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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7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle (2018) pour from bottle share--thanks Chris! Appearance is purple-black with light sparkle, nice viscosity, thin ring of off-white head with poor retention and no lacing. Aroma is strong blackberries and raspberries with milder rye whiskey and malts. Taste is initial strong raspberry and blackberry with roasted malt followed by harsh alcohol, tart fruit. Mouthfeel is medium bodied with smooth texture, soft carbonation and finish as taste. Overall, starts with promise of berries but runs into a harsh alcohol flavor/mouthfeel. Hard to get past it for me. Easily my least favorite Bourbon County variant.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Aug 2020
at 02:44
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
15/VIII/20 - 50cl bottle @ Belgian Beer Geek Gathering Summer 2020, BB: n/a, 2018 vintage (2020-785) Thanks to ElManana+1 for sharing the bottle!
Clear dark brown beer, small creamy beige head, unstable, non adhesive. Aroma: oh my, lots of raspberry flavoured lambic, soft roast, acidic impression, bit funky. MF: ok carbon, medium to full body. Taste: sweet start, nice acidity keeping the balance, very fruity, lots of raspberry jam, alcohol noticeable, very nice! Aftertaste: fruity, lots of berries, alcohol, lovely stuff, more jam, soft bitterness, very good, love it!
Clear dark brown beer, small creamy beige head, unstable, non adhesive. Aroma: oh my, lots of raspberry flavoured lambic, soft roast, acidic impression, bit funky. MF: ok carbon, medium to full body. Taste: sweet start, nice acidity keeping the balance, very fruity, lots of raspberry jam, alcohol noticeable, very nice! Aftertaste: fruity, lots of berries, alcohol, lovely stuff, more jam, soft bitterness, very good, love it!
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Aug 2020
at 20:20
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Teku showing dark brown and sparse white foam. The nose shows intensely sweet notes of blackberries and blueberries. The palate is lightly carbonated and full bodied. Very sweet with an intense espresso background and hints of tart blackberry.
Tried
on 06 Mar 2020
at 11:40
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 10
Texture 8
Overall 9
1 American Pint (cca 500ml) bottle (12,7%) as 2018 Release bottled 23AUG18 from trade with petrinoda, many thanks man. F: medium, tanned, not long lasting. C: dark, opaque. A: rich malty, fruity, red and dark berries, chocolate, cocoa, bit red wine, woody, raspberries, bit blackberries. T: rich malty base, a lot of strawberries and blackberries mixed with strong cocoa and chocolate taste, woody tannins, bit red vine, cherries, light oily mouthfeel, very nice complex stout and rich fruity taste, fully enjoyed.
Tried
from Can
on 01 Feb 2020
at 19:26
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
On tap at Goose Island in Shoreditch. Pours jet black with a dirty tan head that quickly retreats to clinging onto the glass. Aroma is chocolate, coffee, coconut, blackberry, molasses and boozy bourbon. Once it warms up the jammy fruits comes through more. Taste is chocolate, cocoa, coconut, marshmallow, tart blackberry tempers the sweetness. Cracking balance of flavour. This is some seriously good shizzle.
Tried
from Draft
on 29 Nov 2019
at 19:50
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
0,5l bottle at my place in Cartagena, bought at Brooklyn Farmers Market. Bottled 24. 08. 2019. black color, small coffee colored head. smells of blackberries, bit acidic, raspberries, wood, earthy, some more berry notes, smells was very berry forward at first, but after a while more malt notes come through. nice smell. full body, light carbonation. tastes of raspberries, very light blackberries, wood, earthy notes, bitter chocolate, toffee, raspberry chocolate, bit fudgy, some whisky and brandy notes after it warms up. finishes lightly boozy with notes of whisky, bery notes and some bitter chocolate. Good stuff, I acutally like this a bit better when cold, easier to drink that way, flavours are a bit all over the place once warm. Recommended.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Nov 2019
at 21:28