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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6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 7
Sampled from bottle @ RBBWG. Opaque pitch black color, small off-white to beige head. Smell and taste malts, lightly sourish firm roast.A bit too firm actually. imo it’s too much and not very balanced. Meh.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Feb 2015
at 18:56
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle sampled at the De Molen Bourbon County Tasting. Pours near black with a ring beige head. Aroma of big jammy berries, red and black fruits, light chocolate, bourbon characters below. Flavour is light heavy sweet. Full bodied with soft carbonation. Good, but certainly doesn’t improve on the base.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Jan 2015
at 10:26
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Sample at the Bourbon County tasting, De Molen. Poured a deep mahogany. The aroma is rich fruit, roasty malt, tart, yeast, red berry fruit. The flavour is light sour, light sweet with a light malt, molasses yeast, over ripe fruit palate. Medium bodied with average carbonation.
Tried
on 10 Jan 2015
at 09:21
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
A little odd - a strange mash taste to this and blackberries have a pretty big presence. Pours black without much head or lacing. Definitely the least superior of the Bourbon County series. Finishes with light sourness. Thanks to someone at Churchkey’s 5th anniversary for giving away a taste of this. Bottle pour.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Oct 2014
at 08:44
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottled @ Zeebra #2, small sample. Dark color, short head. Aroma of vanilla, chocolate, roasted malts. In flavor lots of blackberries and dark ripe fruit, which was hardly in the aroma. Slight tartness as well. Nice stuff, but I preferred the more subtle cherry version.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 May 2014
at 11:24
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Brown bottle, 650 ml, bottled on 12/10/11, from Philippe Boutin (merci!), savoured on December 13 2013; eye: black, opaque, no effervescence, no head, no lacing; nose: roasted barley, coffee, chocolate, black berries, molasses, light alcohol, cherry; mouth: roasted barley, coffee, chocolate, black berries, molasses, light alcohol, woody, cherry, pepper, alcohol warmth, finale in roasted barley with presence of molasses, full body, below-average carbonation, mildly sweet, liqueur-like texture; overall: quite fine FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 650 ml, embouteillée le 12/10/11, de Philippe Boutin (merci!), savourée le 13 décembre 2013; œil : noire, opaque, pas d’effervescence, pas de mousse, pas de dentelle; nez : orge torréfiée, café, chocolat, fruits noirs, mélasse, léger alcool, boisé, cerise; bouche : orge torréfiée, café, chocolat, fruits noirs, mélasse, léger alcool, boisé, cerise, poivre, chaleur d’alcool, finale en orge torréfiée avec présence de mélasse, corsée, carbonatation sous la moyenne, moyennement sucrée, texture liquoreuse; en résumé : bien bon
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Mar 2014
at 14:31
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle: Poured a pitch-black color ale with a nice dark brown foamy head with good retention. Aroma of raspberry jam with light roasted malt with quite a bit more residual sugar than I was expecting. Taste is a wonderful mix between a sweet imperial stout based with light roasted malt notes and some raspberry and blackberry jam. All the flavours mix in very well and nothing was off-balance. Body is full with light creamy texture and medium carbonation with no apparent alcohol. Very enjoyable with barrel notes not as discernible as in the regular version.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Feb 2014
at 09:34