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Proprietor's Bourbon County Brand Stout (2015)
Goose Island Beer Co.
- From:
- Goose Island Beer Co.
- Illinois, United States
- Style:
- American Imperial Stout
- ABV:
- 13.4%
- Score:
- 90
- Avg:
- 4.02 | pDev: 20.15%
- Reviews:
- 67
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Mar 18, 2020
- Added:
- Jul 30, 2015
- Wants:
- 120
- Gots:
- 122
Brewed with maple syrup aged in bourbon barrels, toasted pecans and guajillo peppers.
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Ratings by MasterPenguins:
Rated by MasterPenguins from North Carolina
3.79/5 rDev -5.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 3.75
Mar 12, 2016
3.79/5 rDev -5.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 3.75
Mar 12, 2016
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by GuyFawkes from Illinois
4.25/5 rDev +5.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.25/5 rDev +5.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Fall 2015 vintage; drank 11/25/15 @ Sheffield's...before the release day, and drank on draft, so no infection concerns.
Black appearance.
Almost no tan head; almost no lace.
Mild pepper heat, honeyed nuts & cream notes in the nose.
Medium thick, sticky mouthfeel.
Toasted pecan, sweet candied sugar & faint pepper heat flavors.
A touch too sweet, which the pepper heat somewhat balanced. Very unique & tasty.
Jul 25, 2019Black appearance.
Almost no tan head; almost no lace.
Mild pepper heat, honeyed nuts & cream notes in the nose.
Medium thick, sticky mouthfeel.
Toasted pecan, sweet candied sugar & faint pepper heat flavors.
A touch too sweet, which the pepper heat somewhat balanced. Very unique & tasty.
Reviewed by REVZEB from Illinois
2.76/5 rDev -31.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 2.25 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.75
2.76/5 rDev -31.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 2.25 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.75
Aged bottle shared with me on thanksgiving. Yup, it is infected. Too bad because I thought the foretaste of bourbon and pecans was warm and roasted, but then goes sour and spicy quickly. Not good! Smells like toilet bowl cleaner on the finish.
Nov 22, 2018Reviewed by Rristow from Ohio
4.21/5 rDev +4.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.21/5 rDev +4.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Tasted from bottle. Pours black with basically no head. Pretty sweet aroma with just a hint of infected sour notes. Maple and bourbon notes. Surprisingly not that much sour funk. Being refrigerated likely helped. Flavors of sweet maple, brown sugar, some hints of nuts, cocoa, bourbon. Finishes with a very faint note of peppers and slight but not excessive sourness. Definitely drinkable and actually pretty good. Uninfected would likely be incredible.
Jun 07, 2018Rated by Futbolmanby from Michigan
1.48/5 rDev -63.2%
look: 4 | smell: 2.25 | taste: 1 | feel: 1 | overall: 1
1.48/5 rDev -63.2%
look: 4 | smell: 2.25 | taste: 1 | feel: 1 | overall: 1
Well this was one infected piece of shit
Jan 21, 2018Reviewed by Vidblain from Minnesota
4.56/5 rDev +13.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.56/5 rDev +13.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
I'm conflicted on how to rate Prop 15. Obviously, per style, it's a tremendously infected, bad beer! But even so... it's practically a wine. When I cracked the bottle, the sour nose was evident from as far as five feet away. I couldn't believe how obvious it was - it had a very type sour grape smell.
Ordinarily I'd have stopped there... but a friend gave himself a small pour and tried it. He didn't die. Projectile vomiting did not ensue. So I waited a moment and tried it myself. Strangest thing - every other infected beer I've had has been execrably bad. But... Prop 15 tastes just like wine at this point. Per my tasting friends, the fruity, dark notes reminded them a lot of a cabernet. I'm not wino enough to chime in, but yes - it tastes just like wine... and not a bad one.
So, my rating does not reflect the intended style, but the actual experience with the beer as it is. I like it. I'd buy a bottle. I'm kind of impressed.
Dec 22, 2017Ordinarily I'd have stopped there... but a friend gave himself a small pour and tried it. He didn't die. Projectile vomiting did not ensue. So I waited a moment and tried it myself. Strangest thing - every other infected beer I've had has been execrably bad. But... Prop 15 tastes just like wine at this point. Per my tasting friends, the fruity, dark notes reminded them a lot of a cabernet. I'm not wino enough to chime in, but yes - it tastes just like wine... and not a bad one.
So, my rating does not reflect the intended style, but the actual experience with the beer as it is. I like it. I'd buy a bottle. I'm kind of impressed.
Rated by Winston3737 from Michigan
1/5 rDev -75.1%
look: 1 | smell: 1 | taste: 1 | feel: 1 | overall: 1
1/5 rDev -75.1%
look: 1 | smell: 1 | taste: 1 | feel: 1 | overall: 1
Sour and spoiled. Drain pour.
Dec 17, 2017Rated by PBRmeasap1980 from Indiana
2.07/5 rDev -48.5%
look: 4 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 1.75
2.07/5 rDev -48.5%
look: 4 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 1.75
Infected, but could be drank if you really wanted the booze out of it. Smelled of cherries and metal. Tasted only of tart cherries.
Dec 29, 2016Reviewed by Treyliff from West Virginia
2.9/5 rDev -27.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 2.25
2.9/5 rDev -27.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 2.25
16.9oz bottle poured into a snifter
A- pours a deep black color with no head or lacing
S- smells of of soured yogurt, berries, spicy pepper, rye barrel, curdled milk
T- tastes of tangy Greek yogurt, maple, pepper, lacto, finishes with dairy sour flavor
M- medium body and carbonation leads to a foamy mouthfeel and finish
O- infected beyond completion, drain pour
Dec 18, 2016A- pours a deep black color with no head or lacing
S- smells of of soured yogurt, berries, spicy pepper, rye barrel, curdled milk
T- tastes of tangy Greek yogurt, maple, pepper, lacto, finishes with dairy sour flavor
M- medium body and carbonation leads to a foamy mouthfeel and finish
O- infected beyond completion, drain pour
Reviewed by rodmanfor3 from Vermont
3/5 rDev -25.4%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
3/5 rDev -25.4%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
From the infected batch.
The taste is sour with a lingering touch of mildly off-putting apple cider and vinegar flavor, though the base components of the stout are still there. The beer is grossly over carbonated .
Overall, I would not want more than a sip of this beer, but it is not entirely awful. It might actually taste better than some of the regularly available stouts and sours that are being sold on the market today.
Dec 02, 2016The taste is sour with a lingering touch of mildly off-putting apple cider and vinegar flavor, though the base components of the stout are still there. The beer is grossly over carbonated .
Overall, I would not want more than a sip of this beer, but it is not entirely awful. It might actually taste better than some of the regularly available stouts and sours that are being sold on the market today.
Proprietor's Bourbon County Brand Stout (2015) from Goose Island Beer Co.
Beer rating:
90 out of
100 with
328 ratings
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