beer_name: Founders Breakfast Stout
text: Served in a snifter at Durty Nellie's in Palatine, IL I had to try this bad boy on tap, I knew in advance that it should be a fairly nice brew. It pours a nice black with a tan finger of head. The smell is mainly of smoked malts and coffee, with a bit of whiskey in the back. The taste is mainly whiskey and smoke. There are hints of both vanilla and roasted chocolate. This is a fairly smooth beer, but the alcohol is astringent on the palate. In spite of that it's still rather smooth and a extraordinarily nice drinking beer. Overall it is one of the better recommendations that I can make for any beer.