Bourbon County Brand Stout - Special #4
Goose Island Beer Company in Chicago, Illinois, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Imperial Rotating Out of Production|
Score
8.05
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Bourbon County Special #4 Stout is an oatmeal stout variant of our original Bourbon County Stout recipe, also aged in bourbon barrels, that uses crystal oats to add a nutty character and a smooth mouthfeel. After barrel aging, we added Intelligentsia Coffee, both their cold coffee and single origin coffee beans from Ethiopia, called “Metad Buku,” to bring out a pleasant fruity coffee character. Lastly bourbon barrel-aged maple syrup from Bissell Maple Farm in Ohio is added which provides complexity to the nutty oats and coffee to round out the flavors, ultimately reminiscent of your breakfast ‘special’ at the local diner.
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8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 9
37.5 cl bottle shared with El Birrot crew for the X-mas tasting in Jafre. BB 14/09/2022.
Brune foncée quasi noire huile de moteur, col blanc-cassé.
Arôme est complexe, pas mal de malts - caramel, café délicat, léger rétro du sirop d'érable. Rétro délicat de fruits rouges.
Palais est bien boozy mais tout en restant en délicatesse. Le blend fonctionne super bien avec une petite douceur de l'érable qui perce en retrait - petite note de fruits noirs - baies rouges oscillant entre myrtille et mûre avec une petite touche de framboise. Délicieux café qui arrive en fin de bouche avec le reste des malts en appui. Subtilité de l'ajout du sirop d'érable qui vient apporter un plus exquis
Série qui confirme son solide encrage dans les gros stouts US - le tout est franchement bien réalisé.
Brune foncée quasi noire huile de moteur, col blanc-cassé.
Arôme est complexe, pas mal de malts - caramel, café délicat, léger rétro du sirop d'érable. Rétro délicat de fruits rouges.
Palais est bien boozy mais tout en restant en délicatesse. Le blend fonctionne super bien avec une petite douceur de l'érable qui perce en retrait - petite note de fruits noirs - baies rouges oscillant entre myrtille et mûre avec une petite touche de framboise. Délicieux café qui arrive en fin de bouche avec le reste des malts en appui. Subtilité de l'ajout du sirop d'érable qui vient apporter un plus exquis
Série qui confirme son solide encrage dans les gros stouts US - le tout est franchement bien réalisé.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Dec 2021
at 12:54
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Taster shared with Matt at A1 Hop Shop 144th. Appearance: dark brown with a beige head. Aroma: some dark fruity notes and baking spices. Taste: along the same lines, some nice fruity coffee notes. Overall: nice one.
Tried
on 27 Nov 2021
at 20:40
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
On tap at A1 Hop Shop 144th, pours black with a small tan head. Aroma brings out lots of bourbon barrels, gentle maple syrup, and dark roasted coffee. Flavour brings out deep roasted coffee, lots of bourbon barrels, subtle maple syrup, and some earthiness. Lots of deep, earthy coffee, with a wonderful bourbon character. Beautiful stuff.
Tried
from Draft
on 27 Nov 2021
at 20:35
8.6/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Oct 2021
at 20:24
8.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 9
375 mL bottle poured, shared by Tcon. Thanks! Surprisingly smooth varient here. Tons of maple and coffee on the nose. Some mocha. Dense cocoa brown pour. Thick body, lots of caramel, milk chocolate, coffee. Really nice bourbon character on an oatmeal stout. Unique and fantastic. Ridiculously smooth all things considered. One of the more distinct and enjoyable versions of this fine series.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Aug 2021
at 03:26
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
Bottle. Pours opaque black, small tan head, decent lacing. Aroma is mocha roast, bourbon, hints if maple. Flavor is medium plus sweet, light plus bitter, muted make, a bit of tobacco. Full body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Jun 2021
at 04:02
8/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Jun 2021
at 16:03
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
From bottle to tulip glass. An excellent varietal. Coffee dominates and not too much from the maple. Great.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Apr 2021
at 03:16
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle from Chi. Thanks for the assist Adam! Pours a pitch black with a finger of brown head. Coffee forward nose with some wood and bourbon aromas. Faint maple in the background. On the palate more coffee with bourbon. Smooth body with barrel being balanced, but also not easily found. Not bad, but KY Fog is probably my favorite variant this year.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Feb 2021
at 02:07
8/10
It's coffee and maple but I also love it, maybe. 4.35. Nice espresso sweetness upfront and syrupy mid, leaving you with barrel and fun on the finish. Nicely done!
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Jan 2021
at 19:40