Bardstown Bourbon Co. Founders KBS Stout Finish

Rich and bold, hints of dark chocolate and dried fruit.

Notes of chocolate/cocoa, dark cherry, orange peel, some cinnamon and rye spice as well. The nose is amazing and the flavor doesn't stray too far from it besides the spice that increases throughout. It finishes with dark malts.

Heavy burn,with spearmint, cinnamon, very light barely there leather note,dark berries,chocolate, citrus. Founders note is very light and only notice during the after taste. As well as a mouth feel

Nose: Dark chocolate, nutmeg cherry, berries, wet wood, slightly sour yeast. Taste: sweet hot berries, lingering warm cinnamon, orange peel, ending in a lasting and slightly bitter chocolate finish on the sides of the mouth. I wasn't too impressed when I quickly tried this after some other bourbons. However if you sit with it (especially as the only poor of the night on a fresh pallette, maybe the first pour of the week) it grows into a mature and complex dram. The chocolate notes on the nose show up as cocoa but on the palate the flavor hides until the end hitting the sides of the mouth as dark chocolate, and not the 50% stuff but 90% dark, the bitter lingering stuff. I'm really pleased I grabbed a bottle after my unimpressed initial impression because it's a joy to sit with and break apart. Just have it on its own or the subtle flavors might be missed.

The nose has cooked meat (think beef jerky more than bbq) with hints of pepper and oak. The color on this is a deee chocolate walnut. The first sip highlights a surprisingly light mouth feel with hints of dark chocolate (unsweetened). The second sip hits with chocolate malt, black pepper, and a mouth drying tannic finish. It’s better than many stouted bourbons I’ve had. But not a hitter.

Not on cognac level but very good with dark chocolate, nutty, Dark fruit, and coffee like tasting notes Nose: Dark Chocolate, Espresso, Peaches, Maple Syrup, Treacle, Molasses, Nutella, White Chocolate Palate: White Chocolate, Mocha, Dark Chocolate, Honey, Treacle, Bananas, Walnuts, Hazlenuts, Raisins, Cherries, Brown Sugar Finish: Grapefruit, Almonds, Treacle, Espresso, Mocha, Honey, Blood Oranges, Gingerbread, Raisins, Christmas Cakes

Had this on my must try list. I’m very familiar with Founder’s brews, especially CBS and the KBS expressions. I love them all, so I was very excited to finally find this for under $200. After getting a cocoa note on the nose, I couldn’t wait to taste it. But other than that nose, and a slight chocolaty flavor during the finish, I don’t taste the KBS at all. Hoping maybe this will change over time, and the flavor I’d expected to find will show up. It’s not a bad bourbon at all, maybe a little thinner than I’d hoped, just not what I expected. 2/22/23 - Revisited this bottle this evening to see if the KBS finish was more apparent. Unfortunately, it wasn’t. I get some classic bourbon sweetness on the nose, but it doesn’t carry over to the palate. Still thin also, and finished this time around with a fair amount of ethanol burn. Still disappointing.