KBS Espresso (2020)

Stout - Imperial / Double Coffee

KBS gets its coffee fix in the very first variant to come from our beloved bourbon barrel-aged stout. Yes, KBS may already be brewed with coffee, but it gets some extra oomph when it’s aged on espresso beans after being removed from barrels. The result is a fresh and snappy coffee twist on our classic barrel-aged beer. Who says you can’t start your day with a barrel-aged stout?

ABV

12.0

Rating

4.25616

Rating count

10,119

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Hugh P.

A tad too much espresso flavor (very dark roast). Very little chocolate even as warms. Relativelt thin for a barrel age. Blah blah blah. 4.14

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Adam b.

Big coffee!

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Frank Schweitzer

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Jeffrey D.

A good spin off of the regular KBS. Prefer the Mackinac fudge version more

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Robert Quintanar

Advent #6. 😋

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Mark Frangione

Prefer the regular

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John Zhang

生青味很重的咖啡豆,口感有些苦

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Chad G.

Lots of coffee flavor as can be expected. Definitely better as it warmed. Not much barrel to make note of. Overall, a good readily available option in this style.

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Shelton T.

Strong espresso with a little beer in it. Not trying to parent end to be anything that it’s not.

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Tom Crew

Very tasty espresso stout

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Mike Wells

This is good. But pales in comparison to the Maple Fudge variant.

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Steve F.

Solid chocolate espresso. Not bitter, even a non-coffee lover will enjoy this.

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Alter Beer

Zapach kawa, espresso, czekolada, średnio intensywne. Smak pół pełne, lekko alko, czekolada, sporo kawy, espresso, fajne.

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M Campbell

Ehh...some espresso but over all kind of messy..nothing really screams espresso exept for the aftertaste maybe

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Scott Garner

Solid with very prominent coffee, but would like more of the chocolate and barrel aged flavors for balance.

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Jack M.

Nose a bit weak, but espresso comes across fairly well on the palate. Some baker's chocolate as well.

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D G

Nice coffee bite

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Kirk G

Solid bourbon barrel

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Alessandro

Smooth af

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Patrick B.

Great coffee stout.

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Jim Moffat

Gotta say, I do like the original KBS better, but this is damn good. It’s just a flip flop of KBS. This is more coffee; to me, KBS is more chocolate. It’s still a very tasty beer.

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Philip S.

Never disappointed with KBS.

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dave b

Not as good as the growler a few mo ago. I think it needs to age

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Roy Banks

Tons of coffee

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The Beerfather

Yea, it’s a whole lotta coffee

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Alvin Lynch

I don’t know, to me it seems Founders in not even a trace of what it used to be. Not a bad beer by any means, but tastes uncharacteristically unbalanced and simply unimpressive. Only thing I look forward to nowadays is their CBS.

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Piotr G.

Mocno kawowe, wytrawne, delikatna beczka. Ogolnie fajne, inne niż dzisiejsze slodziak. Bardzo fajne

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Kjetil Lorentzen

Fin match me fudge!

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Ryan S

Thanks Jake :)

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Chuck Blunda

Definitely would have benefited with some time on the shelf. Boozy with a lot of bitter and sweet chocolate and coffee.

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Taylor L.

This should be better

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Mike H.

It's got a pop.

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Buy B.

Kinda hot maybe better in a few months?

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Jesseppi G.

delicious

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