Goose Island Bourbon County Stout - Coffee

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

Serve in Snifter

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Strong aroma and taste of coffee with a black pour and comfortable mouthfeel. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

It poured a black color with a dark brown head. The aroma was a ton of coffee, which was to be expected. The taste was an awesome amount of vanilla, chocolate, bourbon that all mixed well with the coffee. Very, very good.

Bomber. Black with thin tan head. Aroma is coffee, oak and chocolate. Flavor is coffee, oak, bourbon, chocolate, and vanilla. Phenomenally well balanced and delicious.

Bottle at the pour house in Westmont NJ. Pours dark black with no head. Aroma is light coffee and soy sauce. Taste is deep chocolate and coffee with vanilla, bourbon, oak, soy sauce, and cream. Fantastic on the palate. Incredible.

poured in my khunhenn snifter.pours black with a brown head.aroma of coffee,butterscotch,toast and dark chocolate.the aroma of this just completely blows me away,its wonderful.flavor is of a very dark roast,butterscotch and dark cocoa.wonderful as well.slightly warming booziness at the end but at 14.5 abv the alchohol is well hidden.full bodied,low carbonation and a creamy mouthfeel.bitter finish.the aroma and flavor are amazing!big fan of bourbon county stout and man this is good.if your a stout drinker this is a must have.one of the best stouts ive ever had.and ive had quite a few.

22oz bomber from Spirits Brick. Poured a pitch black body with a smaller dark mocha colored foamy head. Aroma is boozy with lots of bourbon throughout, burnt toast, slight touch of burnt coffee grounds, vanilla extract and some pudding skins. Fuller bodied with softer carbonation and lots of heat but having a double digit ABV that is pretty much expected. The flavor is actually better then the aroma, notes of bourbon, sweeter dark chocolate syrup, burnt toast, softer burnt coffee grounds, vanilla exract and some rosted coconut. Actually better then I was expecting the coffee in this one could use a little bit of a bump up.

Tap at Top Hops side-by-side BCBS and BCBS Cherry Rye. Pour is darkest black with a less airy, less pronounced head. Aroma is most pronounced - tremendously sharp coffee notes, roasted malts, a bit bready. Taste is dark, roasted coffee with a slight chocolate interference. Less sweet than the other two with some raisin, whiskey overtone. Same oily mouthfeel, slightly less viscous. My favorite of the three and near imperial coffee stout mastery. Ready to drink.. Do not age.

Pours jet black with a mocha head that dissipates quickly. Aroma of soy sauce, coffee, chocolate and alcohol. Thick and sticky. Taste is awesome. Sweet bourbon, vanilla, coffee and warming alcohol, wow! ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

2012 vintage. Pours a deep rich black color with a bit of settling dark mocha foam around the edges... the aromas are lighter than I expected with lots of earthiness, touches of coffee, chocolate, vanilla and some woody bourbon notes as well. Then on the palate Wow... damn smooth creamy chocolate coffee cream with a nice bourbon background to fill in the complex vanilla, dark fruit and toasted bourbon notes... however, the show stopper is the creamy chocolate coffee flavors. Beautiful stuff with a great balance between sweet and boozy. YUM

Bottled November 12, 2012.
Appearance: The body is pitch black and only a thin brown coating escapes the body before being sucked back down with only a very thin ring remaining.
Aroma: Earthy roasted coffee comes to mind first with a dark chocolate backing, very light barrel notes, only a light vanilla and subtle oak. The aroma is fantastic, it reminds me a tad of Kahlua.
Taste: Oh boy this is wonderful, very complex with an earthy roasted coffee intro with slight wood flavors, the mid-taste adds sweet chocolate syrup with some vanilla that leads to a slight bourbon on the finish with sweet syrupy chocolate. This is phenomenal, everything is blended so well together.
Palate: Thick and syrupy, touch of carbonation.
Overall: Best thing I’ve drank all year, one of the best beers I’ve ever had. This is much better than Bourbon County Stout to me and well worth $20 a bottle. Oh boy this is good, my only regret is that I don’t have fudge to eat with this.