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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Bottle 22fl.oz. @ yespr blindtasting. [ Bottle #13. ]

Clear dark dark brown colour with a small to average, frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white to beige head. Aroma is light heavy malty, roasted, chocolate, vanilla, soy sauce notes. Flavour is heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, chocoalte, dark malt, bourbon, licorice notes. Body is medium to full, texture is oily, carbonation is flat to soft, finish feel is moderate alcoholic. [20110526]

A black beer with a thin dark brown head. The aroma has notes of alcohol, bourbon, and soy sauce. The flavor is sweet with notes of bourbon, malt, alcohol, and wood, leading to a dry finish.

Bottle 65 cl. Blind tasting. Courtesy of Theis. Pours an opaque black with a brownish head. Sweet hard roast aroma, vanilla and Bourbon in the licorice allsorts fashion. Very full-bodied, sweet roast, a little sweet licorice, raisins and other dark dried fruits - again lots of vanilla and Bourbon. Lovely in small quantities - a meal in a bottle. 260511

22 fl oz bottle, courtesy of Theis. Pours pitch black with a small tan head. Aroma is bourbon, caramelish and thick malty. Thick dark malty, liqourice and caramelish toffee. Smooth bourbon and sweet malty, light vanilla wooden note. Ends smooth and caramelish. Wooden.

Bottled@Yespr’s blindtasting. Extremely black colour with a small brown head. Aroma is roasted malts, smoked wet wood, quite much liquorice and sweet as well. Flavour is bigtime liquorice along with some nuttyness, alcohol and some wooden and vanillaish notes. Strong, balanced and rather complex.

Bottle at yesprs blindtasting. Pitch black coloured with a small beige head. Sweet and roasted aroma of dark chocolate, vanilla and soy sauce with notes of bourbon. Sweet and roasted flavour of dark chocolate, vanilla and soy sauce with notes of bourbon. Sweet and roasted finish.

Thank you, yespr. The aroma is alcoholic and roasted. Has some port and vanilla. Black colour, looks oily. The flavour is sweet and sugary with a distinct vanilla flavour and an equally distinct alcohol afterburn. A bit much, but good.

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

(22oz bottle, courtesy of thirdeye11 and Mora2000) Pours an opaque black body with a spare brown head. Aroma of roasted malt, wood, bourbon, vanilla, and toasted coconut. Flavor of chocolate, vanilla, roasted malt, toffee, and oak. A bit hot now, but should age nicely.

Bottle (#5253) at Yespr - Blind Tasting #13. Pitch black - brown head. Bourbon - lots of bourbon, sweetness, high sweetness, toffee, vanilla, licorice, light hoppy, boozy, sharpness, dark chocolate, nice complexity. Lovely.