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Goose Island Bourbon County Stout 4.2 1222

Goose Island Bourbon County Stout

Percentile
100
overall

bottled
common

on tap
common

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
12224.2/5.04.2/5.013%97.6Snifter
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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 Hopper (375), San Antonio, Texas, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/104/516/20
Feb 9, 2010  
A dark black beer with little head. The aroma had vanilla, chocolate, wood, & was a crazy knock you down aroma that shows it it one of the most powerful aromas in beer. The taste was a major vanilla taste with a lot of wood, very sweet, & reminded me of a chocolate covered Vanilla Wafer that had twice the vanilla in it. This is meant to be drank in small segments as this beer is one huge beast of a black liquid.


RKanis (80), Cincinnati, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/57/104/517/20
Feb 8, 2010  
Pours black with a thin tan head. Aroma is bourbon, oak and molasses. Thick syrupy mouthfeel. Tast is of bourbon and alcohol with a very sweet molasses aftertast. Great stuff.


 angrypirate06 (974), Texas, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/104/517/20
Feb 6, 2010  
Bottle thanks to barzigkin. Dark brown pour with great legs. Aroma is caramel, cherries, bourbon, oak. Flavor is cherry, bourbon, caramel, nuts and coffee. Syrupy mouthfeel


 Mora2000 (370), Dallas, Texas, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/59/104/516/20
Feb 5, 2010  
Thanks to barzigkin for sharing this bottle. Pours dark brown to black with no head. The aroma is bourbon, molasses, roasted malt and a little bit of soy sauce. The flavor is roasted malt, chocolate, oak, bourbon and some light soy sauce. Medium mouthfeel, low carbonation and a hot alcohol presence. Very good beer.


 gunnfryd (3746), Kristiansand, Norway
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/58/105/517/20
Feb 2, 2010  
Bottle at Esbjerg beerfestival. Black colour with a tan head. Aroma is dry, sweet, bourbon, buned malt. Flavour is dry, sweet, licorice, oily, bourbon, coffee, cacao, buned, malt, vanilla, hop. Full body. Very nice beer.


 bleeng (632), Spring near Beersel, Texas, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/517/20
Jan 30, 2010  
Thanks to zinister-via kaggie97. 2009 version. Black with minimal head. Overt whiskey and alcohol nose-you should know what you’re in for before the first taste. No surprise here-thick, viscous, whiskey and alcohol dominate this wonderful sipper. Full body and flavors-this one kicks butt.


hero12 (80), Minnesota, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/58/104/517/20
Jan 28, 2010  
Pours a dark brown, almost black color with a medium, mahogany head. Intense aroma of cherries and hint of alcohol. Extremely sweet, chocolate cherry taste. The sweetness is actually a little overwhelming, but this beer is extremely complex and very good. Very heavy beer with almost no carbonation and a smooth finish.


 yngwie (5173), Kristiansand, Norway
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/58/105/517/20
Jan 28, 2010  
Bottle, at Esbjerg Beerfestival. It’s a black, oily beer with a small, tan head. Bourbon, burnt malts, alcohol, sweetness, licorice and tar, some hints of coconut and vanilla on the nose. Warming, oily and full-bodied on the palate, with alchol, some vanilla and coconut, burnt malts, a little licorice and bitterness, and a good sweetness. Lasting finish with alcohol, all good things dark, and sweetness. A wonderful beer, needs some time to drink it, it’s too powerful to rush down, but delightful as a companion to a good book I guess. 091022



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