Founders Brewing Co. KBS Blueberry

KBS Blueberry

 

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

  Stout - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Rotating Out of Production
Score
7.46
ABV: 11.2% IBU: 45 Ticks: 32
It’s time to celebrate two decades of barrel-aging imperial stouts with KBS Blueberry. In honor of the 20th anniversary of KBS, we’ve given this legendary beer a dose of Michigan blueberries. The alluring aroma of dessert brings you in, while layers of vanilla, coffee, chocolate, oak and bourbon barrel notes become more profound with every sip. A sweet and sophisticated tribute to a world-renowned beer.
 

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7.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Flaske fra Voldby. Sort med et brunt beige. Aromean er ristet malt, blåbær, chokolade og fad. Den er sød og lidt tør i finnishen.

Tried on 31 Mar 2024 at 16:53


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle from Voldby. Black with a light brown head. Aroma is sweet, roasted malt, chocolate, blueberry and bourbon. Flavor is quite sweet and light bitter. Dry and light bitter finish. 310324

Tried from Bottle on 31 Mar 2024 at 16:34


7
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Bottled July 10, 2023, drunk 3/27/24. Clear, dark. Quickly receding, tan head. Still quite a bit of blueberry, though its only 8 months old. Chocolate, light whiskey but not very much. Not sugary. Bit of wood and no booze. A lot more bourbon in flavor with a lot less blueberry. Lots of tannin with a good bit of coconut. Good texture and good attenuation with blueberry acidity lingering. I kind of hate the blueberry. Would 100% prefer it not be here. It is overdone.

Tried from Bottle on 28 Mar 2024 at 00:43


7.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle, 11.2%. Very dark brown with small beige head. Aroma is roasted malt, chocolate, caramel, little bourbon and berries. Flavour is roasted malt, chocolate, caramel, little bourbon, sweet, berries, candy, sticky and medium bitter.

Tried from Bottle on 21 Mar 2024 at 22:05


7.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle.Black colour with small beige head.Aroma of blueberries and barrels sweet and warming taste nice well balanced and nice with wood and berries notes.

Tried from Bottle on 10 Feb 2024 at 18:38


7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Black, frothy tan head. Malty molasses aroma, mild bourbon, blueberries. Sweet flavour, caramel, bourbon, molasses, blueberries. Some tangy blueberry jam in the finish. Overall very, very sweet, bordering cloying.

Tried on 26 Jan 2024 at 20:39


8.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

Bought locally, bottled July 11th 2023.

It pours black with 2 fingers of tan foam, very good head retention and lacing.

The smell is roasted malt, chocolate, coffee, some fruitiness..blueberries ( a difficult fruit for me to pick out), and Bourbon.

The taste is roasted malt, yeah, definitely blueberries which are much more in my face than in the smell. Chocolate, vanilla, easy on the coffee. Somewhat sweet, no real bitterness. Nice and smooth, alcohol is well hidden.

Luxurious mouthfeel, this is a winner in my book. Sadly, my last bottle.

Tried from Bottle on 04 Jan 2024 at 21:56


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle from the Packie. Inky black color with a small quickly fleeting tan head. Roasty brown sugary licorice coffee and oaked bourbon with a bit of berry vinous notes.

Tried from Bottle on 31 Dec 2023 at 19:39


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Charred oak blueberry. Dark brown, medium tan head. Chocolate, molasses, tangy blueberry. Pronounced play-doh finish. Full body, easy carbonation, warm.

Tried on 22 Dec 2023 at 11:32


8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

12oz bottle pours with a deep dark mahogany colored body that supports a thin tan head of foam. The aroma offers up sweetened dark chocolate bleeding into a thin layer of dark roasted malts, a bit of reduced sugar like molasses and then faint berries. The taste delivers smooth dark chocolate that transition into a blend of milk chocolate and increasing dark roasted maltiness. To midway the moderate level of blueberry joins in and adds some or is about neutral to the experience. The booze is very well hidden. Nice.

Tried from Bottle on 08 Dec 2023 at 04:12