Kentucky Brunch Brand Stout
Toppling Goliath Brewing Company

Kentucky Brunch Brand StoutKentucky Brunch Brand Stout
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From:
Toppling Goliath Brewing Company
 
Iowa, United States
Style:
American Imperial Stout
Ranked #1
ABV:
12%
Score:
100
Ranked #1
Avg:
4.83 | pDev: 7.04%
Reviews:
188
Ratings:
935
Status:
Active
Rated:
Feb 24, 2024
Added:
Feb 26, 2012
Wants:
  4,104
Gots:
  133
Chocolate chip pancakes drenched with maple syrup served with espresso and a shot of bourbon, all in one sip. Our award-winning KBBS is decadence in a bottle.
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Rated: 4.98 by Stefko from Ohio

Feb 24, 2024
 
Rated: 4.85 by Opusxno2 from Illinois

Feb 19, 2024
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Reviewed by MonDak_Joe1953 from Minnesota

4.71/5  rDev -2.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
Tap pour at the taproom. Served chilled in a small snifter glass.
Black colored body. No lasting head. No lacing, but leaves a sheen.
Aroma of dark roasted malt, bourbon barrel, maple syrup, caramel, toffee, and a bit of dark fruit/cherry.
Taste is sweet from the maple syrup and bourbon barrel, also vanilla. Flavors of fudge chocolate, caramel, toffee, and dark fruit - cherry and figs. Long lasting aftertaste with chocolate, bourbon, and toffee.
Thicker mouthfeel with syrup. Higher ABV% only detected in the vapors. Quiet carbonation.
Rich and decadent dessert beer. Treat of the day, and from the source.
Jan 16, 2024
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Rated by Rristow from Ohio

5/5  rDev +3.5%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
The perfect barrel aged stout. Not overly sweet, nice barrel notes with coffee and maple. Just delish!
Jan 02, 2024
 
Rated: 4.58 by dubinsky from California

Dec 27, 2023
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Reviewed by BEERchitect from Kentucky

4.8/5  rDev -0.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
The flirtation with maple comes to a crescendo in Toppling Goliath's imperial maple, coffee and bourbon barrel aged stout.

Kentucky Brunch Brand Stout shows that something special is up when it pours with an inky impression of black brandy equipped with sticky legging swirling around an ominously still beer. As a sultry, savory and oh-so seductive scent pulls from the onyx-black beer, the mouth waters with the scent of espresso, dark chocolate, maple, sweet bourbon and port wine. Expectedly sweet, the toasty malts bring out the flavor of maple-dipped chocolate, chocolate covered espresso bean, bourbon ball candies and whisky laced molasses.

Bold, savory, sweet and mouth coating on the middle palate, the boldness of the stout remains in check while the more roasty edges pull from the sweetness with espresso roast, toasty, smoky and baker's chocolate that all trend spicy, lightly bitter and balancing with a chest warming offset of bourbon and all of its caramel, vanilla, toasted oak and peppery whisky flavors in closure.

Obviously full, rich and lavishly malted from start to finish, the stout finishes on a drying track in an off-pastry mouthfeel of spice, light bitterness and port-like warmth. It's a masterful stout that belongs on such lofty pedestals.
Dec 20, 2023
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Reviewed by cdinardo21 from Pennsylvania

4.98/5  rDev +3.1%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 5
On tap at TG for part of KBBS release day - rating 2023 version; perfect black color. This is an amazing blend richness, dessert and coffee; the barrel is perfectly complimentary and not overpowering. The sweetness is palatable rather than making your teeth hurt. The mouthfeel is thick and silky. Overall, one of the best beers I've had.
Dec 11, 2023
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Reviewed by GreenBayBA from Wisconsin

4.7/5  rDev -2.7%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.5
Perfect black color. I didn't see much foam, other than a brown ring. The smell is a perfect blend of maple, coffee, chocolate, and bourbon. The taste is strong with maple. Almost too strong. Chocolate follows, with coffee, bourbon, and vanilla. It is very sweet. The mouthfeel is thick, smooth, lucious, and full. Very nice. Overall, this is a wonderful beer, but there is too much maple flavor for it to be one of my favorite beers.
Dec 10, 2023
 
Rated: 4.59 by mando31 from Illinois

Dec 09, 2023
 
Rated: 4.94 by AntHoney

Dec 08, 2023
 
Rated: 4.74 by Jimmylikesbeer from Michigan

Dec 07, 2023
 
Rated: 4.72 by kodt from Illinois

Nov 18, 2023
 
Rated: 5 by akopczyk from Ohio

Nov 09, 2023
 
Rated: 4.96 by EMH73 from New York

Nov 04, 2023
 
Rated: 4.71 by Chilmer from Iowa

Sep 30, 2023
 
Rated: 4.75 by ryancl from Minnesota

Aug 27, 2023
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Rated by poidog from Hawaii

5/5  rDev +3.5%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
Amazing stout, expensive but worth the price!
Aug 07, 2023
 
Rated: 4.52 by notchucknorris from California

Jul 26, 2023
 
Rated: 5 by CraftFan5 from New Jersey

Jul 21, 2023
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Rated by Filabee from Michigan

5/5  rDev +3.5%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
This beer meet and exceeded all the unreal hype. It is simply amazing!
Jul 08, 2023
Kentucky Brunch Brand Stout from Toppling Goliath Brewing Company
Beer rating: 100 out of 100 with 935 ratings