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Goose Island Bourbon County Stout

Goose Island Bourbon County Stout

Rated 4.320 by BeerPals

Brewed by Goose Island Beer Company

Chicago, IL, United States

Style:  Imperial Stout

14.5% Alcohol by Volume

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Brewer's Notes: Brewed in honor of the 1000th batch at our original Clybourn brewpub. A liquid as dark and dense as a black hole with thick foam the color of a bourbon barrel. The nose is an intense mix of charred oak, chocolate, vanilla, caramel and smoke. One sip has more flavor than your average case of beer. Recipe Information: Style: Bourbon Barrel-Aged Imperial Stout Alcohol by Volume: 14.5% International Bitterness Units: 60 Color: Midnight Hops: Willamette Malt: 2-Row, Munich, Chocolate, Caramel, Roast Barley, Debittered Black Serving Suggestions: Preferred Glass: Snifter Food Pairings: Flourless Chocolate Cake Cheese Pairings: Capriole Bourbon Chocolate Torte Cellaring Notes: Develops in the bottle for up to 5 years

ID: 10204 Last updated 19 hours ago Added to database 20 years ago

Key Stats

100
percentile

4

Drunk

82

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Most noted beer attributes

ethyl acetate 50%
kettle-hop 50%
meaty 50%
cooked onion 50%
cooked tomato 50%
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Statistics

Overall Rank8
Overall Percentile100
Style Rank3 of 5619
Style Percentile99.9
Lowest Score2.4
Highest Score5.0
Average Score4.368
Weighted Score4.320
Standard Deviation0.474

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  • ROBERTJM 1089 reviews
    rated 4.1 6 days ago

    Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 10

    Lot’s of sediment in bottle. At first pours zero head, though it does foam up to about a quarter inch in height, albeit falling fairly quickly. Absolutely wonderful bourbon aromas when sticking nose deep in the glass. Flavors of brown sugar, cherry and vanilla. Not necessarily tasting the smoke, but that doesn’t matter as its fantastic as is. Body is just heavy enough on the tongue. Any thinner and it would have lost its charactor. Any thicker and it would have been a chore to drink. Only slightly warming on the palate. May just have to go back to Ledger’s and pick up a four pack to put away.

  • IBREW2OR3 11565 reviews
    rated 4.7 2 weeks ago

    Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 10 | Mouthfeel: 10 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 10

    Huge thanks to boboski for this bottle of liquid glory.

    12oz’er bottled on 07/03/06 consumed about a year later. Dark to darkest pour and thin brown head. I usually take in the aroma before a taste but just the look of this beer overcame me and demanded a sip (I’m weak). Cripes! This luscious a taste shouldn’t be legal. OK, back to the aroma. The nose is pretty darn big with some bourbon, wood, rich coffee mixed with sweet molasses, dark chocolate, burnt malts and brownies swimming in a thin layer of alcohol. This elixir sludges across my palate with a thick ponderous mouth feel. The taste is much like aroma with bourbon, oak and alcohol starting off. Then the sweeter notes arrive with molasses, sweetened coffee then hints of caramel and toffee. Into the finish the burnt flavors build into sort of burnt fudge brownies sensation. Wow, the after taste goes on forever. YUMM!

  • ADMIN 3 reviews
    rated 4.6 2 weeks ago

    Aroma: 10 | Appearance: 10 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 9

    You can’t ask for a better looking big beer. Super dark hard with plenty of bubbling and a steady meniscus. Aroma of sweet caramel, vanilla, oak and dark fruits, combined with a pleasant smokiness. The thick beer is very smooth on the palate and no where near as boozy as most 14 plus percent beers, yet I can feel the affects before my glass’s liquid level dropped below mid point. Complex flavors. Easy to drink. Not much more I can ask for.

  • CULTHERO 8320 reviews
    rated 4.2 2 weeks ago

    Aroma: 9 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 9

    35,5cl bottle (2012) from Micro bar, Manchester. Pours dark old motor oil like, with a rather small beige head. Complex and quite intense. Bourbon whiskey is quite dominating in aroma. Malt, caramel, chocolate, wooden notes and hints of vanilla also present. Fairly sweet, but very well balanced - slightly sour notes and a balanced bitterness. Smooth, very flavourful and delicious.

  • SLEDUTAH 11638 reviews
    rated 3.9 2 weeks ago

    Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 9

    Bottle shared by Tim, thank again
    Appearance: Pours black with no head, legs on the side of the glass
    Aroma: Bourbon, vanilla and chocolate
    Taste: Smooth mouthfeel. Bourbon, dark chocolates and vanilla
    Very nice Imperial stout.

  • SHIGMEROTTEN 13601 reviews
    rated 4.4 2 weeks ago

    Aroma: 9 | Appearance: 10 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 9

    Bottle thanks to ygtbsm94: Poured a deep black oil sludge color with a bubble across the top head, but very thin. Thick bourbon aroma with hints of chocolate. Taste is rich chocolate, coconut, loads of malts and a alcohol bourbon burn in the finish.

  • FLASHPRO 1178 reviews
    rated 4.8 3 years ago

    Aroma: 10 | Appearance: 10 | Mouthfeel: 10 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 9

    You can’t ask for a better looking big beer. Super dark hard with plenty of bubbling and a steady meniscus. Aroma of sweet caramel, vanilla, oak and dark fruits, combined with a pleasant smokiness. The thick beer is very smooth on the palate and no where near as boozy as most 14 plus percent beers, yet I can feel the affects before my glass’s liquid level dropped below mid point. Complex flavors. Easy to drink. Not much more I can ask for.

  • HANTRAN 557 reviews
    rated 4.4 4 years ago

    Aroma: 10 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 9 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 9

    Nose: Brown sugar, raisin, black cherry, sage or oregano in the background. Pitch black body, small short-lived deep tan head with no lace. Lovely on the mouth...creamy, slippery, full, slight tingle, low carbonation. Bit of a sugar bomb or it would get 10 on flavor. Drinking the 2020 will revisit this same vintage in a few years, maybe the sweet will mellow. So ... molasses, warming alcohol, dark cherry, walnut, clean earth, fairly clean finish.

  • LENUSIK 2067 reviews
    rated 3.2 7 years ago

    Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 6

    This beer is about 10 years old. First I will say that I'm not a fan of barrel aged beers. I drink beer because I like beer. If I wanted to drink wine, rye, rum oir eat oak chips, I would do just that and not mix it with beer. As far as barrel aged beers go, this one isn't that bad as the roasted malt flavours dominate the bourbon flavours. The molasses and vanilla provide some balance keeping the beer from being too sweet

  • BEERDOG 1556 reviews
    rated 5.0 9 years ago

    Aroma: 10 | Appearance: 10 | Mouthfeel: 10 | Flavor: 10 | Overall: 10

    12 oz bottle (2008 edition, and batch 1000!) from Full Throttle (Seattle), acquired 2010. Mixed feelings about this one: pleased that I was able to drink it and sad that I no longer have it in the collection. Solution: get more!. Maybe the best $6 I ever spent. Headless pour of inky black. Bourbon obvious in the aroma, along with malt, dark chocolate, and coffee. Syrupy mouthfeel. Flavour was a mirror image of the aroma. Sweet finish but who cares. Perfect beer. Foolish me. Why did I buy only 1?

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