Bourbon County Brand Stout - Reserve 2019 2-Year Knob Creek
Goose Island Beer Company in Chicago, Illinois, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Imperial Rotating Out of Production|
Score
8.35
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Stout aged for two years in 11-year-old Knob Creek® bourbon barrels.
Aging our beloved Bourbon County Brand Stout for more than a year is uncommon in the Goose Island Barrel House. This additional development process involves special care and is not suitable for all beers or even all barrels.
In this special case, we received uniquely older casks: 11-year-old Knob Creek® barrels. Spending prolonged time in these barrels brought out more complexity and intensity in the flavors from the barrel, allowing you to enjoy the signature flavor profile of an older Knob Creek® Bourbon.
This added complexity cannot be obtained from shorter maturation periods and greatly differentiates this special reserve release. We hope you enjoy and appreciate our labor of love.
(from box)
2-Year Reserve Bourbon County Stout was aged 24 months in 11-year-old 25th Anniversary Knob Creek barrels. The barrels of this once in a lifetime bourbon delivered an oak-forward intensity accented with subtle hazelnut and chocolate notes that complimented the flavors inherent in Original Bourbon County Stout. 2-Year Reserve is incredibly special, and we’re excited to share this variant with you all.
Hops: Millennium
Malts: 2 row, black malt, caramel, chocolate, Munich 10, roasted barley.
Aging our beloved Bourbon County Brand Stout for more than a year is uncommon in the Goose Island Barrel House. This additional development process involves special care and is not suitable for all beers or even all barrels.
In this special case, we received uniquely older casks: 11-year-old Knob Creek® barrels. Spending prolonged time in these barrels brought out more complexity and intensity in the flavors from the barrel, allowing you to enjoy the signature flavor profile of an older Knob Creek® Bourbon.
This added complexity cannot be obtained from shorter maturation periods and greatly differentiates this special reserve release. We hope you enjoy and appreciate our labor of love.
(from box)
2-Year Reserve Bourbon County Stout was aged 24 months in 11-year-old 25th Anniversary Knob Creek barrels. The barrels of this once in a lifetime bourbon delivered an oak-forward intensity accented with subtle hazelnut and chocolate notes that complimented the flavors inherent in Original Bourbon County Stout. 2-Year Reserve is incredibly special, and we’re excited to share this variant with you all.
Hops: Millennium
Malts: 2 row, black malt, caramel, chocolate, Munich 10, roasted barley.
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8.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Sample, thanks fonefan! Black, minimal head. Aroma of chocolate, bourbon and mature caramel. Sweet with full body and well rounded mouthfeel. Intense bourbon, mild oak and coconut. Warming mildly bitter finish.
Tried
on 08 Aug 2026
at 20:37
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Thanks fonefan! Pitch black colour with a mediumsized off-white head. Aroma is toffee, some fudge, mild toasted elements with some wood and mild syrupy tones as well.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Jul 2026
at 17:04
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle. Pours pitch black, with a creamy mocha head. Aroma is is roasted malts with bread, dark chocolate, muscovado, leather, almonds and dried fruits, as well as honey, vanilla, tannins and wooden barrels. Full, velvety body, with soft carbonation. Flavour is roasted malts with bread, liquorice, muscovado, marsipan, nougat and honey, as well as leather, tannins and wooden barrels.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 May 2026
at 13:57
8.9/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 9
Texture 9
Overall 9
Bottle 1pt0.9fl.oz. @ home - [ Virtual Tasting 💻👀 ] - fonefan & Brugmansia House. 🏡🇩🇰 🍀 ☁️☂️ [ As Goose Island 2 Year Reserve Bourbon County Brand Stout 2019 (14,9%) Bourbon (25th Anniversary Knob Creek) BA Imperial Stout ]. ABV: 14.9%. [20260507]. 8-/4-/9/4-/18
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 May 2026
at 17:07
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
500ml bottle. Jet black colour with small, frothy, fading, tan head. BA supported (if not dominated), roasty, slightly chocolately, dark malty aroma, notes of dark chocolate and Bourbon, hints of leather, vanilla, plum wine, plum butter, caramel, dark caramel, whiffs of marmite, oak, cinnamon, bramble, treacle. Taste is BA supported, sweet-ish, slightly chocolately and roasty, dark malty, slightly caramel malty, quite spicy and alcoholic, notes of marmite, caramel, Bourbon, some treacle, a touch of leather, vanilla, later some fruity-alcoholic hints of bramble and plum; lingering, warming, alcoholic finish.
Viscous texture, smooth, cloying, simulaneously slightly pungent (alcoholic) palate, medium, mildly prickly carbonation.
Excellent nose with a plethora of (sadly rather ephemeral) subtleties, relatively clumsy, hefty and naturally boozy concerning taste; overall a bit edgy and balky, unnecessarily excessive regarding strength/force/power - not worth the hype. Leaves you behind in a kind of postcoital dysphoria.
Viscous texture, smooth, cloying, simulaneously slightly pungent (alcoholic) palate, medium, mildly prickly carbonation.
Excellent nose with a plethora of (sadly rather ephemeral) subtleties, relatively clumsy, hefty and naturally boozy concerning taste; overall a bit edgy and balky, unnecessarily excessive regarding strength/force/power - not worth the hype. Leaves you behind in a kind of postcoital dysphoria.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Jan 2026
at 18:54
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 9
Overall 8.5
Schenkt vrijwel zwart met een kleine bruine kraaf waar weinig van overblijft. Geur van bourbon, geroosterde mout, zoet, vanille. Retronasaal is het boozy, bourbon, zoetig, iets umami ook, hout. Smaak is zoetig tot zoet en iets alcoholfruitig/zurig, tikje geroosted bitterig. Warmende alcohol. Vrij volle body. Afdronk met donkere chocola, iets geroosterde bitterheid.
Tried
from Bottle
from
Hoptimaal
on 20 Dec 2025
at 20:23
10/10
Tried
on 03 Dec 2025
at 22:11
8.8/10
Chocolate, bourbon, and sweet
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Nov 2025
at 22:46
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Ciemnobrunatne praktycznie czarne nieprzezroczyste piwo z niewielką pianą która szybko opada. Aromat ciężkiego oleju, nuty palonego słodu. W smaku dość wytrawne, nuty dębiny kawa plus wytrawne gorzka czekolada
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Nov 2025
at 18:46
9.5/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 9.5
Flavor 9.5
Texture 10
Overall 9.5
Bottle. Color: Black, thin brown head. Aroma: Roasted malt,Bourbon. Taste: Smooth and dense mouthfeel. Nice blend of roasted malt and sweetish Bourbon. Some liquorice and hop. Boozy and spicy hints. Full body, below average carbonation. Medium sweet, over moderate bitterness. Very nice slow sipper.
Tried
from Bottle
from
Hoptimaal
on 19 Oct 2025
at 15:20