Bourbon County Brand Stout
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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9.3/10
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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
8.1/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Small sample from bottle.
Poured pitch black with a thin brown head.
Strong bourbon nose, roastedness, sweet malty, heavy and warming. Slow sipper for sure but delightful.
Poured pitch black with a thin brown head.
Strong bourbon nose, roastedness, sweet malty, heavy and warming. Slow sipper for sure but delightful.
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from Bottle
at
Juova Hanahuone
on 04 Aug 2025
at 13:04
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7.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
0.5 l bottle from 'Beyond Beer', 2024 vintage at 14.7% abv. Pitch black with a thin, frothy, quickly diminishing, light brown head. Sweetish-malty, gently roasty, slightly fruity and a little umami aroma of dark chocolate, coffee, bourbon, some soy sauce and light hazelnut. Quite sweet, malty, fairly roasty, gently boozy taste of dark chocolate, mocha, roasted hazelnut, vanilla, quite some bourbon and traces of dark fruits, followed by a long, fairly roasty-bitter, gently boozy and a little harsh finish. Almost full-bodied, gently effervescent mouthfeel, soft carbonation. Good beer, but also quite overrated. Relatively unrefined and boozy, a little fizzy and not nearly as smooth as the best stouts. Nice to try, but not the revelation I was hoping for.
Tried
from Bottle
from Beyond Beer
on 02 Aug 2025
at 18:21
8/10
#bcbs
Tried
from Draft
on 12 Jul 2025
at 16:51
9.3/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 9
Flavor 9.5
Texture 9
Overall 9.5
Sample from bottle at Remko's bierproefavond. Didn't take notes, just enjoyed the beers and good company. As always a great slow sipper.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Jul 2025
at 21:15
7.4/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 6
Overall 7
Review based on the BJCP2021 guidelines (style 33B: bourbon barrel, base: 20C). Bottle 45 cl - Batch GI 08:15 (BB: 02OCT28) AROMA: medium-high boozy aroma with notes of bourbon barrel. medium background notes of vanillin, wood and dark malts (dark chocolate) with a bourbon-characteristic sweet touch. slight dark cherries. APPEARANCE: very dark brown to black color and opaque without highlights. legs formation. medium brown head with low retention. TASTE: initial medium maltiness (chocolate, dried prunes) and medium-high bourbon. slight red fruits note. initial apparent low bitterness that evolves into medium-low. finishes semi-dry to dry with a slight roasty finish. MOUTHFEEL: high body with velvety texture. medium-low carbonation. excessive alcoholic warmth (hot sensation). OVERALL: a complex bourbon barrel-aged imperial stout with a bit too much alcoholic strength making it a bit difficult to drink.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Jul 2025
at 15:31
8.2/10
LCI, rich, malty chocolate, bourbon on the nose.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Jul 2025
at 22:18
7/10
Magus, vanilje, happeline, röst, kohv. Ok
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Jul 2025
at 19:41
9.1/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
Opaque deep brown to black with a small tan head of good retention. Toast & roast, chocolate, coffee, subtle oak barrel, dried fruits, prunes,. Distant hop. Warming alcohol. Everything having amazing balance and quality. No regret for every single cent paid given it has been smuggled across the ocean.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Jul 2025
at 19:05