Goose Island Bourbon County Coffee Stout

Brewed by Goose Island Beer Company (AB-InBev)
Style: Imperial Stout
Chicago, Illinois USA

Serve in Snifter

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Bottle at Dean Swift, Tower Bridge, 19th April 2011. Pure black with a line of dark tan head. Nose of fine coffee and high-end cheese. Molasses come through strongly on the tongue.

HUGE beer. Everything about this is to the extreme. Nose of vanilla, coffee, bourbon, dark fruit and chocolate. Taste is much of the same with medium sweetness and intense coffee flavor. Really great beer.

Bottle thanks to Kenny. Awe wow this is awesome. Coffee and bourbon pretty well balanced and the base beer is rediculous potent enough to handle them

Had it last night at a tasting in Boise Idaho All imperial stouts about 100 bottles. Insane. Appearance: Black as night, no light light. Totally blacked out. Pours a thin tan ring of head around the glass. A vigorous swirl creates a pattern of milk chocolate chocolate head that covers maybe 1/3 of the top of the beer and which quickly disappears after you stop swirling. This is stout is heavy and imposing in and is wonderful to just look at. Smell. I didnt get the coffee at all. None Taste I got the coffee on the nose. Not a smooth coffee though. More coffee grounds. I actually wanted to chew at one point. It was good just not there best. Serving type: bottle

Bottle thanks to Oreo. Nice pour, looks similar to the regular. Tons of coffee on the nose. Flavor follows with a boatload of coffee, and some decent bourbon. I prefer the regular BCS. This was tasty, however the huge coffee made this one dimensional.

Bomber shared with sherm1016...thanks! Pours black with thin tan head. The core bourbon taste is here with a very sweet initial taste...not as much coffee taste as I had expected but still an excellent strong brew. Tasty

22oz bottle, received in trade from jefeld, split with dwm1034. Pours a jet black color with a thin tan head. Aroma is bourbon, coffee, chocolate, roasted malt. Heavy on the palate with soft carbonation. Flavor is bittersweet, bourbon, coffee, chocolate, vanilla, oak, a little smokey, roasted malt, with a light, bitter coffee finish. Excellent.

Bomber via deyholla; dense black with trace dark tan head along the edges; stale candy malt aromas with some band aids; cheap bourbon and stale malt; anything but coffee in the aroma and I’ve had this in the fridge since I received it; super thin texture and mouthfeel; some dry coffee flag flavors mixed with vanilla bourbon, but not much else to me; don’t like BCS and not impressed here; we’ll see on the vanilla version but BCS just might not be my bag baby; didn’t like Night Stalker either; has to be the base beer and what seems like "over" barrel treatment to me; but even if the barrel treatment doesn’t suit me, I still need to ask - where the fuck is the coffee??? Must have been added way before the barrel

I was going to wait until this was 2 years old but I won’t be be at my house on 3/26 so I decided to have it tonight. poured a dark brown with a bid dark tan head. aroma, lots of roasted malts, coffee, dark fruits, alcohol, vanilla, chocolate. flavor same as aroma. for being 13 abv this was a smooth drinking beer

Bomb offering, 22oz. I’ve had both the 10 and 11/12 bottling. Here’s for the better, 2010. Big burst of roasted coffee right off the bat, through a black dark hue. The aromas are intense from the fresh roast, not alot of heat coming from the nose despite the high ABV. Palate is incredible, big malts of vanilla and coffee up front, so smooth through the mid and a punch of bourbon in the finish. It’s insane. With that said I have just taken down a 22 of the 11/12 and found it to be lackluster and boring compared to when I had the previous bottling. The coffee was too thick, boozy, and really one sided.