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Goose Island Bourbon County Stout

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
11594.2/5.04.19/5.013%97.3Snifter
Commercial Description:
"I really wanted to do something special for our 1000th batch at the original brewpub. Goose Island could have thrown a party. But we did something better. We brewed a beer. A really big batch of stout-so big the malt was coming out of the top of the mash tun. After fermentation we brought in some bourbon barrels to age the stout. One hundred and fifty days later, Bourbon County Stout was born-A liquid as dark and dense as a black hole with a thick foam the color of bourbon barrels. The nose is a mix of charred oak, vanilla,carmel and smoke. One sip has more flavor than your average case of beer. It overpowers anything in the room. People have even said that it’s a great cigar beer, but I haven’t yet tried a cigar that would stand up to it." Brewmaster Greg Hall; IBU’s 60-High Color - Midnight Was 11%, the 2007 and 2008 are listed at 13%.
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 SSSteve (2056), Atlanta, Georgia, USA
4.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/105/518/20
Jul 29, 2009  
2008. pitch black with no head, no lacing, and no carbo bubbles. big vanilla, oak, dark chocolate, molasses aroma. velvety smooth palate. flavors of vanilla, caramel, oaky wood, dark chocolate, soy sauce, raisins and other sweet dark fruits. sticky mouthfeel with almost no carbonation.


 sayravai (3729), Helsinki, Finland
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/104/515/20
Jul 29, 2009  
(Bottled, 2008 vintage) Almost black with practically no head. Strong aroma of oaky tannins, syrupy-sweet malt, and hints of alcohol presence. Thick-syrupy-malty flavor with salty licorice, tannins and oak barrel. Thick, syrupy and viscous palate, like drinking port, with no carbonation. A beer with great ageing potential, but when this young, you’ll be overwhelmed by syrupy sugar.


 Nightfall (647), Athens, Greece
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/105/516/20
Jul 28, 2009  
Bottle on the train to Huddersfield, with and (very) thanks to Craig. Pitch Black with almost no head. Roasted malt aroma with notes of bourbon, oak, chocolate. Very sweet and lasting taste, roasted malt, toffee, bourbon, oak. Very nice even though the alcohol is a bit more present than i would like.


 rosenbergh (870), Helsinki, Finland
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/104/518/20
Jul 27, 2009  
355 ml bottle. Finland. Dark almost black colour with small white head. Dark roasted malts, chocolate and some alcohol in aroma. Quite fascinating flavour with weak coffee, chocolate, sweetness, alcohol and vanilla. Somewhat liqueur-like.


 FatPhil (3467), Espoo, Finland
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/59/105/515/20
Jul 26, 2009  
355ml bottle (Kaisla, Helsinki)
Jet black, no head even when poured from a height. Big sweet vanilla aroma - clearly bourbon barrel aged. Soft sweet smooth sticky palate, but with a gentle tingle of carbonation. Vanilla sweet taste is now joined with a really rich roast - burnt, which in context comes over as a lovely dark chocolate. The alcohol is relatively constrained, but definitely there. Finish is again more of the vanilla and sweet roast, with a slightly ashy and stuffy feel to the burntness. Perhaps the best beer I’ve had from the US, even topping 10/50.


 Borresteijn (1395), Amsterdam, Netherlands
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/104/513/20
Jul 21, 2009  
Bottle, kindly shared by Cgarvieuk and Nightfall at RBESG Sheffield 2009 at the Star Inn in Huddersfield. 2006 vintage, 11% ABV. Black in colour, no head (this was a leftover, don’t know if it had any). Aroma is very sweet, liquorice, whiskey, soy sauce. Flavour is very sweet, bourbon, vanilla, some liquorice, soy sauce, bit of chocolate. Too sweet for my taste, but glad to have had the chance to try this. Thanks Craig/Alex!


thelizard (28), Canton, Ohio, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/59/104/517/20
Jul 18, 2009  
On tap at the Clybourn GI brewpub. Pours straight black with a thick brown head. Standard stout aroma. Taste was 110% chocolate. Thick as hell, and just wonderful. Practically a dessert.


 Skeegle (479), Maryland, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/59/101/517/20
Jul 16, 2009  
Wow holy crap was this thing thick as hell. Honestly I like my heavy beers to burn and churn the flavors into the palate and I felt that this one had so much to offer in terms of flavor complexity but not the harshness to fully bloom all of them. Probably the maltiest beer ever, copious amounts of sugared split wheat and heavy chocolate/espresso on the after swallow. Thick thick thick, a true motor oil beer if ever there was one. Great beer, deserved of its world-rating because of what it is and how well it does everything BIGgly, but I would never be able to drink more than one of these pups. So glad I got to try it.



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