Founders Breakfast Stout (Autumn 2009)

Founders Breakfast Stout, FBS, had been my go-to winter brew before I discovered Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout. I'd been cellaring several bottles of FBS out of curiosity. We all know FBS is heavy on coffee and chocolate when fresh but how will it be at three years? It's just as good but now the sharp flavors have mellowed into a Illy mocha-coffee drink. The %abv is only 8.3 but after three years the alcohol had nearly disappeared. I drank directly from the bottle (in the garage while re-finishing my boots) and noticed slightly less carbonation than usual. Gulped down twelve ounces and saw there was no sediment at the bottom. Not bad at all for a 2009. I've got three or four more to use up.