Goose Island Rare Bourbon County Stout

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

Serve in Snifter

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Bomber from a trade. Pours thick pitch black no head, inviting. Aroma is fullbodied alcohol, sweet, dark fruits, vinous, raisins, fidges, vanilla, bourbon. Flavor is fantastic good, alcohol, fullbodied fruity, raisins, fidges, malty, can’t find the words, just enjoying. Finishes with an aftertaste just like flavor. What a fantastic beer.

Bottle from Vas Foremost. Pours like Bourbon County, deep balck with a dark brown head that settles to a ring. Nose is bourbon. Honey and cocoa, vanilla and roasted malt. Burly and fruity but mediated by the burnt sugar notes. Round and full with a savory note as well. Solid. On tasting, big and boozy, barrel character is there but falling a touch. Low tartness and maple syrup notes. Clean and huge, a big BA stout that keeps diving deeper, pulling out more flavored to relieve some of the extra sweetness. Finish is dry and boozy with a light soy finish. Huge and tasty stuff but not insanely better than well aged bourbon county.

(Bottle) Pours super black and oily with almost no head. The aroma holds fancy bourbon and fat, yet round roast up front with notes of woodshop, fiery whisky, light vanilla, whisper of cocoanut, new baked cocoa-flavored sponge cake, and molasses. Undertones of earth, dark fruits like resins, prunes and dry figs, cigar, light resinous hops, blue- and blackberries. The flavor is medium to heavily sweet, medium bitter and light acidic. Tones of wood, vanilla, butter, cocoa, dark chocolate, molasses/brown sugar, dark fruits, dark bread, cigar/tobacco and earth. The mouthfeel is sticky, yet creamy, round and oily with light carbonation. The finish holds alcohol, molasses, tomato purée and something almost floral. Full bodied. Tasty but quite uncomplex – just like Expedition Stout. Still, Expedition makes a better job.

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

bottle courtesy of a great trader, thank you! bottle 11,993, to celebrate trader of the year 2011! thanks everyone! great stuff here, of course. nicde pour, lower carb, but consistent, not flat half way through. strange ever bubbling effervesence like champagne. the pappy barrel is obviously the show stealer here, its so nice. complex, smooth, subtle, no bite at all. nice and warming,the mouthfeel is the same as jagermeister .just tastes so nice the entire way through, nice and complex, big and bold but subtle as well. excellence.

bottle thanks to thirdeye11. poured black with a copper head and legs that stained the glass. aroma and flavor were fudge, bourbon, vanilla, and alcohol. body was so velvety thick with low carbonation.

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.

Bomber shared by Boutip (merci!), served at cellar temperature in a tulip glass. Part of a vertical. 02DE11. Bottled 03/26/10. Bottle 692.

App.: Deep brown-black, no head. Aroma: Really strong dark chocolate, more than the other versions, lots of soy sauce and black strap molasses, a bit of green spiciness, vanilla, wood, a bit of alcohol, licorice, best of the three. Palate: Medium-full body, very limited effervescence. Flav.: Huge coffee, dark chocolate, molasses/licorice, soy sauce, some alcohol, a touch of vanilla and wood, raw cacao, some caramel; sweet with fair bitterness and a long, chocolate, molasses finish.

Rare indeed! A masterpiece!

Brown bottle, 1 pint 6 ounces, number 692, bottled on 01/19/2010, from Philippe Boutin, savoured on December 2 2011; eye: black, opaque, no head, no lacing; nose: woody, bourbon, roasted malt, alcohol, vanilla, liquorice, dark chocolate; mouth: woody, bourbon, roasted malt, alcohol, vanilla, liquorice, dark chocolate, candied fruits, finale in malt with woody presence, below-average carbonation, rather sweet, oily texture; overall: really, really good FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 1 pinte 6 onces, numéro 692, embouteillée le 01/19/2010, de Philippe Boutin, savourée le 2 décembre 2011; œil : noire, opaque, pas de mousse, pas de dentelle; nez : boisé, bourbon, malt torréfié, alcool, vanille, réglisse, chocolat noir; bouche : boisé, bourbon, malt torréfié, alcool, vanille, réglisse, chocolat noir, fruits confits, finale en malt avec présence de boisé, corsée, carbonatation sous la moyenne, plutôt sucrée, texture huileuse; en résumé : très, très bon

Bottle: Poured a pitch-black color stout with small foamy head with average retention and not much lacing. Aroma consists of bourbon and vanilla with light dry roasted malt with nice lingering sweet notes and is almost perfect. Taste is a perfectly balanced mix between some bourbon with balanced vanilla notes and some light dry roasted malt that is offset by light lactose notes. Body is quite full with a very nice creamy texture and medium carbonation with no apparent alcohol notes. I must admit that even though my expectations were quite high for this beer, this has exceeded my expectations. The notes of vanilla, bourbon and roasted malt are well integrated and creamy texture is perfect. Now I wish I could find another bottle.