Bourbon County Brand Stout - Vanilla
Goose Island Beer Company in Chicago, Illinois, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Imperial Winter Out of Production|
Score
8.33
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This long time favorite makes a long-awaited return to the Bourbon County Stout roster. Utilizing whole grade A vanilla beans from Madagascar, Vanilla delivers on all the quintessential things fans love about this variant: aromatic vanilla, marshmallow, toffee, oak, and floral notes highlighting the creamy mouthfeel and enhancing the chocolate flavors that are ingrained in Bourbon County Stout.
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8.4/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Pitch black color. Smell like chocolate cake massive vanilla, caramel, bourbon. The palate is super smooth, boozy, Uber smooth palate. Perfectly smooth.
Tried
on 07 Jun 2025
at 11:27
8/10
Dark sweet malty with lots of cockade and caramel, vanilla waves, thick body, dark malty close.
Tried
from Draft
on 27 Mar 2025
at 06:07
8/10
From backlog. (As 2018 Vintage) On tap at Consume, Lake Zurich, Il. Black with beige head. Roasted malts, bourbon, oak, vanilla, sweetness, Smooth.
Tried
from Draft
on 28 Oct 2023
at 18:54
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Fat på Brewskival 2023. Från 2018. Svart/brunsvart med beige nätt krona. Doftar mängder av vaniljkex, choklad, vaniljkräm. Sött, kexigt, samtidigt rejält med fat, rostade toner. Lite kokos, vanilj, tjärpastill, lakritstoner. Tuffare i smak än doft.
Tried
on 15 Aug 2023
at 17:38
10/10
Tried
on 19 Feb 2022
at 20:21
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
On tap at Dive Bar, 2018 vintage. Pours black. Chocolate, bourbon, nutty booze, vanilla, slightly cheap harsh vanilla, almond, plum, toast. Good full body. Not particularly great.
Tried
from Draft
on 25 Nov 2021
at 00:46
8.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 10
Flavor 10
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
31/XII/20 - 1Pt. 0.9Fl. Oz. bottle @ home, BB: n/a, bottled: 6/IX/18 (2020-1176) Thanks to ElManana for sharing the bottle!
Clear dark brown to black beer, small creamy beige head, unstable, dissipates quickly, non adhesive. Aroma: sweet impression, lots and lots of chocolate milk, nice roast, more chocolate, very intense, some roasted hazelnuts. MF: ok carbon, medium to full body. Taste: lots and lots of chocolate, nice roast, soft bitterness, bit sweet, chocolate, some coffee notes, very nice. Aftertaste: vanilla notes, sweet caramel, more chocolate, very nice, bit sweet, quite some alcohol, good roast, some coffee, slightly sourish.
Clear dark brown to black beer, small creamy beige head, unstable, dissipates quickly, non adhesive. Aroma: sweet impression, lots and lots of chocolate milk, nice roast, more chocolate, very intense, some roasted hazelnuts. MF: ok carbon, medium to full body. Taste: lots and lots of chocolate, nice roast, soft bitterness, bit sweet, chocolate, some coffee notes, very nice. Aftertaste: vanilla notes, sweet caramel, more chocolate, very nice, bit sweet, quite some alcohol, good roast, some coffee, slightly sourish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Dec 2020
at 21:00
8.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8
Sample thanks to Cloin...2010: Poured a black brown with no head. Aroma is chocolate, cocoa and vanilla. Taste is roasted malts, chocolate, vanilla, boozy burn, finish is smooth and malty. Wow, classic that has held up well.
Tried
on 14 Oct 2020
at 20:02
9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
(Bottle, vintage 2010, 13.0%) Black colour with brief, beige head. Malty, roasted, vinous nose with notes of dark chocolate, coffee, sweet liquorice, vanilla, raisins and rich bourbon aromas. Malty, roasted taste with chocolate, coffee, liquorice, vanilla, wood, raisins, dates and a vinous finish with a balanced cacao bitterness and a rich, warming bourbon touch. Full body, quite sweet. Lots of chocolate, vanilla and bourbon. Quite well balanced for its strength (even if it shines through). Mellow and rounded, despite its power. This is seriously good stuff. Great beer!
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Oct 2020
at 20:56
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
29/9/2020. Sample courtesy of SHIG. Pours very dark drown with a small bubbly beige head. Aroma of roasted malt, dark nutty chocolate, vanilla, marshmallow, whisky, wood, touch ashy. Moderate sweetness and light roasted bitterness with some alcohol warmth. Medium to full body, slick texture, very soft carbonation. Warming finish, good stuff.
Tried
on 29 Sep 2020
at 19:39