Goose Island Bourbon County Stout - Rare

Formerly brewed at Goose Island Beer Company (AB-InBev)
Style: Imperial Stout
Chicago, Illinois USA

Serve in Snifter

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Bottle at home ... Thanks to Jason for this ... Deep black ... thinist lacing ... big roast ... big bourbon ... light vanilla ... little coconut nose ... huge bourbon ... rich dark malts ... little coconut bourbon ... dark roast ... nice but tooo much bourbon.

Name: Bourbon County Stout, Rare
Brewery: Goose Island Brewing Co
Date: January 01, 2011
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, Dan NYE
Appearance: black, scant tan head
Aroma: sweet bourbon and dark chocolate aroma, caramel and vanilla, dose of roasted malt
Flavor: rich chocolate and roasted flavor, lots of sweet Bourbon, caramel and vanilla

Name: Bourbon County Stout, Rare
Brewery: Goose Island Brewing Co
Date: September 23, 2011
Mode: bottle
Source: tasting
Aroma: more of the sweet vanilla coming theough in the aroma
Flavor: sweet chocolate flavor, lots of caramel and vanilla, light roast
Overall: one of the best pappy beers out there

Aroma: 8/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 8/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 19/20
Rating: 4.3/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: **** /4

75cl bottle, thanks ygtbsm94. Small brown head atop black body with brown edge. Aroma is moderately sweet, Bourbon, light chocolate. Taste is sweet, Bourbon, cocoa, some raisin. Smooth full body, some stickiness.

@RBWG-22oz-thanks to Dschiller/Dave–pours a disappearing light brown head and black color that sheets the glass. Aroma is bourbon, chocolate, dark malt, dark fruit. Taste is bourbon, chocolate, dark malt, dark fruit, some alcohol. So now I can cellar the bottle hbmason got for me!

2011 bottle at 14.5% abv. Thanks Jack for a crack at this beast! Palate is slightly viscous with mild fine carbonation. Spirity aniseed dark malt with bourbon. Mild chocolate and coffee. Mild tangy. Semi dry finish, warming. Good but should bee better, could do with some more time I think.

bottle #13 at yespr blind tasting very dark black, small brown head. nice aroma, storng, wood, boozy, roasted stuff, toffee. heavy. flavor is wood, roasted stuff, loads of bourbon, vanilla, very complex and balanced.

Bottled. Blind no 13 @ Yesprs. Pitch black coloured. Light brown dense head. Aroma of cocoa, sweetness, coconut, roast, vanilla. Flavour of vanilla, coconut, roast, caramel, cocoa, liqourice, Full bodied. Rosty smooth bitter end with a light alcohol touch.

Bottle shared by alexsdad06. Poured dark reddish brown hue with a minmal fizzy light brown head that mostly diminished with little lacing. Aroma was a heavy toasted chocolate malt, vanilla and woody bourbon. Full body with a smooth texture and flat carbonation. Heavy complex toasted malt, vanilla and bourbon flavor and a heavy complex sweet finish of long duration. This is a standout beer.

A deep dark stout with a thin brown head. In aroma, a rich and musky chocolate, warming alcohol, smooth powdery Bourbon, quite nice. In mouth, a smooth chocolate with nice mocha coffee, with smooth vanilla and alcohol, well balanced. Bottle from Boutip, shared with GRM, Probstk and Ian, Dec. 2 2011.

Bottle… Tampa “Farewell to Sebletitje” Tasting… This beer rocks!… Pours pitch black with a thin, bubbly, tan head. The only real difference between this one’s bouquet and that of the traditional Bourbon County Stout is that I am picking up a boatload of toasted oak here… oak-o-fucking-rama. Although coconut is not as heavily featured in this one, there is plenty of opulent, ancient bourbon. Full-bodied and oily with soothing carbonation. Loads of bourbon flavor – a good bit more than the traditional version – but surprisingly, there may be less alcohol heat in this treatment. I would have to do a horizontal to be certain. Finishes sticky, sweet and chocolaty with a healthy splash of bourbon. World class imperial stout shared by Degarth. Thanks, Joey!