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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8/10
BL wieczorowa pora wiec tylko ogolne wrazenie.
Tried
at
Mikkeller Bar Warsaw
on 04 Nov 2018
at 10:15
8/10
O dziwo zaskakujaco agresywne alkoholowo, takie szorstkie, co psuje. Ale paleta beczkowa i bw przesliczna
Tried
from Bottle
at
Mikkeller Bar Warsaw
on 22 Aug 2018
at 20:49
8/10
No uwielbiam to piwerko acz chyba ta warka jeszcze moglaby polezec
Tried
on 02 Jun 2018
at 21:30
4.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 3.5
Bottle share: 2015 infected bottle. What the fuck. I thought this was supposed to be good. Wack sour taste plorp.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 May 2018
at 03:37
8/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Apr 2018
at 20:08
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Bottle, 500 ml, shared with JFK10000 and Max. 2016 bottle. Dark brown, small beige head. Dark fruit, dried fruit, caramel, some bourbon, sweet, bit warming. Smooth texture. Full bodied.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Feb 2018
at 20:12
9/10
Pats vs Eagles! Dilly dilly!
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Jan 2018
at 22:48
9/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Dec 2017
at 20:37
9.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9.5
Texture 10
Overall 9
2017 vintage, tasted at Goose Island BCS media preview. This year's version is 14.4% abv. Previous vintages of the BCS Barleywine were aged in third-use barrels that had another BCS variant in them. This year's releases uses the same fresh Heaven Hill barrels as most of the Stouts. The beer is a very dark brown, compared to the black stouts. The smell is strong with wood and earthy spice, partly thanks to the use of Pilgrim hops, a recently introduced English cultivar (the Stouts in this year's release all feature Millennium hops). The hop comes through more cleanly than the bourbon character, but it's still heady with vanilla and a bit of tannin.
Tried
from Draft
on 01 Dec 2017
at 06:00
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
This is the 2015 bottling and definitely not one of those that had the infection problem. Poured with a small short-lived tan head and a clear dark brown color with mahogany highlights. Aroma is Oak raisins molasses tobacco. Flavor is similar to nose malty, more bitter than sweet. Full body, boozy, and very rich. I think this still needs quite a few years of Aging to reach its full potential but it's pretty good right now. Classic definition of a barleywine done in the traditional manner.
Tried
on 24 Nov 2017
at 12:02