Bourbon County Brand Stout - Bramble Rye (2018)
(Batch of Bourbon County Brand Stout - Bramble Rye)
Goose Island Beer Company in Chicago, Illinois, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Rotating Out of Production|
Score
7.94
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For this variant we aged Bourbon County Stout in rye whiskey barrels, then added raspberry and blackberry juice and puree from Michigan and Washington. The process resulted in complex jammy fruit notes that are prominent but well integrated with the caramel and chocolate flavors of the beer and spicy rye character from the barrels.
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8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. Color: Black, thin brown head. Aroma: Fruity raspberry, roasted malt in the background, some spicy rye. Taste: Mix of fruity and lightly tart raspberry, roasted malt, spicy rye and sweetish Bourbon. Boozy hints and hints of oak wood. Some bitterness at the finish. Over moderate sweet, light bitterness and tartness. Over medium body, below average carbonation. Pretty nice, although definitely not as nice as the original BCBS in my opinion.
Tried
from Bottle
from Mr. Hop (webshop)
on 25 Sep 2025
at 19:49
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle from FW. Black with beige head. Loads of raspberries and blackberries upfront, some dark chocolate, a bit of coffee. A bit too tart and fruity.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 May 2023
at 07:43
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
28th December 2022
Panda - huge thanks to Mr Tipple for this transatlantic Panda acquisition. Of all the beers on my radar over the last decade and a half, this has been the white whale, I have missed it more times than I can remember. It's been in reach again and again but slipped out of my grasp in a nightmarish manner. So finally, FINALLY, thanks to Mr Tipple .. it's an opaque dark brown beer with a tiny tan head. Smooth palate with a good fine carbonation developing. Smooth dark malts with a nice level of dark chocolate and a mild but pleasing coffee tone. The bourbon barrel shows, well bourbon and a little oak induced vanilla. The bramble fruits fit right in as I always thought they would, particularly the dominant blackberry, mild raspberry. Finishes smooth and semi dry with all those flavours coming together. Nice version. Finally!
Panda - huge thanks to Mr Tipple for this transatlantic Panda acquisition. Of all the beers on my radar over the last decade and a half, this has been the white whale, I have missed it more times than I can remember. It's been in reach again and again but slipped out of my grasp in a nightmarish manner. So finally, FINALLY, thanks to Mr Tipple .. it's an opaque dark brown beer with a tiny tan head. Smooth palate with a good fine carbonation developing. Smooth dark malts with a nice level of dark chocolate and a mild but pleasing coffee tone. The bourbon barrel shows, well bourbon and a little oak induced vanilla. The bramble fruits fit right in as I always thought they would, particularly the dominant blackberry, mild raspberry. Finishes smooth and semi dry with all those flavours coming together. Nice version. Finally!
Tried
from Can
on 29 Dec 2022
at 01:05
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Shared bottle at tasting. Deep brown color with minimal tan head. Aroma of plums, dark malt, strawberry jam., chocolate. Taste, dark malt, chocolate, moderate rye, caramel.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Aug 2022
at 18:05
8.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Thank you Chris for sharing this - Black with a brown head - Dark malt aroma with nice wood and whiskey aroma with some dark berries - Dark malt body with some berry flavours with wood barrel and some whiskey notes - The dark malt and wood barrel goes into the finish - This was real good
Tried
on 05 Mar 2022
at 19:23
8/10
Tried
on 19 Feb 2022
at 20:20
8/10
0,375 litre Bottle, shared with Bergstaden. Almost Black with beige head. Roasted malte, berries, sweetness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Feb 2022
at 22:19
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle, 500 ml courtesy of an shared with Pete. Black with beige head. Chocolate, cocoa and nice berries. Some bourbon. Smooth. sweetish with fruity tartness. Nice, but quite thin, lacking depth and complexity.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Nov 2021
at 17:28
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
12oz bottle at share. Black pour, small beige head. Aroma opens with a hit of bourbon before revealing some berries and chocolate. Taste is fruity berries, chocoalte, cherries, roasty malts, bourbon and rye.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Oct 2021
at 02:00
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
500mL bottled Aug 23, 2018, drunk Sep 19, 2021.
Dark, mahogany brown, undetermined clarity with a tan head fading quickly to a ring.
Lots of poignant fruit in the nose. Big blackberry mixing with dark chocolate and light honey. Seems very fruity for its age, which is impressive and yet, it smells significantly lighter than most BCBS, for better or for worse. Not really boozey.
In the mouth it's soft and malty but yet with strong drying acids from both malt and fruit addition. Tart blackberry and tons of pepper definitely do not overwhelm the sweet malt but at this point it's very well attenuated and it doesnt really live up to the standard of recent BCBS. Just doesnt have that thick, rich, comforting texture. Still, it's flavorful, seemingly light on the palate and dry, so it goes down easily.
Dark, mahogany brown, undetermined clarity with a tan head fading quickly to a ring.
Lots of poignant fruit in the nose. Big blackberry mixing with dark chocolate and light honey. Seems very fruity for its age, which is impressive and yet, it smells significantly lighter than most BCBS, for better or for worse. Not really boozey.
In the mouth it's soft and malty but yet with strong drying acids from both malt and fruit addition. Tart blackberry and tons of pepper definitely do not overwhelm the sweet malt but at this point it's very well attenuated and it doesnt really live up to the standard of recent BCBS. Just doesnt have that thick, rich, comforting texture. Still, it's flavorful, seemingly light on the palate and dry, so it goes down easily.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Sep 2021
at 04:28