Goose Island Bourbon County 2019

I am passing this year. Still have multiple bottles in my stash. I am having a problem with the price per ounce. Playing my money and not my cards I guess.

 

For sure, 2015 regular is one of the best ever.

 

The good ones were real good.

Mon Cheri might be relabeled cherry ones from 2015

 

I like me some BCBS but am not gonna pay a crazy price as CBS is still sitting in my local Total Wine for $22 a four pack.

Thank you Mr. my friend Brent’s dad!

 

Obscene prices some of you are having to pay. Picked up three standards at $11.99/ea and a Cafe De Olla at $20.99. Passed on Mon Cheri, as I've never had much luck with cherry adjuncts. I did polish off a 2016 standard earlier in the week and it was superb.

 

Goose Island must have been sitting on a ton of 2018 BCBS kegs. A lot of places here in the south have had both '18 and '19 on tap. I imagine it's part of the distro package.

 

would you mind sharing a few of these gems? and do they distribute nationwide?

 

A beer has to be distributed nationwide to be good?

 

of course not. just curious is all.

who wouldn't want to find a cornucopia of beers better than BCBS on the shelf for cheaper?

 

Also, anyone notice the "drink by" on the label instead of the "bottled on" date?

 

There's three on Untappd now - 14.5%, 14.7%, 15.2%

 

Good catch, I did not notice that. Mine say drink by 03SEP24 so I’m assuming that means they were bottled on 9/3/19 and should be drunk by 9/3/24 which is exactly 5 years.

 

What the prices on those?

 

Wasn't Coffee and Barleywine only marginally more expensive than regular in 2015 when the format changed. Like, $13-15, instead of $10. Now regular is regularly seen at $13-16 and the flavored versions are at least twice the price... Ay yai yai. Regular is better anyway .

 

The two places I’ve checked had cherry and cafe for $33 - this is SE PA. They had a lot left yesterday

 

Wonder if the distributor is jacking the cost more than usual? That will eventually sell at $33, but it'll be there a while. Then some of those buyers will have a year to regret it and go looking for - and finding - cheaper alternatives. I have my third growler of a local BA Stout that was 1/3 the per ounce price of a BCBS variant, and to me tastes just like 2018 Prop. It's not distributed outside our market, but I expect many folks can find other great BA Stouts around their area. I'll still buy BCBS variants in the future, but know there are alternatives.

 

She’s here and looking oh so elegant!

 

$24.99 each for the cherry and coffee, Rittenhous Rye was $29.99. Wheatwhine 17.99.

My buddy saw the coffee and cherry for $21.95 Joe Canals Pleasantville NJ.

Tried the cherry last night, top notch but most prominent vanilla and coconut flavors from the barrel aging, the cherry was a rumor.

 

The $$$ aren't the issue, although they are obnoxious (as hell), the beer is.

The bourbon is an utter overplay, I'd say a performance done for effect which my have been of value 15 years ago.

I'm drinking Redbreast 15 year and the latest Jefferson's Ocean (got bottle #7 at TotalWine in Natick) and am finding these a far more pleasant and easygoing sipper than any Bourbon County, ever.

I'll buy zero Bourbon County this year and it will have 0% to do with selling out or any such make-believe nonsense. The beer sucks.

 

The first year that I sampled the Barleywine was 2013. It was the only Bourbon County that I could score that year. I was initially bummed until I opened it up and was floored by the quality.

I thought that it was exceptional and the bourbon notes were just right - not too weak, not too much. I'm not sure what qualifies as a "classic" but it certainly ranks as one of the best barleywines I have ever tasted.