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Goose Island Bourbon County Stout

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bottled
common

on tap
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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 bradlyc77 (226), Sebastopol, California, USA
4.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/510/104/517/20
Dec 13, 2008    Updated: Jan 11, 2009
Pours deep black with brown head. Nice hearty malty back bone with flavors of roasted coffee, chocolate, oak, and bourbon. Some hotness in the finish, but this is an excellent sipper. Very complex and impressive.


 Indulgence (141), Ajo, Arizona, USA
4.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/104/510/105/520/20
Dec 11, 2008  
Out freakin rageous... the absolute culmination of dreams... to marry bourbon and stout... it is the sweet dreams of liquids... elixer to the gods... so smooth, creamy, bourbony, chocolatey, vanillaey, caramelly... I am inventing words here... get ya some folks... it took me an hour to drink this but it was AWESOME all the way.


 fidel (914), Livermore, California, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/104/517/20
Dec 11, 2008    Updated: Apr 11, 2009
Pours dark brown/black, chocolate, bourbon, dark fruits, wood, vanilla, roasted malts, caramel, little coffee.


 bhensonb (4240), Woodland, California, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/59/105/518/20
Dec 9, 2008  
Bottle from South Bay Drug. 2008. Labeled Bourbon County Brand Stout 13%. Very brown black color that shows ruby at the edges (halogen) with a tan head that never really existed. Aromas of alcohol, bourbon, dark fruit, toasted malt and maybe wood. Full bodied with very mild carbonation. Flavor is bourbon, wood, raisin prune and chocolate. Probably other stuff too. Dates? Quite complex. There is sugar, but it’s not sticky sweet. Isn’t dry either. It’s quite a beer.


 zeke626 (302), Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
4.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/104/59/105/518/20
Dec 9, 2008  
2008 bottle. Pours a pitch black, opaque body with a very thin, dark brown head. Complex, sweet aroma of bourbon, vanilla, caramel, and burnt sugar with hints of oak, smoke, and cocoa. Flavor is similar, although more toffee and caramel flavors seem to come through along with notes of dark fruits and espresso. Solid, thick body with a smooth and slightly oily mouthfeel. Bourbon and coffee finish with a light alcohol warmth.


 troopie (862), USA
4.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/58/105/518/20
Dec 9, 2008  
Bottle. Poured blacker than black with a thin brown head. Aroma of good bourbon, caramel and smoke. Full strong flavour, vanilla, malt chocolate, bourbon and smoke. Lasting malt and chocolate finish. This one is strong, sip it and enjoy i.


PMgep (71), Lund, Sweden
4.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/105/59/105/519/20
Dec 8, 2008  
A color black as the night, and a thick, brown head. A thick aroma of coffee, burnt sugar and chocolate. The taste is sweet, with rasins, coffee, chokolate and bourbon.


 SudsMcDuff (1691), was CapeTown,SA-now Houston, Texas, USA
4.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/104/510/105/518/20
Dec 7, 2008  
tons of bourbon and chocolate triple bock like flavours ... pours with a full port with a touch of foam .. amazing sweet jealous aromas ... taste is just amazing, like a everyday sam adams triple bock... wow, what a brew!! i would go on but i have more left in the glass to drink right away.. untouchable.. absolutely a new favourite beer with me, i did lose a bottle in transit though!!



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