Goose Island Bourbon County Stout

Brewed by Goose Island Beer Company
Style: Imperial Stout
Chicago, Illinois USA

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This nearly black, syrupy, heavy hitter opens with an aroma that makes you want to taste it now...and the huge flavor doesn’t disappoint from there. The bourbon shows through in the aroma and flavor instantly as does the vanilla and carmel. This is a unique stout that I enjoy year to year -- worth the wait.

2008 bottle via Plumpjack Beer of the Month Club. Simply outstanding beer. I busted this one out to celebrate the wonderful CHANGE that we experienced today as Chicago’s Barack Obama became the 44th President of the USA!!!! cya W. pours a deep black with a thin tan head. huge bourbon notes seep out of the bottle... some vanilla and chocolate on the nose as well. huge chewy body with bourbon, dark fruit and chocolate caramel on top of the palate. very soft on the sides. nice and warming throughout the mouth. the finish is extraordinary with a huge bourbon oak feeling and a nice warming alcohol touch. this is one of the best beers I’ve had to date.... A+++

12oz 2007 bottle courtesy of Rogueone sampled at the Hopsnobbery Collective stout tasting on 1.16.09. Had this one once before and it tasted like it could sit a little while longer to calm down. Pours black with no head. Boozy aroma with dark fruit and some chocolate. Bourbony sweet flavor with coffee and chocolate. Powerful beer, but not quite as harsh as the first time I had it. Excellent brew.

12oz bottle. 2007. Dark black pour, very little head. Vanilla, woody aroma. Lots of vanilla in the flavor as well, bourbon and oak as well, chocolate is big as well. Very nice, outstanding.

Sampled 2007 bottle at the Hopsnobbery Collective Stout tasting on 01/16/09. Oily, impish pour that lets you know loud and clear that you’re gonna need to sit down for this one. Stinging aroma of alcohol. Flavor is dark fruits, a hint of vanilla, molasses, and the velvetiness associated with milk chocolate. If you really like stout, and you really like bourbon, this is your beer.

Pours dark syrupy brown with very little head. Bourbon aroma is very apparent with the high alcohol also showing a strong presence. Taste is deep and complex. Initially, chocolate and malt comes to the forefront. Finishes with a spicy smokiness from the bourbon barrel aging. I have to take a couple points away for the alcohol presence being a little too much. Pretty solid beer.

Pours a solid brownish black with little apparent carbonation. The head is a nice medium brown and quite thin; So far this has all the characteristics of a great imperial stout. Wow, this stuff is HUGE! Flavor is extremely complex. Reminicent of Dogfish Head Palo Santo in that the body has a strong sweet bourbon essence, but in more of an impy style ultimately. Actually, if my palate were already dirty and I’d had a few drinks already, someone could pass this off on me as Dogfish Head Palo Santo itself. The sweetness also has a real pineapple essence when I stop and explore it on the tongue for a minute. All of these characteristics I mention are in addition to your usual impy flavors and complexity; the coffee, chocolate, anise, licorice, et cetera are all present as well. Overall this is one of the best beers I’ve ever had, yet I don’t find myself in a euphoric state. I’m enjoying myself, just not in a fun kind of way. There’s something about this brew that’s keeping me from rating it a perfect 5: Something intangible about it that if were not there would make this an absolute favorite of mine. Overall, world-class-excellence. Though I just didn’t enjoy it as much as my rating would indicate. --------&# This is definitely getting better with time: As of 10/15/09 it’s a lot smoother than than it was a year ago, making it more drinkable despite no compromise in complexity. The vanilla and pineapple flavors have calmed down as well as has the whisky. Getting very close on my impy list to Dark Horizon 2nd, Dark Lord ’09, and The Abyss; the only difference being that I don’t find myself wanting more than one glass at a time of this, wheras I could make a mini-session out of the other three.