Bourbon County Brand Stout
Goose Island Beer Company in Chicago, Illinois, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Imperial Winter|
Score
8.48
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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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9/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Dec 2025
at 15:32
8.6/10
Very nice. Like the smaller bottles.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Dec 2025
at 16:50
7.6/10
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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
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
7/XI/25 - on tap, shared @ Beerlovers Bar (Antwerp), Post Billies Craft Beer Festival Day 1, BB: n/a (2025-1172) Thanks to John for sharing the beer!
Clear dark brown to purple black beer, small creamy beige head, unstable, a bit adhesive. Aroma: nice, lots of caramel, earthy, some tobacco, spicy, alcohol, sweet touch. MF: soft carbon, medium to full body. Taste: nice, quite some alcohol up front, fruity touch, caramel, gentle roast, dried fruits, a little oxidized. Aftertaste: more subtle roasted notes, oxidised, earthy, nice one!
Clear dark brown to purple black beer, small creamy beige head, unstable, a bit adhesive. Aroma: nice, lots of caramel, earthy, some tobacco, spicy, alcohol, sweet touch. MF: soft carbon, medium to full body. Taste: nice, quite some alcohol up front, fruity touch, caramel, gentle roast, dried fruits, a little oxidized. Aftertaste: more subtle roasted notes, oxidised, earthy, nice one!
Tried
from Draft
at
Beerlovers Bar
on 07 Nov 2025
at 22:10
8.6/10
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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
8.6/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 9
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
From November's BCS Media preview:
It’s always fun to come to a new vintage of the beer I first had at the brewpub, when the server asked if I would like to try their 1,000th batch. My impression was a deep bourbon smell, with chocolate and some molasses. Some cherry comes in as well, and some coffee, surrounded by a syrupy thickness. A “liquid dessert.”
It’s always fun to come to a new vintage of the beer I first had at the brewpub, when the server asked if I would like to try their 1,000th batch. My impression was a deep bourbon smell, with chocolate and some molasses. Some cherry comes in as well, and some coffee, surrounded by a syrupy thickness. A “liquid dessert.”
Tried
from Bottle
at
Goose Island Beer - Salt Shed Pub
on 23 Oct 2025
at 01:00
7.8/10
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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,
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
![Nisse666's photo of Bourbon County Brand Stout (2017) [14.1%]](/user_uploads/beer_tick_images/1760888026-660-1556.webp)
8/10
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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
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
8/10
Magus, mõru, šokolaadine, hapukas, vaadine, röstine, vaniljene, alkone. Hea.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Oct 2025
at 19:21
7.8/10
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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
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