Bourbon County Brand Barleywine - Coffee
Goose Island Beer Company in Chicago, Illinois, United States 🇺🇸
Barley Wine - Barley Rotating Out of Production|
Score
8.09
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Working with our friends at Intelligentsia, we flew down to Guatemala to source some of the world's best coffee to use as we release the first-ever Coffee Barleywine. The beer is an English-style Barleywine, meaning malt forward, and aged in 4+ year old Heaven Hill Bourbon barrels before adding La Soledad coffee beans right before packaging to retain a bold coffee aroma and flavor.
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8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 9
Overall 8.5
Schenkt nogal donker, diep donkerbruin/rood, wel helder, en een beige kragg die snel inzakt. Geur van toffee, bourbon, rood fruit, toch nog wel wat koffie bij het walsen. Retronasaal is het zoet, rood fruit, bourbon, toffee, houtig en ook weer een vleugje koffie roast. Smaak is vrij zoet, tannines, lichte bitterheid. Body is vrij vol. Zachte koolzuurprikkeling, warmende alcohol, maar niet scherp. Lange afdronk met wat hout en licht bitter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Apr 2026
at 19:16
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle at ash's. Pours deep amber with floaters, nose is caramel, vanilla, coconut, roasted coffee, taste is caramel, berries, coffee, vanilla, quite boozy finish. 8/9/8/8/8
Tried
on 25 Mar 2026
at 07:28
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 6
Overall 8
27 February 2026. BCBS Tasting @ Stacks (Sint-Kruis). Cheers to Ward for hosting the event!
Clear dark brown, no head. Coffee bean, mocha biscuit, dried plum, fig, toffee, bourbon, brandy. Sweet raisin, fig & prune in a toasty & toffee-like malt body, some bitter mocha. Herbal hops in the finish, some earthy coffee, dried fruits and boozy bourbon alcohol. Medium to full body, oily texture, average carbonation. The structure is a bit looser here than in the regular barleywine, coffee adds earthiness but doesn't add much value. Feels like a light Stout. Then again, it's very hard to call this 'disappointing'.
Clear dark brown, no head. Coffee bean, mocha biscuit, dried plum, fig, toffee, bourbon, brandy. Sweet raisin, fig & prune in a toasty & toffee-like malt body, some bitter mocha. Herbal hops in the finish, some earthy coffee, dried fruits and boozy bourbon alcohol. Medium to full body, oily texture, average carbonation. The structure is a bit looser here than in the regular barleywine, coffee adds earthiness but doesn't add much value. Feels like a light Stout. Then again, it's very hard to call this 'disappointing'.
Tried
on 27 Feb 2026
at 14:51
7.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
bottle - cellared for a few years by friend, and shared during our dart night. expected better, it was good, but not one of my favorites of theirs
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Dec 2025
at 19:27
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 9
Overall 8
Bottle thanks to Stuu's Chicago adventure.
Appearance - jet black with an edge of red light at the sides.
Nose - dark chocolate, sweet spice, coconut and coffee with woody edge.
Taste - more chocolate and coconut, prunes, caramel and chocolate orange.
Palate - full bodied, sweet middle and chewy finish.
Overall - lovely stuff!
Appearance - jet black with an edge of red light at the sides.
Nose - dark chocolate, sweet spice, coconut and coffee with woody edge.
Taste - more chocolate and coconut, prunes, caramel and chocolate orange.
Palate - full bodied, sweet middle and chewy finish.
Overall - lovely stuff!
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Sep 2025
at 08:28
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle hauled back from the states by Stuu666. Pours clear mahogany with a thin ring of white head. Aromas of nuts, dried fruit and booze. Taste is rich, sticky, fruity coffee. Boozy finish. 8.2, but that's an impossible score to give.
Tried
on 08 Sep 2025
at 13:56
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 9
Overall 8
bottle at ashs ...deep red brown ..thin tan lacing ..soft sweet caramel toffee fruit nose ...soft sweet caramel toffee fruit ...big vanilla ..soft sweet bozzy fruit ..juicy caramel toffee fruit
Tried
on 08 Sep 2025
at 13:55
9/10
Does everyone take a long deep breath out, shake their head and go phew after drinking all goose island bourbons? Just me? Okay.
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Dec 2024
at 18:50
8.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9.5
2018 bottle at Goose Island Taproom, pours a deep dark amber mahogany with a small beige head. Aroma reveals a wonderfully integrated mix of coffee, bourbon and dark dried fruits. Flavour is rich and elegant, with intense dark dried fruits, coffee, bourbon barrels, and dark sugars. Wonderfully integrated, dynamic and extreme. Just fantastic.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Sep 2023
at 04:35
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle shared by Silver. Clear, mahogany brown with small beige head. Burnt caramel, some oak, roast. Hints of coffee but it's quite subdued (thankfully).
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Jan 2023
at 23:30