Bourbon County Brand Stout - Backyard
(has 1 batch)
Goose Island Beer Company in Chicago, Illinois, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Imperial Rotating Out of Production|
Score
7.70
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Feeling nostalgic this year, we dove into our Bourbon County vault and pulled out an iconic recipe. In 2013, we released “Backyard Rye” and our senior innovation manager Mike Siegel found himself hand picking mulberries off trees just steps away from our Goose Island Barrel House in Chicago. Inspired by that initial release and by his own childhood memories of picking fruit in his own backyard, Mike set to work on this year’s Bourbon County Backyard Stout.
This barrel-aged stout was first aged in bourbon barrels for at least one year, and then finished and blended with mulberries, boysenberries and marionberries. Each addition of berry contributes its own distinct flavor profile, with some adding sweetness and others providing acidity and complexity. A taste of the past, this imperial stout is a balanced and nuanced play on fresh fruit, vanilla, and chocolate.
This barrel-aged stout was first aged in bourbon barrels for at least one year, and then finished and blended with mulberries, boysenberries and marionberries. Each addition of berry contributes its own distinct flavor profile, with some adding sweetness and others providing acidity and complexity. A taste of the past, this imperial stout is a balanced and nuanced play on fresh fruit, vanilla, and chocolate.
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9.4/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 9.5
Flavor 9.5
Texture 9
Overall 9.5
500ml bottle, 2023 vintage. Roasted malt aroma with notes of jammy berries (marion, mul and boysenberry), chocolate, vanilla, bourbon and oak. Pours deep brown with a thin mocha brown head that has little retention and some lacing. Starts with rich roasted malt, the aforementioned jammy berries and vanilla flavors. Finishes impeccably smooth with chocolate, bourbon and oak flavors. Fantastic BCBS variant.
Tried
from Bottle
from
Cheers Liquor Mart
on 06 Sep 2026
at 05:32
8.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 9
Overall 9
Bought at Baron's Market in Temecula, drank on 16th April 2026 while staying with Sarah Jane. Moody dark pour, tanned top. Ooze's rich and decedent Bourbon aromas and flavours. Chocolate and vanilla vie for a place at the table while dark fruits blend in with the boozy brew. Great night cap.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Apr 2026
at 21:00
7.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 8
On draft as part of a flight at Global Brew, Evansville. Typical BC appearance. Aroma is strong toffee, bourbon, berries. Taste is strong berries—almost vinous— bourbon, earthy malt, toffee. Smooth texture, soft carbonation, finish as taste with alcohol astringency into sinuses. Not super complex but good.
Tried
from Draft
on 01 Dec 2025
at 17:42
9/10
Lots of red fruit, really opens up the flavor.
Tried
from Bottle
from
Mitra R. Van Der Linden Wijk bij Duurstede
on 14 Nov 2025
at 20:13
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle poured into a snifter. Black with a fizzy brown head. Around is bourbon, chocolate, vanilla, dark berries. Initial taste is chocolate, bourbon, mulberries. Fades to an odd berry/chocolate balance. Full body and a little sting to the carbonation. Not their best version of this. Really odd berry aftertaste.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Nov 2025
at 02:07
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle to tulip. Pours black with big brown head. Aroma is restrained with moderate berry. Flavor shows chocolate, dusted chocolate, vanilla and various fresh berries. Tongue coating mouthfeel. Slightly viscous.
Tried
on 29 Jun 2025
at 05:31