Bourbon County Brandy Stout - Double Barrel Elijah Craig (2019)
(Batch of Bourbon County Brand Stout - Double Barrel Elijah Craig)
Goose Island Beer Company in Chicago, Illinois, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Imperial Rotating Out of Production|
Score
8.39
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Bourbon County Double Barrel Stout has a depth and flavor that can only be achieved through time, patience, and partnership. This stout was first aged 12 months in 11-year-old Elijah Craig barrels from our friends at Heaven Hill distilleries. We then emptied the beer from those barrels and filled fresh 12-year-old Elijah Craig barrels, the same barrels that housed the Whisky Advocate 2017 Whisky Of The Year. We let it age for another year in those barrels and the result is a stout like no other. Incredibly intense, this beer will be a true gem for the faithful fans that seek it out and get to try it.
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9.1/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 9
Overall 9.5
Bottle pour at Side Project line. Repeated as 500 ml bottle, shared with Luka, Hrvoje and Miro. Black with beige head. Chocolate and bourbon, barrel, more bourbon, still nice after all these years. A great straightforward bourbon beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Sep 2025
at 22:00
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Poured from 500mL bottle (2019 vintage). Very dark brown with very minimal off white head. Nutty charred old woody barrel upfront, soft bourbon heat underlay, nice body, verges on too much char, but very nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Aug 2025
at 04:50
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle pours out black topped with a tan head. Nose is nice sweet molasses chocolate roast malts coffee bourbon barrel vanilla. Taste is more of the nice sweet chocolate roast malts vanilla coffee bourbon barrel molasses.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Nov 2024
at 10:00
9.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9.5
Bottle @ Sir Alex Share, Hometurff, Næsby. Pours deep Black with a small White head. Madness. Roasted, Woody, vanilla and coffee. Super slick and smooth. Overly tasty. Complex and long linger. No fucking adjuncts - just a masterpiece.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Jul 2024
at 17:10
9/10
LCI. Best BCBS I’ve had post-takeover. Lots of barrel layering, roasty with some chocolate and sweetness, thick pour, soft, lightly boozy. Rounded
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Jun 2024
at 15:37
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. Pours clear black, minimal head and lacing. Aroma is bourbon, rich, cocoa. Foxing is medium sweet, light bitter. Medium body
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Sep 2023
at 05:02
9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
Bottle at Goose Island Fulton. Pours black with small tan head that lasts. The aroma is strong bourbon, licorice, brownie batter, molasses, oak. Slick body, chocolate, molasses, bourbon, wood, nice sweetness, enjoyed this.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Oct 2022
at 21:43
9/10
0,5 litre bottle( as 2021 Vintage) at a share in Oslo. Dark brown with little head. Roasted malts, oak, barrel, bourbon, Smooth!
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Mar 2022
at 17:56
9/10
Split 3 ways thanks Chris. Aroma is oak, char, bourbon, nice dark fruit flavors. Taste is delicious, smooth, thick, long legs. Tons of flavor that changes as it warms. So good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Mar 2022
at 14:27
8/10
Cacao, roasted malts, typical sharp Elijah Craig Bourbon, had this the same with a fifty fifty ba, boozy, nibs, sharp BA Bourbon County..
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Mar 2022
at 21:09