Goose Island Bourbon County Stout

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

Thanks to my cousin keith for this bottle. Pours thick black with a light brown head. The aroma is massive,Rich with molassas, dark cherry & bourbon. Deep flavors of coffee and chocolate are cut with a strong bourbon flavor with a nice full body. To me a perfect stout .HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

Obtained in trade with brewblackhole (many thanks). Pours the blackest of black brews, allows absolutely no light penetration. The darkness is complete, like oil. The head is nonexistent, with brown patches showing up in places. Leaves a brown creamy film over the glass. The aroma is very sweet and very complex. Oak, bourbon, vanilla, chocolate, alcohol. Absolutely complete and perfect aroma and appearance. The flavor is also extremely complex. There is so much going on in this beer that its overwhelming. Chocolate, molasses, alcohol, vanilla, oak. Amazing. The palate, is full, thick, velevety, smooth. The finish is full and warm. An amazing beer.

Bottle sampled with Mad_indian, thanks to Faro99 for sending this to me. Pours black with a thin cola colored head. Aroma of vanilla bourbon, and oak. The flavor is moderately sweet, oak, vanilla, roast, molasses, bourbon, alcohol warms as it goes down, and traces of hops in the finish. Excellent.

Unlabeled bottle. Huge woody, peaty, alcoholic nose with notes of vanilla and roasted chestnuts as it warms. Big, powerful alcoholic first sip is much like a whisky shot. Big malts in the middle are sweet and nutty. Some chocolates peek through, more alcohol, with a dry, but vanilla-like finish. Alcohol shivers afterwards. Aged for quite a while (almost a year?) Thanks to BBB63 way back when!

From 1FastSTi. This dark brown ale poured with a thin tan head, smelling like roasted malt and alcohol. It is rich creamy and sweet, with a strong alcohol finish. This is a very serious stout, with a flavor that doesn’t quit. Goes well with a nice cigar.

2007 bottle courtesy of rollinhard. wow that’s a black beer with no head at all. very hardcore bourbon, vanilla, wood and syrupy smell. good thickness and a nice very smooth woody taste. the aftertaste seems to mainly be all bourbon with a slight alcohol burn in the end.

The Goose! Look out! Pours a motor oil black, no head. Thick as hell. Smells like chocolate and some dessert I cant think of. Some sort of caramel and cinnamon treat. Wait, I got it! Actually SoLan got it! The Samoa girl scout cookie. The one with cookie, choclate, coconut, and caramel. You know the one. The taste is very much monster caramel. I get some of that coconut chocolate too. Really rich. Just delicious. Definitely get that bourbon in there too which probably gives it its richness. Tasty. Loved it.

I hope the 2006 is as good as the ’05. Bottled 07/03/06. Pours a thick black with no head to speak of--until agitated. then there’s a little more than a ring of tan head. The aroma is full of bourbon--vanilla, oak, and alcohol.There are also some roasted coffee, dark fruits, and some darker chocolates. I understand how people wouldn’t like this since the bourbon is so dominant, rather than a complement. I’d have to agree with this as one of the expections. It just smells so damn good. Lots of bourbon, ETOH, vanilla and oak in the taste, with the remaining aromas following. Dry roasted coffee finish. Syrupy body though quite creamy and silky smooth. Carbonation is minimal--not too high and not too soft. This is a delicous beer--what I need to do is a vert with this and the Kentucky Breakfast. Pours a Old rating follows12.oz, bottled 08/16/05. Smells of alcohol, bourbon, raisins, and dark chocolate-not necessarily in that order. Pours an incredibly dark brown (can’t see through glass) with a small dark tan head--quickly diminishing. lots of toasted maltiness, alcohol very apparent, more bourbon and some vanilla, bitter dry finish. 8-3-8-4-17--4.0