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: 535
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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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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8
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


8

Magus, mõru, šokolaadine, hapukas, vaadine, röstine, vaniljene, alkone. Hea.

Tried from Bottle on 10 Oct 2025 at 19:21


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

Tap Brewskival 2025-08-23 Helsingborg
AR: still boozy, dry roasted malt, wee chocolate and coffee
AP: dark brown, red rim, no head
F: still boozy, dry roasted malt, wee chocolate and coffee

Tried from Draft at Brewski Brewery on 05 Oct 2025 at 21:02


8

Magus, mõru, šokolaad, röstine, vaniljene, kakao. Hea.

Tried from Bottle on 03 Oct 2025 at 22:02


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

bottle at home ...dark black ...thin tan lacing ..soft sweet dry bourbon chocolate roast malts nose ..dark dry booxy bourbon chocolate roast malts

Tried on 27 Sep 2025 at 21:39


8.9
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8.5

Stor imp stout provning med gubbarna på Tapphuset . Här har vi underbar bourbon 🥃 choklad .Jo relativt söt imo stout med bourbon . Jättegod men inte den bästa bourbon lagrade .

Tried on 25 Sep 2025 at 13:22


8.9
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9

På fat Taphouse med 2×Per o P.N. Doftar fantastiskt med massor av bourbon. Klunkar återigen denna dryck o visst här ligger bourbon med fin sötma o lite bärsötma. Eftersmaken fatlagring med lite ek o lång smak! Mmm gott

Tried from Draft on 25 Sep 2025 at 13:20


7.9
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8.5

2020 tasted sep 2025 Dark, dark, brown head that is small and soon goes away.
significantly more phenolic than the 2018 i tasted earlier today. also more roasted malty and less rubbery/gluey, in the aroma. this aroma almost feels like it could use some more time, bottle, or even better, barrel. roasted malts and booze mostly. lacking the finer bourbon nuances of 17 and 18 vintages.
flavor is roasted malty, licorice, sharp stinging peppery note that suits it really well, bourbon not really directly tasted but can be sensed in the overall flavor profile. roasted malts more prominent than 17,18 and 22 versions, not sure if its age or vintage, but this one is the one most true to imp stout, with roasted malts driving the flavor. great flavor. very balanced too, as the bourbon haven't taken over. finer notes from wood, charred wood, salty licorice. simple but outstanding flavor allright.

Tried from Bottle from Kihoskh on 24 Sep 2025 at 23:38