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|
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8.36
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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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8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle. Pours black. Biscuit, liquorice, blackcurrant, nutty, walnut, honey, almond, booze, sweet nutty bourbon, cherry. Nice oily body. Excellent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Nov 2023
at 00:07
8/10
Magus, vahtrasiirup, röst, kohv, šokolaad, tugev alks, vanilje. Hea.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Sep 2023
at 21:04
7/10
Maple syrup, alcohol, sugary, toffee, boozy, prunes, woody
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Sep 2023
at 21:02
8.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 9
Overall 9
Goose Island BCBS Knob Creek 2019 (2 year reserve)
Bottle shared at tasting. Opaque pitch black color, small tan head that diminishes quickly. Aroma is bourbon to the max, oh my. Lovely. Flavor is even better. Oh wow. Insane bourbon, malts, roast, dark chocolate. Insane. Love this.
8-9-9-9-9
Bottle shared at tasting. Opaque pitch black color, small tan head that diminishes quickly. Aroma is bourbon to the max, oh my. Lovely. Flavor is even better. Oh wow. Insane bourbon, malts, roast, dark chocolate. Insane. Love this.
8-9-9-9-9
Tried
on 04 Mar 2023
at 13:17
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Fles gedeeld door Keukenman tijdens proeverijtje. Zwart bier met een volle beige schuimkraag. Het heeft een aroma van koffie en donker fruit. De smaak is vol, van Bourbon koffie en chocolade en vol van donker fruit. Nasmaak is zacht fruitig.
Tried
on 11 Feb 2023
at 21:50
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Fles gedeeld door Keukeman, geprobeerd met LiekevdV, Inoven en Benzai. Het is een pikzwart bier met een dun bruinig schuim. Het heeft een aroma van bourbon en gebrande mout. De smaak is vol, gebrande mout, koffie , chocolade en een zacht zuurtje.
Tried
on 11 Feb 2023
at 21:37
9.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 10
Texture 10
Overall 9.5
Bottle, 500 ml at my bday Grande Tasting. Black with off white head. Lots of chocolate, bourbon, coffee, cocoa, sweet, oily. Full bodied. Bourbon is superbly integrated. Quite complex yet balanced.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Aug 2022
at 06:02
8.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Bottle pour from share with AirForceHops--thanks, Chris! It's an opaque black with nice viscosity, no head or lacing. Aroma is strong, pleasant bourbon, dark fruit, mild anise, toffee and roasted malt. Taste follows aroma. Mouthfeel is medium bodied with thick texture, soft-to-average carbonation and finish as taste. Overall, strong aroma and flavor with nice complexity.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Apr 2022
at 02:02
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
500ml bottle. Heavy, sweetish and slightly roasty with loads of barrel notes, bourbon, toffee, vanilla, oak, wood and hints of syrup. Quite nice, a lot more barrel and bourbon notes here than in the regular version.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 May 2021
at 11:36
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Bottle: Poured a pitch-black color stout with a large dark brown foamy head with good retention and some lacing. Aroma of huge bourbon notes with some woody note and vanilla with some sweet black chocolate notes is quite enticing. Taste is a great mix of bourbon, woody and vanilla notes with some sweet black chocolate notes. Body is full with oily like texture and good carbonation with some warming alcohol notes also showing. Solid version of BCBSS with great bourbon notes and added complexity.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Feb 2021
at 16:41