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Originally Posted by Jbailey

Some thoughts on side by side of Founders Breakfast Stout-KBS and Goose Island Bourbon County-Goose Island Nighstalker.

I compared a few beers with some friends on Friday night. We first had the Founders Breakfast Stout which was the first time either of my friends had it. Right out of the gate they loved it, both of them are beer fans and stout fans. We moved onto the KBS which was also interesting since one friend had one from last year while my other friend never had one. It was noticed that after I poured the KBS it was darker top to bottom to the Breakfest Stout. First sips across the board was this blew the BS out of the water. The flavors of the coffee, vanilla, bourbon, chocolate were not hiding at all. The other big difference was the KBS had a very long finish that changed which the BS never had.

We continued the evening of beer and movies with Nightstalker. The NS started out more creamy with a little hoppiness also some kind of fruitiness to it (compared to BC). While drinking it I hard a hard time picking out all the flavors in this beer. It was all over the place at times. This was the first time any of us had tried it and amazed my friends and I. I would place this beer in my top 5 under KBS. Onto the last beer of the night GI Bourbon County. Now from what I've heard is NS is the same beer in BC, just aged in bourbon barrels. Which is hard to believe cause these are night and day compared side by side. If they are the bourbon barrels do some crazy things to the beer. I know everyone has a different palate and notice or pick up things differently. I was the only one tasted the alcohol right away while my friends didn't notice it till they were half way through. A couple more flavors I picked up with BC was toast (I know call me crazy) and towards the end I got Hostess cheery pie.

My favorite beer of the four was KBS but in a close second was Nighstalker.

nice review