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Goose Island Bourbon County Stout

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bottled
common

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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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 pnista (1008), Bloomington, Indiana, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/104/517/20
Jan 17, 2009  
2008 bottle. I’ve had it quite a few times, but never bothered to rate it until now. Pours a rather reasonable dark brown with a creamy tan colored head, diminishing rapidly to a ring. The nose is sweet, rather sweet. Oaky vanilla comes together with some very strong chocolate smells. Alcohol balances the sweetness. Dusty bourbon. A hint of spice and anise. Lower carbonation, with a slippery thought not ridicilously thick mouth. Sweet chocolate, coconut, cream, vanilla and oak. It’s just an assault. Very sweet, but very light in some ways. Not thick and heavy like oaked Dark Lord, but similar flavors. Alcoholic chocolate syrup with a creamy alcoholic finish. Very little roast, perhaps almost none other than a slight acidity. Lots of caramel and bourbon in the aftertaste.


wingsfan (7), , Kansas, USA
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4.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/59/105/518/20
Jan 17, 2009  
The low viscosity, overdue for a change motor oil pour is the perfect indication of the flavor to come. Dark molasses, and malt blend with chocolate, vanilla, caramel with hints of cherry and coffee. Then a perfect following of oak and bourbon letting the 13% ABV peak out. Wonderfully bold and complex example of what bourbon aging can do when balanced properly.


 00cobraR (1098), Greensboro, North Carolina, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/59/104/515/20
Jan 17, 2009  
A fantastic beer. Pours out a thick black color with a smaller brown head. aroma is huge on bourbon, roasted malt, chocolate, with a hint of vanilla. Flavor has a lot of bourbon in it with notes of smoke and vanilla with a big malt finish. Alcohol is well hidden.


jgb1971 (1), dayton, Ohio, USA
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4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/58/104/517/20
Jan 16, 2009  
2008 12oz bottle. no head and a dark brown n black pour with Zero head. Alcohol aroma burns deep with bourbon and burnt cherries. Think and creamy mouthfell with good carbonation. 13% is heaven on this one. Love it


 lordeche (397), Quincy, Massachusetts, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/103/59/104/517/20
Jan 15, 2009  
2007 vintage. Pours deep brown-black with absolutely no head. Bold bourbon aroma right off the bat, with vanilla, caramel, and dark chocolate all coming through. Flavor is more of the same bourbon, chocolate, caramel, smoked malt, and a nice added note of coffee. Alcohol is hidden nicely. Flavor is very strong and sweet, like a bourbon with chocolate and coffee added. Delicious.


tilldeath (74), Arvada, Colorado, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/104/58/104/515/20
Jan 15, 2009    Updated: Oct 6, 2009
Wow what a beer, heavy on the alochol but nicely hidden. Has a very up front nose and taste that assults the senses, but the mellows out a bit and give way to a pleasing vanilla woody finish. need a few years to age to fully appreciate it. Too strong fresh, a sipper for sure.


 scoobysnak (249), Appleton, Wisconsin, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/103/514/20
Jan 15, 2009  
Black and looks like motor oil. Initially not all that intense but as you swallow the vanilla/ bourbon begins to hit. Very coffee and dark roasted notes as well.


 screigh (260), Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/57/104/518/20
Jan 15, 2009  
Can’t say much more than anyone else. Pours black. No head. Strong aroma of coco, malt and bourbon. Flavor hits you intensely and then mellows. Starts sharp with bourbon and vanilla and then mellows into a dark roast. You can taste and even smell the alcohol. Not as oily as I would have liked. It doesn’t coat the glass like a Dark Lord. Nice!



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