Founders Kentucky Breakfast Stout ABV 11.2%: Open It!

My second Open It! beer tonight is one I've been looking forward to for a while: Its a barrel aged US Imperial Stout from Founders brewery of Michigan. Founders Kentucky Breakfast Stout or 'KBS'. Its Founders Breakfast Stout which has been aged in Kentucky bourbon barrels.

I've had the normal breakfast Stout and it was phenomenally good... rich coffee ,chocolaty, roasty, amazing... the picture on the bottle was very apt, it felt like you could have eaten it with a spoon.

After drinking the normal Breakfast Stout I'd been eagerly wanting to try this special version of the breakfast stout and Open It! seemed like a good time to indulge...

Here's what it says on the bottle: Founders "The Amazing Kozicki's" Highly Acclaimed KBS. A Stout Ale Aged in Oak Bourbon Barrels. DOES NOT GIVE RELIEF FROM: rheumatism, neuralgia, sciatica, lame back, lumbago, contracted muscles, toothache, sprains, swellings, and all manner of distress. IS GOOD FOR EVERYTHING A STOUT OUGHT TO BE GOOD FOR" 70 IBU 11.2% ABV

I bought this bottle mail order from Cracked Kettle in Amsterdam.

Here are my tasting notes:

Pour: Thick consistency, decent carbonation, dark brown black colour with a mucky dark coffee head
Aroma: hazlenut, milk chocolate, coffee, vanilla, bourbon
Flavour: Coffee, Chocolate, Hazlenut, lovely thick velvety mouthfeel, soft Bourbon, sweet but incredible balance and drinkability, some citrus hops hiding in there, zero alcohol harshness, soft carbonation.
Aftertaste: Lingering soft bitterness, sweet chocolate, sweet bourbon aftertaste.

This is right up there with the best beers I've ever had, its like a glass of hot chocolate, soft, warming and decadent. Its astonishing that this is 11.2% ABV it drinks like its 5%. A absolutely fantastic beer which deserves its revered status. In short a beery masterpiece.

Thanks to Mark and Andy for coming up with the great idea of Open It, now what to have next?