Bourbon County Brand Stout - Cherry Wood
Goose Island Beer Company in Chicago, Illinois, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Imperial Rotating Out of Production|
Score
7.97
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At the heart of each Bourbon County are the wood characteristics we thoughtfully amplify. This year, we took wood complexities to another level by doing something we’ve never done before: we took fully-matured Bourbon County Stout and finished it with toasted fruitwood—specifically, honeycomb-shaped cherry wood chips. The versatility of the cherry wood and honeycomb shape allowed for maximum flavor extraction, revealing complex characteristics like red fruit, ripe cherry, and light toffee, which are not found in the original oak barrel itself. The result is an amazing elevation and a notable difference from our Original Bourbon County Stout.
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7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
500 ml bottle. The aroma is toasted wood, chocolate malt, bourbon. The wood gives a slightly different characteristic than the regular bourbon county. It shows a little bit more toasted wood and tannins. Pretty good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Nov 2021
at 22:07
8/10
Its extra toasty, the wood adds a nice quality to the base. Dark fruit, chocolate, bourbon.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Nov 2021
at 16:54
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On tap at Dive Bar. Pours black. Bourbon, chocolate, vanilla, wood, citrus, toast, raspberry jam, cherry, plum. Good full body. Good.
Tried
from Draft
on 25 Nov 2021
at 00:00
9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
Media Preview bottle, stoppered for a few weeks until I can finish it. Which is now. Solid black pour, with slight ruby highlights. There were a few bubbles when I poured, but I can't expect the effervescence of a beer I've stoppered for a few weeks to match when it's fresh. There is a stronger cherry smell than I noted during the preview. Also more of an alcohol nose is noted. The taste is frankly hitting me up with a bigger note of cherry and bourbon barrel than I had before, too. No tartness or sweetness, just a round cherry finish to the barrel aging. Each sip is making me nudge my rating up a point at a time. I may be overreacting, but this may be the hidden surprise of the 2021 crop. Not a subtle as the other wood-infused beers, perhaps, but it brings in the cherry without any adjuncts!
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Nov 2021
at 05:33