Grand Rapids, Michigan
Kentucky Breakfast Stout
Style: Double/Imperial Stout
Availability: Limited - Ides of March Release
Format: 12oz - 4pk
ABV: 11.2%
IBUs: 70
Batch: bottled Feb. 8th, 2010
Bottle text & Info:
What we’ve got here is an imperial stout brewed with a massive amount of coffee and chocolates then cave-aged in oak bourbon barrels for an entire year, to make sure wonderful bourbon undertones come through in the finish. Make your taste buds squeal with delight.
Tasting Notes:
Hello KBS. I finally get a chance to try you. Not a lot of this around. we received 3 cases today at the store and that is considered a pretty high allocation so, get this while the gettin's good. Enough talk. Let's drink some beer. Pours a thick dense brown to black with a deep brown quarter inch head that quickly recedes to a ring around the top. An intense bouquet of malt notes burst forth. Some pretty significant coffee, cocoa nibs and flaked barley on the nose, followed by steel cut oatmeal, finishing with a touch of Bourbon. Silky smooth mouthfeel with some tingling hops and warming alcohol. Wow. I can definitely see why this is currently #4 on BeerAdvocates top 25 beers in the world. Worth the hype. A lot going on here. Bitter chocolate and coffee are most dominant on the front, fading away and leaving just straight bourbon. Think chocolate cake with grenache dipped in bourbon and you're in the ballpark. Unique thing with this guy is that its not necessarily real heavy on the barrel characteristics (I.e. butterscotch, vanilla). Don't get me wrong, you definitely get some subtle hints of both, but in real small amounts. This is a beer you definitely want to pay attention to because there is a lot going on and it changes at it warms. What a gem for aging. An unyielding explosion of big stout and bourbon flavor wrapped in a velvety mouthfeel. A scary 11%, you could get into real trouble with this. Another remarkable achievement in brewing from the boys at Founders, and a beer well worth the tag (up to $135 a case, $24 a 4pk) and the feverish hype.
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