I Love French Toast!

[stevej37]

Especially when it's bourbon barrel aged and 11.1% ABV
Here, it's normally $15 for a 4-pack...today at Meijers..$13

[stevej37]

So.. what do you guys drink while watching college football on a Saturday?...Sauvignon Blanc??

A pic of the Founders French Toast Bastard.

[javadog]

I don’t watch college football but I generally prefer an IPA.

I don’t like the higher alcohol beers like the one you show, and I also don’t like bourbon, so something aged in a bourbon barrel isn’t going to be on my list of things to drink.

[stevej37]

This Founders French Toast is more of a sipping or dessert beer.
It certainly isn't a beer that I would buy a 4-pack and drink 3 at one sitting.

And I don't know how they do it with the ingredients listed....but it surely does smell and taste of french toast.

[javadog]

My guess would be they add flavorings, the vanilla, cinnamon and maple flavors that you see advertised on the packaging.

[stevej37]

Someone told me the other day that the 'Old Bastard' on the 4-pack and bottle is a drawing of 'Popcorn Sutton"

[javadog]

Well, I had to look that one up. Never heard of the guy. Could be. Although… all old, bearded, white hillbillies look alike to me.

[Aurel]

I’ll have to try it, seems interesting. Got tired of IPAs, they all have sour aftertaste and deposits.

[stevej37]

^^^
I'm not sure where you are located...but their Taproom is in Grand Rapids. I've had this beer there a couple times, but I've only seen it once in a store. Meijer had it yesterday.
I eat at their Taproom occasionally. Great food and they always have new beers on tap that never make it to the stores.

So, if you have a Meijer...I would look there first.
It has a great flavor.

[stealthn]

What exactly is a bourbon-barrel aged Scotch ale?

[KFC911]

Originally Posted by stevej37

This Founders French Toast is more of a sipping or dessert beer.

And I don't know how they do it with the ingredients listed....but it surely does smell and taste of french toast.

That sounds disgusting .... definitely a sipping beer for me .... one sip and I'm done!

[stevej37]

Originally Posted by stealthn

What exactly is a bourbon-barrel aged Scotch ale?

I'm no expert...but I believe they buy empty oak bourbon barrels and fill them with Scotch Ale. After a year or more, it's ready to be sold in bottles.
The bourbon flavor takes to the ale and makes for a great taste.

[stevej37]

Originally Posted by KC911

That sounds disgusting .... definitely a sipping beer for me .... one sip and I'm done!

Use a shot glass for the 4-pack...it will last long time.

[javadog]

Originally Posted by stevej37

I'm no expert...but I believe they buy empty oak bourbon barrels and fill them with Scotch Ale. After a year or more, it's ready to be sold in bottles.
The bourbon flavor takes to the ale and makes for a great taste.

Yeah, they buy liquor barrels, wine barrels, all sorts of crap.

I’m in the “I like my beer to taste like beer” camp. And I won’t even touch half the beer styles out there.

My youngest kid will drink anything and enjoy most of it. Not me.

[Paul T]

Hmmm, this one sounds interesting, I will have to try it! Not sure about the vanilla part, but I love bourbon and I love beer (most all styles) so I’ll definitely give this one a shot if I can find it.

[stevej37]

^^^ At the first sip when I first tried it...It hit me how much flavor there is in it.
Very strong bourbon and syrupy. The vanilla flavor is combined with the cinnamon and maple to make a completely different flavor that I have ever had.

[LWJ]

As I am a drinker, not a sipper, that would be a problem for me.

Just don’t sip anything. writing after I slammed my second cup of coffee this am.

[stevej37]

^^^ I sip when it's a strong flavor.
Give me a weak watery beer and it's gone in half the time.

[mjohnson]

Originally Posted by javadog

Yeah, they buy liquor barrels, wine barrels, all sorts of crap.

I’m in the “I like my beer to taste like beer” camp. And I won’t even touch half the beer styles out there.

My youngest kid will drink anything and enjoy most of it. Not me.

Yah, barrel-aged beers are like stouts and sours. There's such a range from "tasty" to "a$$". I won't even get one without a taste, and I'm usually (otherwise) a "16oz" taster.

Waaaay too many syrupy sweet oaky dark beers out there for me.

Luckily our local co-op is rocking some nice lagers and interesting juniper and a few apple-beers.

[stevej37]

^^^ lol