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Goose Island Bourbon County Stout

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100
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bottled
common

on tap
common

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
11694.2/5.04.19/5.013%96.9Snifter
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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 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.


 craftycarl21 (560), South Hero, Vermont, USA
4.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/510/105/518/20
Mar 6, 2009  
pours a flat out motor oil with no head whatsoever. Aroma is heavy with alcohol, bourbon, fig, raisin, vanilla, caramel- exquisite. Flavor is unbelievable- starts with heavy cream and caramel notes, then the sticky sweet dark fruit notes come through, with an incredible finish of wood, cream, vanilla, and cane sugar. Phenomenal palate, a candy of a beer, incredible.


 stankenk (130), Maplewood, Minnesota, USA
4.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/59/105/518/20
Mar 17, 2009  
Pours almost black with almost no head. The nose of toffee, vanilla, bourbon and some smoke. Comes across the palate as vanilla, coffee, dark fruit sweetness and bourbon balance; that also has a mild coffee lingering after taste. Very thick much like a traditional stout. Very good!


DasGrau (18), Topeka, Kansas, USA
4.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/58/105/519/20
Aug 20, 2008  
This stuff pours like syrup and is ultra dark. It sort of smells like dark chocolate and a little whiskey warmed up together. WOW! it tastes like it smells. I will have one of these instead of dessert, please. Awesome.


 WakeandBake (431), Greenville, Michigan, USA
4.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/59/105/519/20
May 17, 2009    Updated: May 19, 2009
BCS Rating #1000 Bottle 2008. A ultra dark thick black color body with a very thin chocolate colored head,little to no carbonation,lots of sticky sheeting and lace. Aroma of Vanilla, chocolate covered cherries, oak, tobacco,and brown sugar.Flavor is HUGE dark toasted malt ,chocolate, coffee, licorice, raisin, smoke, vanilla, and molasis, a full body with a thick creamy mouthfeel,slightly boozy ,burbony but in a very good way,long milk chocolate,and alcohol finish. This is the bomb !


 noompa (130), Chicago, Illinois, USA
4.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/59/104/519/20
May 2, 2009  
12 oz. bottle (2008), poured into a snifter. A truly huge beer. Ar: Could smell it from an open bottle two feet away. Strong chocolate, smoke and vanilla w/ underlying oak and nutmeg. Ap: Viscous pour w/ a tiny Cinnamon head. Dense black w/ caramel around the edges. Fl: Raisins, plums, burnt sugar, oaky vanilla and excellent Bourbon. Dark chocolate at the back of one’s mouth, finishing silky milk chocolate. Pa: Silky, like a truffle. Leaves a warming alcoholic burn like a fine Bourbon- lovely.


 l1br4r14n (286), Washington, Washington DC, USA
4.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/59/105/518/20
Dec 2, 2009  
Yowza! Tap at Churchkey DC. Pours inky black with a thin dark brown head. Huge aroma of vanilla, also some chocolate, malt, and oak. The flavor is all of that - with the emphasis on vanilla - plus caramel, roasted barley, a touch of bourbon, and a little burn from the alcohol. Aged a couple years this will be perfection.


pizzaz318 (1), Phoenix, USA
does not count click to see why this rating of Goose Island Bourbon County Stout does not count
4.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/59/104/519/20
May 17, 2009  
This one is a wow. It’s almost like drinking a peaty, single-malt scotch. Great with cigars.



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