Bourbon County Brand Stout - Bramble Rye (2011)
(Batch of Bourbon County Brand Stout - Bramble Rye)

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

Stout - Imperial Rotating Out of Production

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8.04

ABV: 12.8%

IBU: 60

Ticks: 95

At Goose Island our brewers take every opportunity to experiment with new ingredients and aging techniques. For this edition of Bourbon County Brand Stout, they aged the classic recipe in rye whiskey barrels with raspberries and blackberries from Michigan. The result is a powerfully rich beer with notes of tart fruit and jam that fade into the warm spice of a fine rye whiskey.Bourbon County Stout aged in Heaven Hill Rye barrels with 60 pounds of raspberries and blackberries added to barrel.

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_angst_ (8427) ticked Bourbon County Brand Stout - Bramble Rye (2011) from Goose Island Beer Company 3 years ago

EB. Not bad given how old it is by the combination of the dark beer, slightly acidic (and of course highly fruity) berries and Sherry-like oxidation doesn’t quite work for me.

Tried from Bottle on 07 Mar 2022 at 17:19

sjogro (11831) ticked Bourbon County Brand Stout - Bramble Rye (2011) from Goose Island Beer Company 6 years ago

Tried from Bottle on 12 Feb 2019 at 10:53

Martin Lindström (24441) ticked Bourbon County Brand Stout - Bramble Rye (2011) from Goose Island Beer Company 7 years ago

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Tried on 01 Sep 2018 at 14:37

8.3

tderoeck (22679) reviewed Bourbon County Brand Stout - Bramble Rye (2011) from Goose Island Beer Company 10 years ago

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

Imported from my RateBeer account as Goose Island Bourbon County Stout - Bramble Rye Barrel (by Goose Island Beer Company (AB-InBev)):
Aroma: 9/10, Appearance: 3/5, Taste: 9/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 18/20, MyTotalScore: 4.2/5

14/II/15 - 1Pt. 6Fl. Oz. bottle @ RBBWG IV (Beerlover_Ben's place) - BB: n/a, bottled: XII/10/11 (2015-226) Thanks to Amy for the bottle!

Clear dark brown beer, small creamy beige head, little stable, non adhesive. Aroma: lots of dried fruits, raisins, malty, sweet, forest fruits. MF: soft carbon, medium body. Taste: bit sourish, very fruits, raspberries, alcohol, sour cherries, boozy, forest fruits, vanilla, caramel, pretty sugary. Aftertaste: sweet, red currants, alcohol, boozy, very fruity, sourish touch, vanilla, more alcohol, very alcoholic. Finished the bottle and got wasted after all. :p The end of a great tasting!

Tried from Bottle on 14 Feb 2015 at 13:13

DerPhilynck (3855) ticked Bourbon County Brand Stout - Bramble Rye (2011) from Goose Island Beer Company 11 years ago

Zebf

Tried on 05 May 2014 at 18:40

radagast83 (13439) ticked Bourbon County Brand Stout - Bramble Rye (2011) from Goose Island Beer Company 13 years ago

Dark fruits, dark chocolate notes. Woah.

Tried on 25 Aug 2012 at 20:46

Bourbon County Brand Stout - Bramble Rye (2011) (Batch of Bourbon County Brand Stout - Bramble Rye)