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Goose Island Bourbon County Stout 4.19 1183

Goose Island Bourbon County Stout

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100
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bottled
common

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
11834.2/5.04.19/5.013%97.2Snifter
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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blueturk (68), Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
4.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/58/104/518/20

Sep 16, 2009  
12oz 2007 vintage. Thanks Stan! Pours near black with small deep brown, small lacing head that quickly fades. Huge aroma of thick caramel, dark fruits (raisins), bourbon, and alcohol and finishes creamy. Thick, malty body that is sweet at the start with bourbon throughout. Wonderful! Wood is very present, as is bourbon.

 deyholla (739), Bloomington, Indiana, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/105/514/20
Dec 26, 2009  
2009 Bottle. Poured black with a dark wooden brown head. Aroma was full of bourbon notes with sweet caramel and a bit of nuttiness lying underneath. Flavor began with caramel and sweet roasted malt and a bourbon flavor grows into the finish. Very thick on the tongue.


Unibonger (64), Mount Shasta, California, USA
4.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/104/519/20
Dec 25, 2009  
Pours a very dark brown/black with a tan head that has decent retention. Slight cherry, strong vanilla aromas and a slight hint of bourbon/alcohol. Chocolate, vanilla, and cherry flavors. Very bold but smooth body that lingers, medium - low carbonation. .


aaronh2012 (19), Maryland, USA
5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/105/510/105/520/20
Dec 25, 2009  
molasses, caramel, nutty, vanilla aroma. silky texture. can smell and taste the oak bourbon barrel. it’s the best stout i’ve come across.


 Barrios (861), Nashville, Tennessee, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/58/105/517/20
Dec 23, 2009  
Pours a lasting ring of tan head with some lace and a dark brown body. Looks like a shot of espresso. Aromas of soy sauce, toasted and roasted malt, slight bourbon and vanilla notes. Flavors of toasted, roasted malt, soy sauce, molasses, bourbon, wood. Finish is a little hot, sticky, dry, vanilla coffee, bacon.


comptonrc (1), Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
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5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/105/510/105/520/20
Dec 23, 2009  
chocolate, smoke, black, cloudy, tan foam, heavy cloying sweetness, medium bitterness, lightly bitter, lightly sour, medium body, creamy, soft carbonation, long finish,


 shrubber85 (2995), Wallhalben, Germany
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/58/104/515/20
Dec 22, 2009  
Tap. Strong bourbon aroma up front with light chocolate malt. Opaque black color with minimal head. Strong bourbon flavor initially with a milder chocolate malt finish. Nice - bourbon flavor pretty strong.


pellegjr (26), Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/58/104/517/20
Dec 18, 2009  
Completely opaque motor oil pour w/ effervescent caramel head that dissipates quickly, but continues bubbling like a cola, hugely complex aroma w/ vanilla, oak, cognac, butterscotch and chocolate, flavor matches aroma on front end w/ bitterness and booze coating the palate on finish, warming alcohol spreads completely to the back of the throat, massively large mouthfeel


 41cubs (148), , New Jersey, USA
4.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/104/59/105/520/20
Dec 17, 2009  
The scene around the first barrel tapping of this must have been equivelant to the first nugget found at the California gold rush, the first time an equation worked out for a young Einstein, the glimmer of a bulb reflecting off of Edison’s spectacles or the first to witness a strapping green George Herman at a Baltimore boys school yard diamond. You have achieved dark chocolate, black licorice, sherry, dark rum, and sweet cherry wood in the aroma. You have achieved a flavor directly descendant of a brown sugar crusted perfectly smoked and barked sweet pork cracklin. You have achieved a viscosity of richness and superb slick glory. In this beer, Goose Island, you have achieved and you should be proud. Thank You Goose Island. 2008 12oz.



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