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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7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8.5
Texture 7
Overall 8.5
pours very dark with a brown head.
aroma of sweet licorice, erasor or rubber, bourbon, fainter roasted malts. intense but also some kinda semi weird glue like notes, perhaps from the barrels.
flavor is spot on really good with a near perfect balance between the bourbon and the roasted malts. ends with a long roasted malty aftertaste. very good balance and very blended. In the flavor i think the wood is in fact a bit less than some of the other vintages, but i do get some charred wood, and only a faint tiny hint of the glue that was much stronger in the aroma. no oxidation that i can detect which is nice for a 7yr old capped bottle.
aroma of sweet licorice, erasor or rubber, bourbon, fainter roasted malts. intense but also some kinda semi weird glue like notes, perhaps from the barrels.
flavor is spot on really good with a near perfect balance between the bourbon and the roasted malts. ends with a long roasted malty aftertaste. very good balance and very blended. In the flavor i think the wood is in fact a bit less than some of the other vintages, but i do get some charred wood, and only a faint tiny hint of the glue that was much stronger in the aroma. no oxidation that i can detect which is nice for a 7yr old capped bottle.
Tried
from Bottle
from
Kihoskh
on 24 Sep 2025
at 17:51
6.5/10
Tried
on 23 Sep 2025
at 11:03
7.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
2021 tasted sep. 2025 dark brown, brown head.
A lot of bourbon in the aroma, also vanilla, roasted malts, honey like notes.
i think i liked the 2017 better...
flavor is bourbon, chocolate, licorice, coconut, fainter roasted malts. it's like the roasted malts don't really go heavy in this one. On the other hand, the bourbon notes are close to as good as they could possibly get.
A lot of bourbon in the aroma, also vanilla, roasted malts, honey like notes.
i think i liked the 2017 better...
flavor is bourbon, chocolate, licorice, coconut, fainter roasted malts. it's like the roasted malts don't really go heavy in this one. On the other hand, the bourbon notes are close to as good as they could possibly get.
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from Bottle
from
Kihoskh
on 22 Sep 2025
at 22:38
8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
2017 bottle tasted in 2025. very integrated aroma with notes of boutbon, wood, salt licorice, vanilla, roasted malts, coffee, faint charred wood, faint hard roasted malts. the beer has settled exceptionally well. there might be a very faint sort of hint of oxidation.
flavor is extremeley smooth and velvety salt licorice and wood and roasted malts and bourbon, the other notes really makes the bourbon shine, end is not super strong but there is a nice long lasting roasted malty end, that seems to go on forever.
flavor is extremeley smooth and velvety salt licorice and wood and roasted malts and bourbon, the other notes really makes the bourbon shine, end is not super strong but there is a nice long lasting roasted malty end, that seems to go on forever.
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from Bottle
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Kihoskh
on 20 Sep 2025
at 17:31
7/10
Magus, mõru, šokolaadine, vanilje, röst, linnaseline, nats alksi. Ok.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Sep 2025
at 17:33
7/10
Угостили
Tried
on 03 Sep 2025
at 23:55
8/10
Tried
on 23 Aug 2025
at 21:33
8/10
A b8t sweet, boozy, rich and malty. Bourbon and some chocolate, smooth, a very nice vintage.
Tried
on 15 Aug 2025
at 17:03
9.3/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
Tapphuset . Först reagerar att bara en lagt in ölen (2023) varianten på siten!? Kan vara att den sällan letar sig till EU och betygsättande verkar vara Européer. Ja jag vet inte bara spekulation . I vilket fall är detta ju en känd letar öl . Ja sån öl ölnördar letar efter .
Utseende = meningslöst
Doft = jag skiter i
Ha ja ja Hur smakar drycken då?
Jo här har vi bourbon 70% och därefter choklad 🤔30% kanske . Ölen är så jävla lik The Bruery Super tuesday en av mina favorit öl .
SUPERGOD
Utseende = meningslöst
Doft = jag skiter i
Ha ja ja Hur smakar drycken då?
Jo här har vi bourbon 70% och därefter choklad 🤔30% kanske . Ölen är så jävla lik The Bruery Super tuesday en av mina favorit öl .
SUPERGOD
Tried
on 09 Aug 2025
at 13:07
8/10
Tried
on 07 Aug 2025
at 16:24