Bourbon County Brand Stout - Bardstown Cask Finish
Goose Island Beer Company in Chicago, Illinois, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Imperial Special|
Score
8.21
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Drawing inspiration from Bardstown’s modern and creative spirit in finished whiskeys, this imperial stout takes the same journey as their Origin Series Rye. We began by aging our imperial stout in Bardstown’s freshly emptied straight rye whiskey barrels. From there, we transferred the beer to “hybrid” oak and cherry wood barrels that finished their rye whiskey. These incredibly expressive barrels deliver a remarkable finish unlike anything seen before in the Bourbon County family. A beautifully balanced beer, Bourbon County Bardstown Cask Finish Stout is deeply expressive with vibrant cherry, toasted oak and a lingering herbal finish.
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 8.5
Bottle from Stuu's Chicago adventure. Pours clear darkest brown with a thin ring of beige head. Aromas of vanilla and chocolate. Taste is bourbon and light roast. Boozy chocolate.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 9.5
Bottle thanks to Stuu and his Chicago mule run.
Appearance - light carbonation, dark brown to black.
Nose - burnt toffee, praline and nougat, dates, raisins and chocolate.
Taste - booze, then peppery spice with raisins and dates.
Palate - full bodied, peppery spice with a long and elegant finish.
Overall - lovely stuff!
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 8
bottle at ashs ...dark black ..thin tan lacing ..soft sweet earthy chocolate roast malts nose ...dark sweet woody earthy chocolate roast malts ..dark sweet boozy chocolate
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
2024 500mL bottle from Little Town Brews, Littleton, NH, drunk 7/16/25.
Clear, dark, but not inky. Some cola and deep caramel hues lighten it. Tried to pour aggressively but the head rapidly runs to the edge.
Bourbon in the nose is pretty restrained but evident. Spice, light roast, lots of chocolate and caramel. Sweet, or thereabouts. No alcohol noted. Prune, raisin, light milk chocolate. Pretty nicely rounded and not too sweet with just enough (?) acidity on the end. Not even too bourbony.
In the mouth it's much more bourbon-forward, but it is, of course, lovely. Spicy, good acidity with heavy pepper, long caramel and big red fruits. Surprisingly dry, or maybe that's just the bourbon and alcohol drying things out. It's not boozey and there's no apparent alcohol, but the strength is still felt and it creates a heaviness and dryness. Chocolate, heavy spice/pepper, light lead and no roast or apparent alcohol. Surprisingly very fruity. Could use, maybe, another six months to let the strength subside a bit. But it's really nicely bourbony as is and not TOO sweet.
Boozy, dry, bourbon and rye, oaky, red berries in the finish. Very nice.
Sweetish, slightly roasty and heavy with barrel notes, hints of vanilla and cherry wood, earthiness and licorice. Surprisingly different compared to Rare and Single Barrel. A bit heavy and unbalanced compared to those.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
0,5l bottle at freunderlwirtschaft, Vienna. Black color, almost no head. Smells whisky, vanilla, nutty, spices, oak. Very nice smell. Full body, no carbonation. Tastes whisky, vanilla, spices, nutty, bitter chocolate. Finishes lightly sweet with notes of vanilla, spices and whisky notes. Very nice one, nice barrel notes, very good one
8, 8.5, 8.5, 8, 8.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 9
Bottle, 500 ml, shared at the charity tasting at Die Freunderlwirtschaft. Black with tan head. Loads of wood, oak, bourbon, chocolate. Medium bodied and sweetness.
Dikke prima BC, zoet, rye whisky, hoop alcohol weer, wat meer body.. 4.4
Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 8
Poured from a 500 ml bottle.
Aroma is rich and malt forward with lots of dark chocolate, toast and lighter notes of dark caramel and toffee. Light cherry notes and roast. Medium light bourbon and lighter oak notes. Not too alcoholic in the aroma.
Pours a jet black color with dark brown hues on the edges and a small dark mocha head that recedes slowly to the edges and disappears. No lacing and sheets of alcohol instead of long legs.
Flavor is somewhat sweet with lots of dark chocolate, milk chocolate and roast notes. Lots of dark caramel, toffee and toast as well. Moderately high bitterness with medium high alcohol warmth. Quite a bit of bourbon notes and lighter barrels character. Hints of cherry.
Mouthfeel is full bodied with low carbonation. Low astringency and moderate alcohol warmth.
Overall, a solid BCBS. Tons of nice malt notes and bourbon character. Alcohol is well balanced and hidden. Not overly sweet. Just balanced and surprisingly easy drinking.