolate (powder), brown bread, peanut & chestnut; roasted notes of coffee and something umami. Earthy hoppy finish, more powerful bitter espresso, coffee powder, dark chocolate and some dried fruit, woody too due to the warming bourbon alcohol. Full body, oily texture, soft carbonation. A high-end coffee Stout so to say; utterly luxurious.
Tried
on 27 Feb 2022
at 15:27
8/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Feb 2022
at 00:15
8/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Feb 2022
at 00:15