Goose Island Beer Company Bourbon County Brand Stout

Bourbon County Brand Stout

 

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

  Stout - Imperial Winter
Score
8.48
ABV: 14.3% IBU: 60 Ticks: 551
Every year since its inception in 1992, we strive to honor the original Bourbon County Stout recipe. And, 30 years later, we continue Gregory Hall’s legacy and passion for making the best beer possible, starting with the best barrels the bourbon trail has to offer. This year, our Imperial Stout is aged and blended from freshly emptied bourbon barrels from Heaven Hill, Four Roses, Wild Turkey, and Buffalo Trace distilleries. Expect flavors of vanilla, dark chocolate, toffee, molasses, almond, and dried fruit.
 

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Tried from Bottle on 05 Jan 2026 at 19:08



7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottled 500ml. -at Ambasada Zagreb. Black coloured, small brownish head, bourbon and light alcohol in the nose. Roasted malt, bourbon, wood, dark chocolate and light tobacco with noticable alcohol in the finish.

Tried from Bottle from Ambasada. on 25 Dec 2025 at 11:47


7.6
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Cremiger Beginn, allerdings auch deutlich alkoholisch. Malzig-karamellig mit Noten von Kaffee und im weiteren Verlauf auch Kakao, leicht erhöhte Karbonisierung, Bourbon, Röstnoten. Etwas holzig, der Alkohol stört zuweilen, langer Nachhall. 10/13/9/11/12/11

Tried from Bottle on 18 Dec 2025 at 20:39


8.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9.5 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Draft at Harry’s Hofbrau. Rich, boozy and slightly chocolate in both aroma and flavor. Dusted chocolate comes out more on the flavor. This is one of the best years that I can remember….and certainly bests the 2015!

Tried on 17 Dec 2025 at 03:20



7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

2025 bottle from a 4-pack. Pours a pitch black with chestnut highlights and a small beige head that lingers. Marzipan all over the nose with some oak, bourbon and vanilla notes as it warms. Palate is very similar, lots of marzipan notes - vanilla, bourbon and more marzipan. Boozy finish. Not bad, but not as good as recent years.

Tried from Bottle on 03 Dec 2025 at 04:53


8.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8.5

(Draught at Beer Temple, Amsterdam, 15 Aug 2025) Black colour with brief, beige head. Malty, roasted, vinous nose with notes of sweet espresso, cacao, liquorice, bourbon and oak wood. Malty, roasted, vinous taste with sweet espresso, cacao, soy sauce, liquorice, bourbon, oak wood, a touch of tar and a generous coffee bitterness in a warming finish. Full body, sweet. Rich, tasty and mellow. Age has probably softened off the edges a bit. Excellent balance. Great beer!

Tried from Draft at BeerTemple on 04 Nov 2025 at 21:33


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Tap Brewskival 2025-08-22 Helsingborg
AR: boozy - bourbon, dark roasted malt, chocolate,
AP: dark brown, wee cream brown lid
F: boozy - bourbon, dark roasted malt, chocolate,

Tried from Draft at Brewski Brewery on 19 Oct 2025 at 19:53


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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Tap Brewskival 2025-08-22 Helsingborg
AR: burned chocolate, roasted malt, warming feeling
AP: dark brown, wee brown lid
F: burned chocolate, roasted malt, warming feeling

Tried from Draft at Brewski Brewery on 19 Oct 2025 at 15:33