Founders Breakfast Stout

Brewed by Founders Brewing Company
Style: Imperial Stout
Grand Rapids, Michigan USA

Serve in Snifter

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Rating #2400. 12 oz bottle, pours jet black with a thin tan head. Aroma is very dense / heavy, with heavy oatmeal, espresso and bittersweet chocolate malts (more subdued) all screaming for attention. The heavy oatmeal is the most apparent flavour, with some espresso and subtler bittersweet chocolate somewhere under the big body. Dry cocoa, somewhat bitter finish. Excellent, though I feel overrated on this site.

Had this beer on-tap at Duckworth’s in Charlotte on 9/22/10. Reviewed from notes. Poured into a tall stemmed-glass. Very thick dark black, with a finger-width mocha colored head on top. Decent globby lacing left behind. The nose was roasted with notes of chocolate powder, coffee, light booze, oatmeal. Spectacular melding of sweet chocolate and cold coffee. The oats smooth this out. Light hop bitterness on the back end. Excellent mouthfeel. Coats the mouth and palate so thoroughly. Drinkability was extremely high, even given the ABV%. This was such a treat to drink, I happily finished the glass, and would have had another, had I not had to drive back to my hotel later. Amazing beer.

Pours pitch black with a small tan head that fades fast. Whiffs of coffee and chocolate. Creamy mouthfeel but a little bitter and astringent in a crappy coffee kind of way. The coffee flavor overall comes off as a bit sour.

Excellent stout, tons of coffee. Not particularly sweet and not particularly dry. Rich, toasty, and thick. Pours dark, opaque brown, almost black. Thin beige head.

Draught @ Headkeeper: This was served in a goblet. It poured an opaque dark brown color. There was a thin tan head that left some lacing. Lots of coffee to the nose. There were also some chocolate and roasty notes. The taste is very nice. Definitely lots of coffee up front. Other flavors include chocolate malt, caramel, grapefruit and pine. No real sweetness, and just a touch bitter in the finish. Very smooth.

Amazing brew. Lots of coffee and chocolate. Very rich. A lot going on with this one. Probably my first choice for a breakfast bee ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Bottle. Pours pitch black with a creamy khaki head. Decent lacing. Dry, sweet, roasted aroma with an ashy overtone. Fruity and slight vanilla notes. Sweet, ashy and dusty flavour with roasted notes. Slight coffee notes as it warms. Dry, tart, bitter, roasted finish with a touch of alcohol. A bit cloying. Overall pretty good, but the ashy notes works better in the aroma than in the flavour. Also, had expected more outspoken coffee notes. 14.04.12.

Bottle. Black pour, tan head. Roast, chocolate, malts, coffee, hops and bitterness at the end. Smooth, fairly thick body.

Great tasty, roasty, coffee, chocolaty, goodness...with a slightly oat middle and a bitter back end. Great stout! ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

The aroma is soft and mellow, with coffee, burnt sugar, roasted malts, chocolate, and raisins. Little to no alcohol can be detected. It is black and the head is on the darker side of the spectrum. The taste is... surprisingly mellow, with roasted malts, oatmeals, a bit of coffee, and a bit of chocolate. Not as wild and persisting as that of its non-breakfast sibling. I’ve got to say, however, that my bottle seemed to be suffering from oxidation. It probably wasn’t very fresh, which is why the coffee and chocolate punch wasn’t as strong as I’d expect. The palate, however, is firm and thick. I’ll have to get a fresher bottle of this: it has all the good elements I expect from a coffee stout (hence my relatively high rating), but I suspect my bottle was either from a poor batch or from an older batch. I’d definitely like to revisit it.