Goose Island Bourbon County Stout

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	100
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Brewed by Goose Island Beer Company
Style: Imperial Stout
Chicago, Illinois USA

bottled
common

on tap
common

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Ratings	Average	Score	ABV	Style Pctl	Serve in
1158	4.2/5.0	4.19/5.0	13%	97.3	Snifter

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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Ungstrup (15007), Frederiksberg, Denmark

3.7	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.7	7/10	4/5	7/10	4/5	15/20

Oct 20, 2004 Updated: Jun 4, 2006

The aroma is sweet alcoholic with notes of wood, prunes, and raisins. The color is pitch black and it has a disappearing brown head. The flavor is alcoholic with notes of roasted malt, wood, chocolate, vanilla, and a little soya. A somewhat weird flavor, but quite interesting.

Papsoe (14804), Frederiksberg, Denmark

3.9	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.9	8/10	3/5	8/10	4/5	16/20

Jun 3, 2006

(Bottle 35,5 cl) Pours black and opaque with a pretty much absent head. Distinct aromas of oak and bourbon. Rather full-bodied with plenty of sweet, roasted malt. All the burned malty accents are pretty much hidden underneath the sweetish bourbon notes. Lightly bitter malt finish. 030606

omhper (12172), Stockholm, Sweden

3.4	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.4	8/10	5/5	7/10	1/5	13/20

Mar 31, 2006

Bottled. Dark black with near black brief head. Aroma of vanilla and licorice. Sweet with full body and clean mouthfeel with intense oak barrel flavour. The barrel character goes overboard and along with excessive alcohol it gets too intense and unbalanced. A lot of flavour, but not a lot of flavours.

yespr (11905), Copenhagen O, Denmark

3.6	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.6	7/10	4/5	7/10	4/5	14/20

Apr 7, 2009

35.5 cL bottle, says bourbon county brand stout 2008. Pours thick and oily, deep dark brown to pitch black with a small and yet dense and deep chocolate brown head. Solid roasted malt, mild smoked, dense dark chocolate and solid bourbon dense aroma. Thick oily and creamy mouthfeel. Flavour is sweet, heavy bitterness showing through and mixing nicely with the solid acidic and hard roasted malt flavours yet also with a smooth vanilla/oak note to briefly attempt a counter balance. Distinct alcohol/bourbon presence going into a distinct alcohol burn in the finish. Sweet, bitter and lasting roasted/chocolate and bourbon finish. Nice yet also overempowering: beer soaked in too much bourbon.

fonefan (11003), VestJylland, Denmark

4.5	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
4.5	9/10	4/5	9/10	5/5	18/20

May 10, 2008

Bottle. [<a href=http://www.ratebeer.com/ViewUser.asp?UserID=3 target=_new> Courtesy of kmweaver]. Clear dark brown black color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, brown head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, caramel, dark chocolate, milk chocolate, oak, vanilla, some alcohol. Flavor is heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration. Body is almost full, texture is oily - creamy - syrupy, carbonation is soft - flat, finish feel is light alcoholi. Very very nice ;o)) (070408)

MiP (9025), Sønderborg, Denmark

4.2	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
4.2	8/10	4/5	8/10	4/5	18/20

Aug 3, 2006

Bottle. Alcoholic, vinous, creamy, woody, vanilla, coconut aroma. Black colour, no head. Very powerful flavour, oak, vanilla and coconut. Thick, slightly syrupy mouthfeel. Very good.

oh6gdx (8840), Vasa, Finland

4.3	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
4.3	8/10	4/5	9/10	4/5	18/20

May 14, 2008

Bottled (thanks heemer77!). 2005 vintage. Very deep ruby red colour, close to black. Not much head. Aroma is earth cellar, licorice, alcohol, vanilla and some wood. Flavour is licorice, alcohol, some mild acidicness. Aftertaste is big licorice, alcohol and very peppery.

joergen (8450), Frederiksberg, Denmark

4.5	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
4.5	9/10	4/5	9/10	4/5	19/20

Nov 19, 2005 Updated: Mar 4, 2006

Bottled, thanks to René for sharing. Black coloured with a small beige head. Roasted aroma of coffee and wood with notes of vanilla and hops. Roasted flavour of wood, dried fruits and vanilla.

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