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

On tap at BPBW 2025. Pitch black coloured, small brown head, bourbon and chocolate in the nose. Bourbon barrel, dark chocolate, alcohol and vanilla with warming finish. Bit boozy.

Tried from Draft on 08 Jun 2025 at 22:09


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

Bottle cellared since release. Pours black with dark tan head. Chocolate, vanilla and booze aroma. Flavor is blackstrap, roast, and dark baker's chocolate at the finish. Boozy and great.

Tried from Bottle on 07 Jun 2025 at 04:49


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

On tap at Hopaholic Budapest. 14.1% Black coloured, small brownish head, bourbon and alcohol in the nose. Bourbon, vanilla, alcohol, dark chocolate and sweet boozy finish.

Tried from Draft at Hopaholic - In Hop We Trust on 04 Jun 2025 at 09:58

gave a cheers!


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8.4
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


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8
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.

Tried from Growler from The Liquor Shed on 23 May 2025 at 19:36


8.4
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
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

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