Goose Island Beer Company Bourbon County Brand Stout - Regal Rye

Bourbon County Brand Stout - Regal Rye

 

Goose Island Beer Company in Chicago, Illinois, United States 🇺🇸

  Stout - Imperial Rotating Out of Production
Score
8.14
ABV: 13.2% IBU: 60 Ticks: 80
Bourbon County Brand Stout aged in rye whiskey barrels with blackberries, Luxardo candied cherries, fresh sour cherries and sea salt

The brewery opted for blackberry juice sourced from Valley Processing, in Sunnyside, Wash., instead of whole fruit both because it’s easier to use as an ingredient and for its richer flavor. The cherries used in Regal Rye are Luxardo cocktail cherries; the beer also incorporates the cherries' bright, sugary syrup. The sea salt “adds another layer that will make the flavors pop slightly — depth to something that’s already deep.
 

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8.3
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 9

10 jaar oude fles, één van de vele BCBS varianten die de laatste tijd Nederland overspoelen. Kleur is vrijwel zwart, schuim is er hoegenaamd niet. Geur van bessen in het kwadraat, met daaronder nog wat van het basisbier, bourbon, bruine suiker, vanille. Retronasaal is het zo'n beetje andersom, veel meer bourbon en zoetheid, de bessen zijn er ook nog duidelijk, maar wat meer naar de achtergrond. Smaak is zoetig tot zoet, met wat bessige zuurheid. Het is wel wat dunnetjes. Wel genoeg koolzuurprikkeling. Smaak blijft hangen, en dan komt er ook iets van de veroudering boven. Toch nog steeds erg lekker.

Tried from Bottle from Hoptimaal on 31 Dec 2025 at 20:32


8.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

Bottle @ Sanderslum Pubbens Vintage launch/Solar Eclipse pt. 3. - The darkest hours. Pours black with a small beige head. Woody and dry. Complex. Sweet mocha, vanilla and a touch of berries. Smooth and soft. Warming alcohol. Savory.

Tried on 18 Dec 2025 at 14:56


8.1
Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

Bottle shared by my former friend and noted asshole in denial Steve. 4/24/25. Black. Aroma of roast, chocolate, whiskey, caramel, hint of salt. Taste is roast, whiskey, oak, tart cherry, chocolate. Hint of nuts. Nice.

Tried from Bottle on 25 Apr 2025 at 02:42


8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Smooth, slightly roasty and salty with some rye barrel, chocolate, cherries and earthiness, hints of tartness. A bit past its prime already, but still surprisingly good -

Tried on 15 Jan 2025 at 19:07


No blackberry or cherries, boozy, malty, whisky and chocolate. Fairly dry and bitter. Drinkable, rating redacted. Would be maybe 3.8.

Tried from Bottle on 11 Jan 2025 at 22:47


8

Smooth, slightly roasty and salty with some rye barrel, chocolate, cherries and earthiness, hints of tartness. A bit past its prime already, but still surprisingly good

Tried from Bottle on 11 Jan 2025 at 22:39


7.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Bottle at share: pours headless black. Aroma is vanilla, blackberry and cherry notes. Taste is heftily fruity, chocolate, vanilla, bourbon.

Tried from Bottle on 09 Jul 2022 at 04:21


8.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bottle, at share, thanks to me. Pours black. Blackberry, salted, cherry, sweet red fruit, milk chocolate. Good oily body. Nice.

Tried from Bottle on 09 Jul 2022 at 03:45


8.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

bottle from BCBS horizontal. Dark brown pour, thick, small spotty beige head. Aroma is sweet and chocolaty with lots of fruity notes: berries and cherries. Taste starts with the fruity sweetness and is quickly joined by the woody, roasty malts, Rye barrel lends mild spicy character. full, sweet, fruity, boozy.

Tried from Bottle on 26 Jun 2022 at 23:15


9

Finally we opened this, almost 6 years old. Still in very good shape, but some age and softening is noticable. Definitely still blackberries there, light cherry, plenty rye and its sharpness. Boozy for sure, some chocolate base.

Tried from Bottle on 13 Aug 2021 at 22:00