Bourbon County Brand Stout - Double Barrel Toasted Barrel (2021)
Goose Island Beer Company in Chicago, Illinois, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Imperial Rotating Out of Production|
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8.21
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Our Double Barrel Toasted Barrel Stout was aged for one year in Elijah Craig’s Small Batch Bourbon Barrels, then another year in Elijah Craig Toasted Bourbon Barrels. These toasted barrels are built to the same specifications as normal bourbon barrels but are more heavily toasted and very lightly charred. Not only does this stout embody distinctive elements from Elijah Craig’s award-winning Small Batch Bourbon Barrels—like warm spice & vanilla—it also deepened in intensity during its second year of aging. The result? A Bourbon County Stout unlike any before. In addition to the familiar chocolate, caramel, and vanilla comes flavors of toasted marshmallow and a very pronounced fruit and oak finish. Bourbon County Double Barrel Toasted Barrel Stout has a rich complexity and flavor only attainable through true craftsmanship, partnership, expert blending, and, of course, patience. This is only the second time we have packaged a “Double Barrel” Bourbon County Stout —and trust us, you’ll want to get your hands on this special limited-edition gem.
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8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle: Poured a pitch-black color stout with a large dark brown foamy head with good retention and some lacing. Aroma of black chocolate notes with some woody bourbon notes, light vanilla with loads of oak notes. Taste is dryer than the regular version with tons of woody notes, some oak and vanilla and some black chocolate notes. Body is full with oily texture and good carbonation. Interesting tajke of the style with dry woody flavors end up dominating.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 May 2022
at 15:50
9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle, thanks John! Pours opaque black, small brown head, decent lacing. Aroma is a really balanced blend of cocoa, bourbon, vanilla, oak, earth, hint of coconut. Flavor is medium sweet, light plus bitter, really well integrated. Full body. Excellent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 May 2022
at 04:44
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle massive thanks to Billy. It pours darkest brown to black with a small tan head. The aroma is bitter & sweet, massive vanilla, vanilla cake frosting, sweet sticky toasted marshmallow, bourbon soaked oak, chocolate bourbons, cacao, dark chocolate, rocky road and toffee. The aroma is slick, toothy, toffee, chewy, woody, bourbon soaked oak, tannin, oak spice, vanilla, vanilla cake frosting, warming alcohol, toothy, slick, green coconut, intoxicating, tannin and prickly spice with a drying oak finish. Fulsome body and moderate carbonation. Fun stuff. Good depth.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Apr 2022
at 13:53
8.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle, 500 ml, shared with Zec, JFK10000, Max and Miro B at Miro's Grande 2022. Black with beige head. Chocolate, lots of bourbon, toasted, barrel, medium sweetness and body. Some fruity notes. Warming. Medium to full bodied. Loads of bourbon which makes it bit rough around the edges, but still a nice old school BBS.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Mar 2022
at 06:10
8.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle. Aroma shows soft cocoa, oak, vanilla. Flavor is Elijah Craig bourbon, vanilla from oak. Very mild toasted grain. But the flavor profile is a misnomer. No deep char or ash at all. Booze is mostly hidden with no warming.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Mar 2022
at 23:56
8/10
Dark chocolate, vanilla, fruit. Nice mouthfeel, dark fruit, fig raisin, toffee. Was hoping for more pronounced barrel treatment. Still good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Mar 2022
at 18:26
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
From a bottle enjoyed on New Year’s Eve 2021. Pours black with a tan head. Aromas of charred wood and bourbon. Flavors are sweet dark pit fruit and hot bourbon. Nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Jan 2022
at 01:23
8.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Media Preview bottle, stoppered since October. Pours looks a bit thick, and quite black. Still a few bubbles. Again, the intoxicating smell of a barrel-aged bourbon. Not too much besides that. Taste is a full bourbon assault, with a thread of toasty malt (or toasted barrel?), chocolate, and well, some sugar. Not overly sweet, perhaps there's some bitterness keeping from taking over. It may cross the line between a beer and an aperitif, but it's remarkably boozy, leaves a thick, sticky residue on my lips.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Nov 2021
at 05:00