Goose Island Beer Company Bourbon County Brand Stout - Double Barrel Elijah Craig

Bourbon County Brand Stout - Double Barrel Elijah Craig

 

Goose Island Beer Company in Chicago, Illinois, United States 🇺🇸

  Stout - Imperial Rotating Out of Production
Score
8.45
ABV: 18.1% IBU: 60 Ticks: 19
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
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
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
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
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
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
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


8
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
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

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

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