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Bourbon County Double Barrel Toasted Barrel Stout
Goose Island Beer Co.
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- From:
- Goose Island Beer Co.
- Illinois, United States
- Style:
- American Imperial Stout
Ranked #64 - ABV:
- 16%
- Score:
- 99
Ranked #223 - Avg:
- 4.52 | pDev: 5.97%
- Reviews:
- 34
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Yesterday at 11:17 PM
- Added:
- Aug 10, 2021
- Wants:
- 5
- Gots:
- 21
SCORE
99
World-Class
99
World-Class
Notes:
Our Double Barrel Toasted Barrel Stout was aged for one year in Elijah Craig’s Small Batch Bourbon Barrels, then another year in Elijah Craig Toasted Bourbon Barrels. These toasted barrels are built to the same specifications as normal bourbon barrels but are more heavily toasted and very lightly charred. Not only does this stout embody distinctive elements from Elijah Craig’s award-winning Small Batch Bourbon Barrels—like warm spice & vanilla—it also deepened in intensity during its second year of aging. The result? A Bourbon County Stout unlike any before. In addition to the familiar chocolate, caramel, and vanilla come flavors of toasted marshmallow and a very pronounced fruit and oak finish. Bourbon County Double Barrel Toasted Barrel Stout has a rich complexity and flavor only attainable through true craftsmanship, partnership, expert blending, and, of course, patience. This is only the second time we have packaged a “Double Barrel” Bourbon County Stout —and trust us, you’ll want to get your hands on this special limited-edition gem.
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Reviewed by Beersnake1 from California
4.49/5 rDev -0.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.49/5 rDev -0.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Poured at fridge temp. Pours motor oil black with a very thin layer of brown head. The nose is full of roasted malts, black licorice, burnt toffee, alcohol heat, tar, oak, molasses, very dark chocolate, and a hint of cherries. Really nice and intense on the nose.
The taste is pretty amazing. VERY different from the regular BCBS, which is always a worry with some of the special stouts. This one is full of dark roasted malts, chocolate, huge boozy bourbon flavors, burnt toffee, raisins, prunes, molasses, sesame seeds, oak, and some black licorice (although less than predicted based on the nose). Very intense all around.
The mouthfeel is pretty thick and viscous, with a significant alcohol burn on the way down. I wonder what another year would do for this beer. The aftertaste is primarily burnt toffee and bourbon. Overall, a fantastic special release.
Dec 23, 2022The taste is pretty amazing. VERY different from the regular BCBS, which is always a worry with some of the special stouts. This one is full of dark roasted malts, chocolate, huge boozy bourbon flavors, burnt toffee, raisins, prunes, molasses, sesame seeds, oak, and some black licorice (although less than predicted based on the nose). Very intense all around.
The mouthfeel is pretty thick and viscous, with a significant alcohol burn on the way down. I wonder what another year would do for this beer. The aftertaste is primarily burnt toffee and bourbon. Overall, a fantastic special release.
Reviewed by BigIronH from Michigan
3/5 rDev -33.6%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
3/5 rDev -33.6%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
BCBS Toasted from last year. I do enjoy Elijah Craig Toasted so I thought I would enjoy this more than I did especially because it’s already been in bed for a year. Lots of vanilla, black cherry, raisin, and burnt oak. The complaint isn’t that the flavors aren’t there. But, this is hot. Ive drank beers in the last couple months that were in the same ABV ballpark, maybe even a smidge higher and this one is just a little much. I like bourbon and I like bourbon flavors very much but I typically enjoy my BBA beers devoid of ethanol burn. 3/5 average on this one just because it’s got the flavor.
Dec 03, 2022
Rated by Zaximus from Colorado
4.25/5 rDev -6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.25/5 rDev -6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
From 11/26/21
Dec 02, 2022
Reviewed by jrc1093 from Connecticut
4.1/5 rDev -9.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
4.1/5 rDev -9.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
2021 vintage (best before 7/20/2026); consumed on 11/28/2022
Pours an inky, void-black capped with two fingers of soapy, dark khaki-hued foam; solid head retention yields a half-finger of cap, large and lasting, frothy collar, and limited array of webby, splotchy lacing clinging temporarily to the walls of the glass.
Aromas waft dry rickhouse with an air of soft cherry into subtle roast gleaning fresh bakers cocoa; dusty oak and straight butterscotch-laden bourbon gloss through the middle to a richer milk chocolate culmination building steadily.
Taste brings subtle cherry and dusty cocoa upfront, with a biting oak over the mid-palate yielding oak shavings and bourbon residuals as toffee, leather, and tobacco edges mark the finish.
Mouthfeel shows a medium-light body and a subtle carbonation, leaving creamy textures atop a slick undercurrent through the mid-palate, with a boozy prickle into an intense warming on the finish.
Ardent bourbon inflects drying rickhouse potency, quelling a massive ABV to meet the comparatively understated malted chocolate layering in an exceptionally approachable showing of spirit-forward heat elevating a focused base profile.
Nov 29, 2022Pours an inky, void-black capped with two fingers of soapy, dark khaki-hued foam; solid head retention yields a half-finger of cap, large and lasting, frothy collar, and limited array of webby, splotchy lacing clinging temporarily to the walls of the glass.
Aromas waft dry rickhouse with an air of soft cherry into subtle roast gleaning fresh bakers cocoa; dusty oak and straight butterscotch-laden bourbon gloss through the middle to a richer milk chocolate culmination building steadily.
Taste brings subtle cherry and dusty cocoa upfront, with a biting oak over the mid-palate yielding oak shavings and bourbon residuals as toffee, leather, and tobacco edges mark the finish.
Mouthfeel shows a medium-light body and a subtle carbonation, leaving creamy textures atop a slick undercurrent through the mid-palate, with a boozy prickle into an intense warming on the finish.
Ardent bourbon inflects drying rickhouse potency, quelling a massive ABV to meet the comparatively understated malted chocolate layering in an exceptionally approachable showing of spirit-forward heat elevating a focused base profile.
Bourbon County Double Barrel Toasted Barrel Stout from Goose Island Beer Co.
Beer rating:
99 out of
100 with
135 ratings
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