Goose Island Beer Company Bourbon County Brand Caramella Ale (2020)

Bourbon County Brand Caramella Ale (2020)
(Batch of Bourbon County Brand Caramella Ale)

 

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

  Barley Wine - Wheat Rotating Out of Production
Score
8.02
ABV: 14.6% IBU: 60 Ticks: 44
Caramella or ‘candy’ in Italian is a wheatwine aged in Larceny Wheated Bourbon barrels with apple, cinnamon, and natural caramel flavor added after aging. Just like last year, the sweet smoothness from the Larceny Wheated Bourbon barrels adds a lingering warmth that complements the added flavor nuance. It’s nostalgia-inducing flavors are reminiscent of a caramel apple. Our Lab Tech, Joey Tidei, created this variant as a tribute to his love of seasonal flavors. This luscious embodiment of caramel perfectly paired with a slightly-tart apple flavor will transport you to a crisp autumn day.
 

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8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Tap Brewskival 2025-08-23 Helsingborg
AR: sweet caramel, wee fudge
AP: brown body, off-white wee head
F: sweet caramel, wee fudge

Tried from Draft at Brewski Brewery on 05 Oct 2025 at 20:59


8

Smooth, malty, slightly sweetish and fruity with some apples, syrup, toffee, oak, wheaty maltiness and barrel notes. Soft but complex.

Tried from Draft on 23 Aug 2025 at 15:35


7.9
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

EB at Taphouse

Tried from Draft at Taphouse on 27 Jul 2025 at 13:48


7.3
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Bottled 500ml or 568ml. -from Csak a Jó Sör Budapest. Brownish coloured, small off-white head, spices, light vanilla and some alcohol in the nose. Cinnamon, vanilla, light apple strudel notes and alcohol with sweet finish. Bit artificial.

Tried from Bottle at Csak a Jó Sör - Only Good Beer on 12 Jun 2025 at 00:08


8.4
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 8.5

Bottle care of a buddy, thanks Cory! Pours a deep copper with a finger of beige head that dissipates quickly. Big caramel aromas with apple, cinnamon, clove and allspice. Palate is very similar with caramel apples, cinnamon, clove and cardamom. Palate is smooth with bourbon and vanilla notes that both still shine loudly after 4 years. Really punches up and better than expected drinking in January of 2025.

Tried from Bottle on 18 Jan 2025 at 05:01




7.6
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

0,5l bottle at home shared with Saeglopur. Vintage 2020. BB 02/Sept/2025. brown color, small off white head. smells like apple strudel, cinnamon, apples, some vanilla, tad medical, bit boozy. nice to very nice smell. full body, light carbonation. tastes of cinnamon, apples, speculoos, marzipan, nutty, spices, peppery, some sweetness, light cloves, heavy on the spices, some chocolate notes, some warming alcohol. finishes sweet with notes of spices, apples and light chocolate notes. nice one overall, also quite heavy, a lot going on, but balance is not totally convincing, a tad artificial. overall this is very good though.

Tried from Bottle on 28 Nov 2021 at 15:11



8

Karmelkowo-jablkowo-zbozowo-jakiestam. Bardzo slodkie ale tak fajnie w sumie. Koniakowe ;)

Tried on 27 Jan 2021 at 20:43