Bourbon County Brand Stout
(has 32 batches)
Goose Island Beer Company in Chicago, Illinois, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Imperial Winter|
Score
8.47
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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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9.2/10
Tried
from Draft
on 30 May 2025
at 19:10
![Szeppp's photo of Bourbon County Brand Stout (2017) [14.1%]](https://d1onh8pwvkaf3n.cloudfront.net/beer_tick_thumbnails/1753358068-889-1556.webp)
8/10
Tried
from Draft
on 29 May 2025
at 13:00
8.4/10
Boozy, bourbon and chocolate
Tried
from Draft
on 27 May 2025
at 21:32
![potjebier's photo of Bourbon County Brand Stout (2016) [13.8%]](https://d1onh8pwvkaf3n.cloudfront.net/beer_tick_thumbnails/1748374445-28-174052.webp)
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Om eens iets te vieren. Pikzwarte body en een bruine schuimkraag die snel inzakt met een paar kleine blijvende patches. Geur van bourbon, vanille, tannine, geroosterde mout, donkere caramel, umami, iets rood fruit. Retronasaal is het zoet, rood fruit, umami, boozy, fudgy. Smaak is zoetig to zoet, niet overdreven, met wat geroosterde bitterheid en een vleugje fruitzuur. Alcoholgevoel is vrij scherp, heet. Volle body. Lange finish, donkere chocola, geroosterd, lichtjes bitter. Ook na bijna 9 jaar nog prima te doen.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 May 2025
at 19:31
![Bitterbill's photo of Bourbon County Brand Stout (2021) [14%]](https://d1onh8pwvkaf3n.cloudfront.net/beer_tick_thumbnails/1748028995-1325-417415.webp)
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Growler from Liquor Shed in Casper.
Pours pitch black, short lived head of foam, no lacing.
Bourbon, roasted malt, caramel malt and maple with a wee bit of oxidation.
Taste is Bourbon, roasted malt, rather sweet, no bitterness, maple, toffee, slight oxidation of the good kind.
Body is full, carbonation is there but light.
Aged very well.
Pours pitch black, short lived head of foam, no lacing.
Bourbon, roasted malt, caramel malt and maple with a wee bit of oxidation.
Taste is Bourbon, roasted malt, rather sweet, no bitterness, maple, toffee, slight oxidation of the good kind.
Body is full, carbonation is there but light.
Aged very well.
Tried
from Growler
from
The Liquor Shed
on 23 May 2025
at 19:36
8.6/10
Bourbon, barrel aged and boozy
Tried
from Draft
on 20 May 2025
at 20:44
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Re-rating, this time using 2012 bottled. Black, incredibly aromatic with...yeah bourbon vanilla etc. Chocolate, butterscotch etc, uber powerful, uber tasty uber good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 May 2025
at 00:52
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Huge thanks to Erzengel for sharing this rarity! Nice to try another batch of this beer! Beer in the glass deep black, almost no head. Intense woody-malty alcoholic aroma. Starts very strong, alcoholic, warming-malty. Oily. Nice vanilla notes, combined with bitter coffee. Shy sweetish background. Finish milder than exspected, but still warming-malty. Really nice one!
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 May 2025
at 17:04
8/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Apr 2025
at 19:08
8/10
Surprisingly similar to a fresh 2024 vintage. Slightly more earthy notes especially in the aroma, hints of syrup and licorice. Has aged surprisingly well
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Apr 2025
at 19:00