Bourbon County Brand Stout - Reserve 2018
Goose Island Beer Company in Chicago, Illinois, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Imperial Series Out of Production|
Score
8.13
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The same base recipe as Bourbon County Stout Original, but this beer is aged in 12 year old “Elijah Craig Barrel Proof” bourbon barrels. The bourbon from those barrels was awarded 2017 “Whisky of the Year” by Whisky Advocate, the top honor in the world of international whisky. Reserve is intended to showcase the nuances of a premium single source and highly sought after bourbon.
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7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Brown bottle, 1 pint 0.9 ounce, bottled on 04 AUG 18, from and with Philippe Boutin (merci!), savoured on 19 April 2019; eye: black, opaque, no effervescence, no head, no lacing; nose: whisky, light bourbon, roasted barley, chocolate, slight coffee; mouth: whisky, light bourbon, roasted barley, chocolate, slight coffee, finale in chocolate with presence of whisky, average carbonation, lightly sweet, alcoholic texture; overall: fine
FRANÇAIS
Bouteille brune, 1 pinte 0,9 once, embouteillée le 04 AUG 18, de et avec Philippe Boutin (merci!), savourée le 19 avril 2019; œil : noire, opaque, pas d'effervescence, pas de mousse, pas de dentelle; nez : whisky, léger bourbon, orge torréfié, chocolat, très léger café; bouche : whisky, léger bourbon, orge torréfié, chocolat, très léger café, finale en chocolat avec présence de whisky, carbonatation moyenne, légèrement sucrée, texture alcoolique; en résumé : bien
FRANÇAIS
Bouteille brune, 1 pinte 0,9 once, embouteillée le 04 AUG 18, de et avec Philippe Boutin (merci!), savourée le 19 avril 2019; œil : noire, opaque, pas d'effervescence, pas de mousse, pas de dentelle; nez : whisky, léger bourbon, orge torréfié, chocolat, très léger café; bouche : whisky, léger bourbon, orge torréfié, chocolat, très léger café, finale en chocolat avec présence de whisky, carbonatation moyenne, légèrement sucrée, texture alcoolique; en résumé : bien
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Apr 2020
at 22:30
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle shared @ Malt & Mold. Very dark brown/black with a very thin ring of lacing, bourbon-chocolate/mocha aroma, low carbonation, sweetish mocha-dark chocolate taste with strong bourbon flavor, alcohol undertones, thin body, long bourbon finish. Strong and tasty, also very boozy!
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Jan 2020
at 19:10
8/10
Definitely getting clean bourbon notes here, but not sure that there’s as much nuance to this as the ratings imply
Tried
from Draft
on 21 Dec 2019
at 18:06
8.5/10
Tried
on 18 Nov 2019
at 05:29
9/10
Insane. Milk choc/coconut/vanilla/toffee/bourbon/toast/oak/fudge/molasses/dark fruit/licorice. Mild char bitter/spicy oak. Creamy/silky/velvety/full. Insane smoothness. Perfectly balanced all flavors. Wow.
Tried
on 16 Nov 2019
at 23:44
9.5/10
Bottled 4AUG18. Amazingly rich and balanced BBA stout. Heavy, boozy, thick and creamy. So incredibly smooth. Bourbon, chocolate, sweet. Almost like a liqueuer in its intensity and thickness. No adjuncts needed here. Marvelous richness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Oct 2019
at 22:00
8.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle: Poured a pitch-black color ale with a large dark brown foamy head with good retention and some lacing. Aroma of sweet chocolate notes with some nice bourbon notes with some woody notes with some vanilla notes. Taste is also a great mix of sweet chocolate notes with some woody notes, some vanilla, and residual sugar notes with some light char. Body is full with some creamy notes and oily-like texture with good carbonation and some light warming alcohol notes can also be detected. Solid version of BCBS while the nicer bourbon notes are clearly perceptible.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Jun 2019
at 20:53
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle - pours black tan head - nose/taste of bourbon, oaky vanilla, chocolate cake. Full bodied.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Apr 2019
at 01:55
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
500ml bottle from a trade. Sweetish, oaky and bourbony with some vanilla, roastiness, warming alcohol, stingy notes, roastiness and chocolate. Heavy and a bit hot boozy. Could perhaps benefit from some aging.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Mar 2019
at 16:41
8/10
Z plusem. Piekna beczka, intensywna ale az pojawiaja sie drewniane nutki. Kokos, wanilia, migdaly, czekolada, bomboniera, troche alko, pyszk
Tried
on 02 Feb 2019
at 19:37