Bourbon County Brand Vanilla Rye Stout (2014)
(Batch of Bourbon County Brand Stout - Vanilla Rye)
Goose Island Beer Company in Chicago, Illinois, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Rotating Out of Production|
Score
8.45
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First brewed for the legendary festival of Wood and Barrel Aged Beer in Chicago, drinkers enjoyed this Bourbon County Variant so much we bottled it the next year (2010). People flocked to stores to get their hands on a bottle and have this one of a kind barrel aged stout. Over the past few years we have heard our fans express their love for this version and we are extremely proud to bring it back in 2014. This year's version features a little twist of aging the stout in Rye Whiskey Barrels with a mix of Mexican and Madagascar vanilla beans!
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7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle thanks to John & the team at Goose Island. It pours jet black with a decent tan head. The nose is rich, oily, juicy, honeycomb, toffee, vanilla, chocolate, rocky road and light spice. The taste is rich, bitter, chewy, chocolate, alcohol boost, vanilla, mild acidity, vegetables, spice, toast, earth and wood with a rich, warming finish. Full body and fine carbonation. Slick mouth - feel. Aroma is amazing... Taste is rich and filthy. Bonkers.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Mar 2016
at 15:33
8.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle: Poured a pitch-black color stout with a large dark brown foamy head with good retention and some lacing. Aroma of vanilla and black chocolate notes with some bourbon is well balanced and quite enjoyable. Taste is a great balanced mix of sweet black chocolate notes, vanilla with some bourbon, subtle woody notes and residual sugar notes. Body is full with nice creamy texture, good carbonation and subtle warming alcohol notes. Very interesting beer with great complexity and excellent drinkability.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Mar 2016
at 15:11
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle shared by Tony at the 2016 New Year’s Christmas Tree Bonfire. Pours black with brown head. Aromas of bourbon, roasted malt, chocolate, and vanilla. Similar flavors. Full body with minimal carbonation. Good stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Feb 2016
at 15:13
8.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Sample, 1-ounce, during the Great American Beer Festival, savoured on September 24 2015; eye: black, opaque, sheet of brown head, light lacing; nose: roasted barley, black coffee, chocolate, vanilla, woody, bourbon, spices; mouth: roasted barley, black coffee, chocolate, vanilla, woody, bourbon, spices, finale in roasted barley with good presence of vanilla, full body, good carbonation, mildly sweet, lightly bitter, silky texture; overall: quite good FRANÇAIS Échantillon, 1 once, en fût, durant le Great American Beer Festival, savourée le 24 septembre 2015; œil : noire, opaque, couverture de mousse brune, légère dentelle; nez : orge torréfiée, café noir, chocolat, vanille, boisé, bourbon, épices; bouche : orge torréfiée, café noir, chocolat, vanille, boisé, bourbon, épices, finale en orge torréfiée avec bonne présence de vanille, corsée, bonne carbonatation, moyennement sucrée, légèrement amère, texture soyeuse; en résumé : très bon
Tried
from Can
on 22 Jan 2016
at 14:55
9.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 10
Flavor 10
Texture 8
Overall 9.5
Enjoyed from bottle at Emporium Logan Square after a work holiday party. Didn't take tasting notes, had this alongside Proprietors and Coffee, this was extremely good, huge but not overpowering vanilla notes, real damn good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Dec 2015
at 21:42
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Black colour, beige head. Aroma of vanilla, bourbon, cacao, caramel, chocolate and chocolate milk. Basically loads of vanilla and desert. Sweet flavour, bitter cacao, vanilla. Finish caramel, quite bitter, coffee, bourbon and wood. Nice.
(from bottle @ LIBF I, Leuven. Nice touch!)
(from bottle @ LIBF I, Leuven. Nice touch!)
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Nov 2015
at 16:53
8.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Bottle from Red Beard. Thanks, wonderful experience. Big heady aroma of vanilla wafts up, alcohol singes the nose hairs. Black with velvety beige head, taste brings robust flavors, roasty grains, chocolate, vanilla, marshmallow, all gooey sweet ness tempered by the bitter roast grains and warmed by the whiskey and ABV. All that was missing was a roaring campfire.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Sep 2015
at 11:55