Bourbon County Easter Eggs - separate listings

Hello all-

After trying to add the 3 Bourbon County Easter Eggs to the database (Buffalo Trace, Wild Turkey, Heaven Hill) I noticed that they were deleted, and there's a notation on the main page for BCBS that the Easter Egg beers are included in the main listing.

I would like to respectfully disagree with this take. Goose Island seemingly intended this surprise release to highlight how each individual single barrel made for a unique take on the classic stout versus the fully blended approach in the regular Bourbon County.

I tried all 3 beers with a group of friends recently, and it was pretty remarkable how each version was different than the rest. Buffalo Trace had this killer barrel spice and heightened bourbon character, much more than how Bourbon County normally tastes. Wild Turkey seemed sweeter, and smoother, without that heavier hit of spice, while Heaven Hill seemed to combine the best qualities of the previous two beers.

The Bourbon County Brand Stout Reserve beers get separate listings. I understand that they are specifically marketed under a different subseries than the main BCBS line, but at their heart, they are different takes on the main Bourbon County base in different, interesting barrels than the usual.

I'd like to hear the argument for just combining the listings of the Easter Eggs and regular Bourbon County, as I really do believe the beers are intended to stand on their own.

Thanks!

 

They were indeed released under the regular BCBS series, but with clear markings on the date code (BT, WT, or HH) showing that they were unique beers. I think, personally, this is enough to differentiate them.

There have been plenty of times where a new beer has relatively the same label, with the same info, but some sort of small differentiation showing it was a different beer. A good example of it would be the Eclipse series with all the different wax colors. They all have basically the same label, it's just the wax that differentiates it.

 

2012 is historically my favorite vintage, in its prime it was so phenomenal.

 

Is there any chance at swaying the current moderator opinion on this one?

 

I appreciate the discussion and the ultimate decision. Cheers!