Bourbon County Templeton Rye
Goose Island Beer Co.

4.73/5  rDev +3.3%
look: 5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.75
by Rristow from Ohio

Tasted at 2019 Prop day. Pours black with beige head. Thick and chewy. Super mellow with the aging. You get just a little rye spice with cocoa, coffee, molasses, caramel. Goes down very easy.

Nov 19, 2019

4.51/5  rDev -1.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
by ChicagoJ from Illinois

11/14/18 (Chicago): $5 3 oz sample draft glass pour offered via "Epic Flight" at the Goose Island Taproom. 14.2% ABV. Dark black pour, thin tan bubbly lacing. Strong sweet bourbon aroma. Very sweet smooth taste, bourbon and malt well blended. Very smooth and creamy mouth feel, very enjoyable drinking. Overall excellent offering!

Nov 24, 2018

4.39/5  rDev -4.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
by Stevedore from Oregon

On draft, 2013 vintage, sampled multiple times. Dark black body, standard BCBS appearance with a solid one finger brown head. A bit of spicy rye, big chocolate, slightly burnt marshmallow, whiskey, oak. Boozy. Big full body, good carbonation, boozy sweet finish that is standard BCBS.

Aug 12, 2018

4.48/5  rDev -2.2%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
by REVZEB from Illinois

Had on tap. Started off business as usual for one of, if not the best stout series out there. Poured jet black with murky bubbles, smooth and viscous. Smell was wonderful, all the base bcbs staple flavors, but with added punch of rye, more wood, booze, molasses, and licorice. The taste stumbled for me though, with the rye dethroning so much of the delicate complexity that sets bcbs over the top. Lots of rye and wood from start to finish, with some smoke on the finish. Not bad, but wanting more complexity, but not lacking depth

Oct 20, 2017

4.63/5  rDev +1.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
by Chuckdiesel24 from Illinois

Had this on draft at an event in early 2017. Believe this was released in 2013, so it's a little over 3 years old. I'm framing everything below from that aspect.

L - Pours dark, with a very thin head line
S - light chocolate less so than regular. a little rye barrel on the nose
T - chocolate similar to regular BCBS. This has obviously had a little time to age, which is nice because the whiskey portion has mixed in nicely. You can definitely tell it's a different liquor used.
F - A tad thinner than regular, but still about right.
O - Very nice. Wish I had time to do this side by side for the other BCBS that were on tap.

Feb 03, 2017

4.75/5  rDev +3.7%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
by GuyFawkes from Illinois

Unknown vintage; drank 5/14/15 on draft @ Fat Pour.

Black appearance.

Minimal khaki head; minimal lace.

Cherry, milk chocolate & mild wood notes in the nose.

Thick mouthfeel.

Maraschino cherry & mild milk chocolate flavors up front; a nice oak finish. Sweet but not cloying; delicious.

Nov 10, 2016

3.89/5  rDev -15.1%
look: 3 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 4.25
by Alieniloquium from Florida

16 oz. growler. Black body with no head. Smells of whiskey, brown sugar, and fudgy chocolate. Boozy. Tastes much like regular bourbon county up front. Whiskey and sweet chocolate. Boozy. The rye whiskey makes itself a little more apparent with a slight spice that lingers in the finish. Nutty malts and very sweet. Heavy. No carbonation, because of the source of the growler. Doesn't detract, though. Tingly alcohol. Very similar to regular Bourbon County. Just a bit different.

May 09, 2016