Goose Island Beer Company Bourbon County Brand Stout - Sir Isaac's

Bourbon County Brand Stout - Sir Isaac's

 

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

  Stout - Imperial Rotating Out of Production
Score
8.08
ABV: 13.9% IBU: - Ticks: 51
For years, brewers at Goose Island have brainstormed ways to incorporate figs in Bourbon County Stout, but faced a daunting task due to their subtle flavor. After fresh thinking from members of the Goose Island E-commerce team, Melissa Alleguez and Ryan Hubona crafted a recipe inspired by Melissa’s childhood memories of stealing fig cookies out of her grandma’s cookie jar during her summers on Lake Michigan. And thus, the fig cookie and graham cracker-inspired Sir Isaac’s Stout was created. Highlighting the dried fried profiles extracted from the bourbon in the barrels, our brewers used Black Mission figs (10,000 pounds of them, to be specific) to create this variant resulting in characteristics of dried fruit, honey, molasses, and citrus, all reminiscent of the classic fig cookie sold on shelves today.
 

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Bottle, 500 ml, courtesy of and shared with Brada. Black with beige head. Nice roastiness, deep chocolate, cocoa, some figs, medium+ sweetness. Medium bodied.

Tried from Bottle on 03 Nov 2024 at 23:00


7.8

Awesome beer. Amazing balance. Super clean easy drinking yet massively robust. Sterk ams

Tried on 26 Oct 2024 at 16:48


8

0,5 litre Bottle, from Binny’s Beverage Depot, Lake Zürich, Il, at home. Dark amber/ brown with little head. Roasted Malts, fig, Fruity, bourbon, barrel, sweetness. Some booze.

Tried from Bottle on 28 Sep 2024 at 19:11


8.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9.5

Black with a small foamy brown head. Doughy with strong chocolate and fig followed by raisin, cocoa, toffee and whiskey. Very long finish. Full bodied.

Tried on 06 Apr 2024 at 23:51


8.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 8.5

Bottle from Binny's. Thanks Adam for making this available! Pours a deep brown to black with a finger of brown head that lingers. Fig, graham and bourbon all present on the nose with chocolate and vanilla notes as it warms. Bourbon focused on the palate but the fig really stands out next to the BCBS base. Lingering bourbon, fig, chocolate and vanilla on the finish.

Tried from Bottle on 04 Mar 2024 at 04:41


BVB dispatch AC Milan and are into the knockouts of the Champions League.

Nice stout. Barrel, figs, little graham cracker.

Tried from Bottle on 28 Nov 2023 at 20:18


8.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

Bottle. Huge thanks Eddan. Black with a small tan head. Sweet with bourbon, chocolate, dried fruit, brandy and mild warming notes. Very nice.

Tried from Bottle on 14 Nov 2023 at 16:54


8

Wfg’23, a bit sharp, young, but a nice bourbon taste,

Tried from Bottle on 21 Oct 2023 at 17:40


7.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

500ml shared with Ryan celebrating his 37th birthday. Appearance: dark brown with beige head. Aroma: cookies, figs, some American oak, and chocolate. Taste: along the same lines, seems lacking body a bit, considering the ABV. Overall: pretty good, but not exceptional like some of the BCBS variants could be.

Tried from Can on 29 Sep 2023 at 06:06


8.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Poured from 500mL bottle (2022 vintage; courtesy of Beerplace; birthday beer). Near black with small beige head. Figgy dark fruit and molasses with bourbon and a hint of light cookie dough. Like a bourbon doused Fig Newton. Enjoyable.

Tried from Bottle on 29 Sep 2023 at 06:05