Bourbon County Brand Vanilla Rye Stout (2014)
(Batch of Bourbon County Brand Vanilla Rye Stout)
Goose Island Beer Company in Chicago, Illinois, United States đŸ‡ºđŸ‡¸
Stout - Imperial Rotating Out of Production|
Score
8.48
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9
Bottle shared at Dangerous Bottleshare 10th Anniversary. Pours pitch black with a small dark brown head. Aromas of vanilla, cocoa, dark chocolate, coconut, milk chocolate, "kinderæg", light savory notes, fudge, lots of barrel notes. Taste is dark chocolate, milk chocolate, vanilla, licorice, pretty subtle roast, lots of rye, dry rye finish. Hot damn!
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
65cl bottle as vintage 2014 (13,6%) from trade with Virby44, many thanks man, my beer #5000. F: thin tanned film, quick gone. C: black, totally opaque. A: a lot of chocolate, vanilla, bit coffee, chocolate sauce, bit woody, cognac, toffee, caramel, complex. T: rich chocolate, vanilla, caramel, bit coffee, woody touch, warming alcohol, old red wine, bourbon, bit spicy, complex full body, low carbonation, very good but what else should to be expected here, fully enjoyed as slow sipper along to watching 2nd series OA.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
From 0,5l bottle at Sanders place. Vintage 2014. Black color, small coffee colored head. Smells of bourbon, fudgy, marzipan, light vanilla, brownie dough. Very nice smell. Full body, light carbonation. Tastes of bourbon, vanilla, marzipan, nutty, earthy, doughy, fudgy. Finishes lightly sweet with notes of fudge, bourbon and vanilla. Very very smooth, very good to drink
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9.5
29-09-18 // taster from tap at Mon Petit Cafe Stuttgart at the Pre-Zwanze-Tasting. 2014 version from keg. Deep black. Vanilla nose. Oily. Dark sweet chocolate. Fantastic brew.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
Bottle, shared at my 10K rating celebration. Nose is vanilla, whisky, chocolate, caramel, marshmallow. huge nose. Black with lace. Lovely sweetness, huge vanilla and chocolate, whisky, though not particularly rye. Over the top vanilla sweetness but delicious in small volumes.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 10 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9
The 2014 version of this famous BCBS variant, at Bart’s Bourbon County tasting in Bruges. I was very curious about this, having missed it a year ago. Loosely structured, pale beige, thin head, quickly dissolving into almost nothing; black robe with mahogany edges. Strong aroma of indeed a lot of vanilla - but feeling natural, as in vanilla beans, rather than vanilla extract; this delightful fragrance oversees a wealth of hot chocolate sauce, wet wood, coffee grounds, mocha ice cream, beef stock, marzipan, glue-like solvents, old port wine, cognac, caramel candy. Dried fig-like sweetishness in the onset, dried banana as well, soft blackcurrant-like sourish undercurrent, black olive-like umami touch but subtle enough, soft carbonation, very subtly tickling the tongue, thick and oily mouthfeel. Deep caramelly and nutty malt bittersweetness in the middle, coating the mouth cavity, deeply chocolatey and bitterly toasted in the end, the bitterness being supported by a spicy hop touch but at the same time challenged by this hugely aromatic vanilla aspect, in itself reinforced by the much more dim vanilla-ish aspect of the oak, drying wood tannins, heating brown rum-like alcohol, becoming a tad wry in the very end. Bold and beautiful, it does not quite top either the basic version (in a 2013 non-infected vintage) or the berry-fruited versions we tasted the same evening, but it certainly stands out as sweeter, more fragrant and more ’desserty’ than the other Bourbon Counties. Glad I finally had it.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle pour at Churchkey into a snifter showing thick and oily pitch black with no head. The nose shows very strong vanilla with a somewhat artificial edge but brights to milk chocolate. The palate is thick and oily with barely any carbonation. Light sweetness with flavors of milk chocolate that warm up into milk chocolate with a roasted malt/toasted bitterness on the finish. Vanilla reappears in the background with a strong aftertaste. Strong bourbon spiciness.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
650 ml bottle shared with friends at the Hoppy Pub, Thessaloniki. Black color with small beige brown head. Malty aroma, roasted, chocolate, cocoa, caramel, vanilla, dark dried fruits, wood, alcohol. Sweet and light bitter taste like aroma. Full silky oily body with soft carbonation
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
Bottle sampled at a tasting. No head. Clear black pour. Subtle vanilla notes. Very good
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 10 | Flavor - 10 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 10
This is one of those beers that have shattered the definition of what an amazing beer should taste like. Tons of vanilla, milk chocolate and bourbon goodness.