Bourbon County Brand Stout - Macaroon
Goose Island Beer Company in Chicago, Illinois, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Rotating|
Score
8.02
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There is nothing quite like the comforting aroma that fills the home when baking with family. Inspired by late nights in the kitchen with Mom, Goose Island employee Paul Spiller sought to capture that sweet moment in this year’s newest member of the Bourbon County Brand Stout family.
2024 Bourbon County Brand Macaroon Stout is an imperial stout aged for a full year in bourbon barrels before adding rich cocoa nibs, sweet candied ginger and toasted coconut. This decadent stout is an homage to the flavors of homemade coconut macaroons with a twist of nostalgia.
2024 Bourbon County Brand Macaroon Stout is an imperial stout aged for a full year in bourbon barrels before adding rich cocoa nibs, sweet candied ginger and toasted coconut. This decadent stout is an homage to the flavors of homemade coconut macaroons with a twist of nostalgia.
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8/10
The bourbon is prominent, good bit of coconut in the mix. It’s good enough but not my favorite Bourbon County.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Nov 2025
at 22:21
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Poured from a 2024 vintage, 500 ml bottle.
Aroma is malt forward with lots of chocolate and roast notes along with some dark caramel, toffee and burnt sugar. Moderate notes of cacao nibs and coconut with hints of ginger. Medium light bourbon and alcohol notes.
Pours jet black with a small, thick, mocha head that recedes quickly to the edges where it lingers. No lacing and long legs.
Flavor is fairly sweet with lots of chocolate and dark caramel notes along with some lighter roast and toffee. Moderate bitterness and medium alcohol notes. Moderate cacao nib notes with light coconut and faint ginger. Medium light bourbon and light oak notes.
Mouthfeel is full bodied with medium low carbonation. Low astringency and medium low alcohol warmth.
Overall, a decent barrel aged stout with nice malt notes. The bourbon character is nice. The coconut is a bit oily, but the flavor is nice and not like sun tan lotion. The cacao compliments the malt notes. The ginger is light and well balanced.
Aroma is malt forward with lots of chocolate and roast notes along with some dark caramel, toffee and burnt sugar. Moderate notes of cacao nibs and coconut with hints of ginger. Medium light bourbon and alcohol notes.
Pours jet black with a small, thick, mocha head that recedes quickly to the edges where it lingers. No lacing and long legs.
Flavor is fairly sweet with lots of chocolate and dark caramel notes along with some lighter roast and toffee. Moderate bitterness and medium alcohol notes. Moderate cacao nib notes with light coconut and faint ginger. Medium light bourbon and light oak notes.
Mouthfeel is full bodied with medium low carbonation. Low astringency and medium low alcohol warmth.
Overall, a decent barrel aged stout with nice malt notes. The bourbon character is nice. The coconut is a bit oily, but the flavor is nice and not like sun tan lotion. The cacao compliments the malt notes. The ginger is light and well balanced.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Nov 2025
at 06:33
9/10
Very well balanced coconut, vanilla and oak. Couldn't really find the ginger.
Tried
from Bottle
from
Mitra R. Van Der Linden Wijk bij Duurstede
on 21 Nov 2025
at 19:41
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Tap Brewskival 2025-08-22 Helsingborg
AR: macaroon boozy, sweet caramel, cake, cocoa beans, coconut
AP: dark brown, wee sand brown lid
F: macaroon boozy, sweet caramel, cake, cocoa beans, coconut
AR: macaroon boozy, sweet caramel, cake, cocoa beans, coconut
AP: dark brown, wee sand brown lid
F: macaroon boozy, sweet caramel, cake, cocoa beans, coconut
Tried
from Draft
at
Brewski Brewery
on 19 Oct 2025
at 19:55
7/10
Magus, mõru, röstine, linnaseline, kakao, kohv ,kerge happeline noot, alks. Ok.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Oct 2025
at 18:39
8.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
12/X/25 - 1Pt. 0.9Fl. Oz. bottle from Gedeelde Vreugde (St. Niklaas) @ home, BB: 9/IX/29, GI 14:29 (2025-1006) Thanks to the other Musketeers for sharing the bottles!
Clear dark brown, beer, small creamy beige head, unstable, non adhesive. Aroma: deep strong roast, quite some coconut up front, dark chocolate, lots of dried shiitake mushrooms, some soy sauce, very earthy. MF: soft carbon, medium to full body. Taste: sweet sugary start, gentle roast, chocolate, coconut, some caramel, a hint of vanilla, very sweet, alcohol, very dry roast after that. Aftertaste: sweet and sugary, chocolate notes, slightly oxidized, some soy sauce, lots of coconut, more dark chocolate, a bit earthy in the finish, still sugary, nice!
Clear dark brown, beer, small creamy beige head, unstable, non adhesive. Aroma: deep strong roast, quite some coconut up front, dark chocolate, lots of dried shiitake mushrooms, some soy sauce, very earthy. MF: soft carbon, medium to full body. Taste: sweet sugary start, gentle roast, chocolate, coconut, some caramel, a hint of vanilla, very sweet, alcohol, very dry roast after that. Aftertaste: sweet and sugary, chocolate notes, slightly oxidized, some soy sauce, lots of coconut, more dark chocolate, a bit earthy in the finish, still sugary, nice!
Tried
from Bottle
from Gedeelde Vreugde (webshop)
on 12 Oct 2025
at 19:20
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Tap at BeerTemple, Amsterdam, 1st September 2025. This is thick, lots of chocolate, liquor and coconut, taste is rich and sweet - too sweet for me
Tried
from Draft
on 30 Sep 2025
at 12:43
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 9
Overall 9
bottle at de dikke koning Amersfoort ...dark black ...no head ..soft chocolate roast malts ..dark rich chocolate roast malts nose ..dark black ..big coffee chocolate ..soft roast big coconut ...big bih coconut
Tried
on 18 Sep 2025
at 14:59
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Bottle @ Bad Seed Beer Fest, 2025. Pours Black with bubbles on top. Really sweet with a lot of spices and stuff we really dont need in here. Almost ruined. Stop messing about. This almost perfect base beer struggles here.
Tried
on 02 Sep 2025
at 16:20
8.1/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle at Juova.
Poured pitch black in color, thin off white head.
Bourbon nose is lovely. Flavor has coconut, some roasted malts. Round mouthfeel. Warming, some heat from the ABV.
Poured pitch black in color, thin off white head.
Bourbon nose is lovely. Flavor has coconut, some roasted malts. Round mouthfeel. Warming, some heat from the ABV.
Tried
from Bottle
at
Juova Hanahuone
on 30 Jun 2025
at 12:13