Bourbon County Brand Barleywine
Goose Island Beer Company in Chicago, Illinois, United States 🇺🇸
Barley Wine - Barley Rotating Out of Production|
Score
8.14
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Aged in the second-use barrels that were once home to Kentucky bourbon, this traditional English-style barleywine possesses the subtlety of flavor that only comes from a barrel that’s gone through many seasons of ritual care. This year’s variant will pick up more bourbon barrel character by switching from third to second use barrels. The intricacies of the previous barrel denizens – oak, charcoal, hints of tobacco and vanilla, and that signature bourbon heat – are all present in this beer. Hearty and complex, Bourbon County Brand Barleywine is a titan and a timeline; a bold, flavorful journey through the craft of barrel aging.
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8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Bottle, 2014, at share, thanks to me. Pours dark brown. Raisin, toffee, biscuit, caramel, nutty, fruity, cherry, milk chocolate. Medium body. Very good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Jul 2023
at 00:57
8/10
Tried
on 11 Feb 2023
at 17:11
7/10
Tried
on 25 Nov 2022
at 18:20
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8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 9
Texture 9
Overall 9
Sample during Blarney Wine Festival 2022 on 03/12/2022. The beer is dark ruddy brown color with a medium light tan head that diminishes steadily to an outer ring. Small patches of lacing on the glass. The aroma consists of bourbon, malt, vanilla, dark fruit and hops. Full-bodied with flavors of oaky bourbon, caramel malt, vanilla, plum and earthy hops. The finish is oaky with a bourbon and malt aftertaste. Great Barley Wine all around.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Mar 2022
at 20:30
9.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 10
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Bottle 2014 shared with friends. Dark brown colour, creamy foam. Aroma: sweet, bourbon barrel, a little dill, candies, dried fruits, candied fruits, very interesting. Taste: sweet, plum wine, candied fruits, bourbon, raisins, powerful, warming, light dried fruits, port, excellent balance, very good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Jan 2022
at 10:24
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Fles gedeeld door Benzai, geprobeerd met Keukeman. het is een diep donkerbruin bier met een beige schuim. Het heeft een bourbon achtige geur met tonen van hout en fruit. De smaak is vol, bourbon, vanille en hout.
Tried
on 14 May 2021
at 20:38
9/10
I feel like it's even better than the last time I popped it, cloves and chocolate, toffee and cream, snickers bar even.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Jan 2021
at 21:12
Boozy and sweet, not my favourite style, but figured was an opportune moment to get it out of the fridge. Toffee and caramel.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Oct 2020
at 17:14
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottled 7 SEP 2013. Huge thanks Ryan for sharing! Murky brown body, no head. Chocolate, coconut and vanilla fight in the aroma with some caramel, light alcohol and further barrel notes, which don't stand out as much. Soft taste, chocolate and coconut again, more caramel, almost heading towards stout territory, but still firmly grounded in barleywine territory, some oxidised maltiness, smooth, with a light kick in the finish, light herbal bitterness too shows in the finish, fairly well hidden alcohol in the taste. Excellent!
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Aug 2020
at 09:50
9/10
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Tried
from Bottle
on 24 May 2020
at 17:43