Goose Island Beer Company Bourbon County Brand Vanilla Rye Stout

Bourbon County Brand Vanilla Rye Stout

 

Goose Island Beer Company in Chicago, Illinois, United States 🇺🇸

Stout - Imperial Rotating Out of Production
Score
8.56
ABV: 13.6% IBU: 35 Ticks: 33
First brewed for the legendary festival of Wood and Barrel Aged Beer in Chicago, drinkers enjoyed this Bourbon County Variant so much we bottled it the next year (2010). People flocked to stores to get their hands on a bottle and have this one of a kind barrel aged stout. Over the past few years we have heard our fans express their love for this version and we are extremely proud to bring it back in 2014. This year's version features a little twist of aging the stout in Rye Whiskey Barrels with a mix of Mexican and Madagascar vanilla beans!
 

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9
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!

Tried from Bottle on 06 Nov 2019 at 17:19


8.8
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.

Tried from Bottle on 18 Jul 2019 at 08:34


8.1
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

Tried from Bottle on 14 Jul 2019 at 18:42


9

Slodxiaczek waniliowobeczkowy, sporo ciala, piekna beczka, pieknie poukladane, bardzo waniliowe, w ciut palonosci i destylatu szlachetnego44

Tried at Mikkeller Bar Warsaw on 17 Nov 2018 at 18:36


9.1
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.

Tried from Draft on 30 Sep 2018 at 15:32


9

Deep black. Vanilla nose. Oily. Dark sweet chocolate. Fantastic brew.

Tried from Draft at Mon Petit Cafe on 29 Sep 2018 at 20:31


8

Too sweet, too artificial!

Tried on 05 May 2018 at 19:41


9

Heavy vanilla vanillin nose with roast, bourbon & chocolate. Sweet, bitter & roasty. Big viscous mouth. Lovely! Thank you Monica B. !

Tried on 05 Jan 2018 at 12:25



8.5
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.

Tried from Bottle on 05 May 2017 at 21:49