Bourbon County Brand Stout - Double Barrel Elijah Craig
Goose Island Beer Company in Chicago, Illinois, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Imperial Rotating Out of Production|
Score
8.46
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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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8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle shared. Opaque black color, no head. Aroma and flavor are malts, roasted malts, chocolate lightly, heavy liquor. Quite solid as expected. 8-8,5-8-8-8,5
Tried
on 04 Dec 2025
at 22:46
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
9.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9.5
Texture 9
Overall 9.5
Dark brown. No head. Shit, that aroma is fantastic. Light toffee, mellow chocolate, rich syrup, light hazelnut, and gorgeous bourbon. On the palate, strong barrel char, blending with rich date syrup, again a bit of nuttiness, mild chocolate. Strong, refined, length for days. This is fucking great. Crazy,
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Aug 2025
at 04:58
8.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 9
Overall 9
500mL bottle, pours black, almost no head. Nose is exquisite, with intense wood, tons of char, deep bourbon barrels, and moderate roast underneath. Flavour is full of intense char, wood, bourbon barrels, and moderate roast. So much char and wood – the barrels sure have done this wonders. Finishes with pretty low sweetness and hides the booze really well.
Tried
from Bottle
at
Goose Island Taproom
on 14 Aug 2025
at 04:56
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