Goose Island Bourbon County Stout

330 mL. Pours pitch black with a dark brown small head. Aromas of whiskey, vodka, oak, dark chocolate, vanilla, cocoa. Taste upfront is super creamy like a chocolate milkshake and then turns very alcoholic like the aftertaste from a shot of vodka. Alcohol is extremely prominent in this beer- lots of warming. Velvety, oily mouthfeel. Overall very creamy and roasty but very alcoholic and overpowering.

Flaske. Årgang 2008 Kulsort øl med et minimalt skum. Kraftig sødlig duft af bourbon og marcipan. Ekstem sød, og meget bourbon præget i smagen, men på en yderst delikat måde. Virkelig en fantastisk velkomplimenterende fadlagring. En treat udover de sædvanlige og lige i skabet. En tand sød, så man skal have en sød tand.

Black. Flat. Very sweet. Alcohol is unpleasantly prominent. All the flavors associated with impy stouts are present and accounted for, but buried by booze and sugar. Wouldn’t want to drink it again.

Bottle (35 cl) from Systembolaget. Black with a smal fizzy brown head. Strong whiskey aroma with milk chocolate, alcohol, and some tar. Medium bodied with quite smooth carbonation. Well balanced, but too alcoholic and too much whiskey.

Bottle at Spuyten Duyvil in Brooklyn. S*** m*****f*****s this s*** is f***ing good. If stupid annoyances like my job and reality didn’t get in the way, I would probably sit by the fire every night in my robe drinking this beer, smoking a fine Cuban, and watching the great comedic masterpieces of legendary actor Adam Sandler. In reality, at least I can drink this excellent stout every now and then. Pours black with a small brown head. Incredible aroma of coffee, chocolate, smoke, vanilla, and sweet malt. Flavor is malty with molasses, coffee, chocolate, dark fruit, and of course a strong bourbon finish. Thick and oily as hell. One of the best there is, plain and simple.

355 ml bottle thanks to ekstedt! On February 2, 2009. Bottled 08/01/08. Labelled 11% ABV
Pitch black color, dark brown small head. Alcohol and vanilla scent with some chocolate and also vinous. Vanilla, roasted, coffee, alcohol, chocolate taste. Dry coffee aftertaste. Warming alcohol. Smooth almost thick mouthfeel, medium bitterness.

Bottle, Rainhall Drinks, Barnoldswick. Probably the strongest beer I’ve tasted thus far; opened for the superbowl. Looked almost like tar as it poured....black like the steelers helmets., with a fading tan head. Aroma was bourbon, glace cherry, booze. Big vanilla notes in the flavour which is complex and inextricably permeated by a heavy woody bourbon presence. Thick and creamy mouthfeel. Roasted malts and some dark fruit try to jostle for position in there. Warming, and a great late night sipper to linger over. Quality stuff.

2006. Bottled 7/3/06. Dark dark brown with a light tan carbonation but no lasting head. A bit thin, smoky aroma, some roasted malt, chocolate, vanilla. Taste is again thin bodied, charred oak, more choclate and vanilla, finish of lightly bitter roasted malt.