Founders Breakfast Stout

I’ll never forget the first time I had this beer many years ago. Washington, DC in what is now the Bier Baron. I stopped by on a work trip and there it was, on tap. I’ve been in love ever since. Before Founders came in to Tennessee, Don and I sought this beer out anytime we traveled outside of the state. When we were able to buy it for the first time this past year in Knoxville, I bought a case. I rarely buy a case of anything but I bought a case of this.

Breakfast Stout is a Double Chocolate Coffee Oatmeal Stout. According to their press release: Breakfast Stout combines Nugget and Willamette hops, Gibraltar milk chocolate chunks, bittersweet Orinoco chocolate, and two types of coffee beans. Flaked oats and malt complete the blend. The result: an intense fresh-roasted java aroma with a creamy, cinnamon-colored head and rich coffee and chocolate flavors. What’s not to love?

This beer pours dark with a frothy head that continues to lace the glass as we’ve been drinking it. On the nose w

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