Founders Kaiser Curmudgeon

Brewed by Founders Brewing Company
Style: Old Ale
Grand Rapids, Michigan USA

Serve in English pint, Snifter

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This was part of the awesome line-up at Capone’s Thanksgiving bash, where it was called Founders Better Half, and was the best beer of the night imo. It tastes like a barley wine with maple syrup, and just the right amount of hops. The flavors come together wonderfully - a great brew!

The beer is amber colored and mildly hazy with a small white head. The aroma is the best aspect of the beer, in my opinion. Oak, vanilla, maple, sugar, syrup, booze. The flavor is complex and well done, albeit too sweet. This seems like a beer that will age gracefully. Lots of oak, sweet maple, vanilla. Alcoholic warmth in the finish. A few ounces of this beer is plenty. I am looking forward to opening another one of these further on down the road. Serving type: bottle Reviewed on: 05-13-2012

Boozy overripe orange, walnuts. Cloudy orange, full of floaties, medium yellow head. Overripe orange, triple sec. Very boozy.

Draft at Capone’s. pours clear saphire with litte head nose is mild bourbon, sweet aldehydes, and brown sugar. First sip is similar with boozy hot flavors. This beer needs a few years to age.

Pours an amber color with an aroma of vanilla, maple, bourbon, and molasses. Molasses, maple, vanilla falvor with hint of bourbon. Very nice beer!

Phenomenal smell of sweetness due to the molasses and syrup. Minimal carbonation. Very smooth for 11.9%ABV. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Bottle at Papsø’s - Thanks. Clear red/brown - white head. Roasted, amber malts, fruity, bourbon, vanilla, some light tobacco, dried fruits, coconut, candy, bolcher, syrup sweetness, hay notes, light grainy notes, light boozy bite. OK.

750 ml bottle received in trade. Thank you boltz7555! Cracked open to celebrate our first attempted brewing. Pours slightly hazy amber with a rather small offwhite head that leaves some trace and lacing on the glass while dissipating. Smell is sweet and intense with sweet caramel, bourbon, home made vanilla fudge, maple syrup, moist wood, slightly roasted coconut, caramelized roasted almonds, pecan nuts, American style pancakes with clotted cream and maple syrup, high quality toffee, milk chocolate and hay. Taste is sweet, very tiny bitter and malty with soft vanilla fudge, bourbon, brazil nut fudge, warming alcohol, caramel, maple syrup, battered egg, sweet dark bread, French toast, American style pancakes, warming alcohol, buttery wood, resin, bourbon, pecan nuts, toffee, burnt sugar, raisins, milk chocolate and subtle hints of cookie dough. Mouthfeel is round, slightly sticky sweet, very tiny astringent, tiny warming boozy and near full bodied. Finish is sweet, tiny bitter and malty with sweet dark bread, vanilla fudge, caramelized nuts, charred wood, maple syrup, coconut milk, cookie dough, hay and bourbon. If this beer is any indication our newly brewed pale ale will be great.

(Bottle) Pours light hazy copper red with a creamy, sand coloured head. The aroma holds tons of vanilla and caramel up front with undertones of nuts, pancakes, maple syrup, wood shop, coconut ice cram, butter, nectar, bananas, a touch of fruits, toffee, tobacco and a whisper of grain Round nose with a light alcohol warmth. The flavour is medium sweet, light to medium bitter and tiny acidic with notes of white oak/bourbon, nuts, deep caramelized malt, subtle hops and fruity notes. The mouthfeel is round, soft and light sticky with light carbonation. Lingering malty and woodsy finish. Medium to full bodied.

Bottle at Papsø. Clear orange coloured with small floaties and a small off-white head. Sweet and fruity aroma of caramel, dried fruits, oak and vanilla. Sweet and fruity flavour of caramel, dried fruits, oak and vanilla. Sweet and warming alcoholic finish.