Goose Island Bourbon County - 2022 (Chicagoland)

yes

 

lol my local shop has the DB Toasted for $60 on the shelf right now.

 

And Hyde Park Binnys has the Cherrywood on the shelf

 

Is there a historical list of the BCBS and variants by year somewhere online?

 

What exactly are you wanting to know?

 

If there is a list by year of what variants were put out?

 

I don't know of one (like the DL page), but if you have a specific question, I'm sure it will be answered here swiftly.

 

Lakeshore east Mariano’s has the entire lineup.

 

I paid that last year. Feels bad man. I was fully prepared to spend that on the barleywine, but I think the sales were pretty bad last year so they had to lower the price point of the “high end” offerings this year. Seems to have worked out well for them.

 

I smell a spreadsheet coming from someone...

 

I was actually wondering the same.

Someone has to have one. I’d love to put one together but with a 3 year old and 6 month old taking up most of my time, I probably won’t have it ready until next years release.

 

Josh, we are not doing free research for your next book.

 

2003: regular only, promo, never officially released
2005(for 05 a Jan and Aug release) -2009: Regular only (note reg in 12 and 22 oz for 09 only)
2010: Coffee, Rare, Vanilla, Regular
2011: Coffee, Bramble, Regular
2012: Regular, Coffee, Cherry Rye
2013: Regular, Coffee, Barleywine, Prop, Backyard Rye
2014: Regular, Coffee, Prop, Vanilla Rye, Barelywine
2015: (Some) Regular, Regal, Rare (Barelywine, Prop, Coffee, some Regulars we’re infected)
2016: Regular, Barleywine, Coffee, Prop
2017: Regular, Coffee, Barleywine, Prop, Northwoods, Reserve, (2yr barleywine reserve, made but not released, GI stated didn’t taste right)
2018: Regular, Coffee Barleywine, Prop, Reserve, Vanilla, Bramble, Midnight Orange, Wheatwine
2019: Regular, Wheatwine, Prop, Reserve, Cafe de Ola, Mon Cheri, Reserve Rye, 2x Barrel (Goose Island in house consumption only)
2020: Regular (including Easter eggs HH, BT, WT), Wheatwine, Prop, Special #4, Kentucky Fog, Anniversary, Birthday
2021: Regular, Wheatwine, Prop, 150, Blaton’s, cola, cherry wood, Fourteen, 2x Barrel Toasted Barrel
2022: regular, 4 pack 12oz ( single barrel, so HH, WILT, WT, and blend), sir Isaac, biscotti, prop, coffee, 30th, and 2yr barleywine

Note also numerous taproom on tap only specials, but bottles list is above.

 

No idea why my post is in a nested quote and I can't fix it. Just clarifying that 2020 Wheatwine was the Caramella variant and 2021 didn't have Wheatwine unless I'm forgetting some super limited small count bottle release.

 

Updated

2003: regular only, promo, never officially released
2005(for 05 a Jan and Aug release) -2009: Regular only (note reg in 12 and 22 oz for 09 only)
2010: Coffee, Rare, Vanilla, Regular
2011: Coffee, Bramble, Regular
2012: Regular, Coffee, Cherry Rye
2013: Regular, Coffee, Barleywine, Prop, Backyard Rye
2014: Regular, Coffee, Prop, Vanilla Rye, Barelywine
2015: (Some) Regular, Regal, Rare (Barelywine, Prop, Coffee, some Regulars we’re infected)
2016: Regular, Barleywine, Coffee, Prop
2017: Regular, Coffee, Barleywine, Prop, Northwoods, Reserve, (2yr barleywine reserve, made but not released, GI stated didn’t taste right)
2018: Regular, Coffee Barleywine, Prop, Reserve, Vanilla, Bramble, Midnight Orange, Wheatwine
2019: Regular, Wheatwine, Prop, Reserve, Cafe de Ola, Mon Cheri, Reserve Rye, 2x Barrel (Goose Island in house consumption only)
2020: Regular (including Easter eggs HH, BT, WT), Carmela ale, Prop, Special #4, Kentucky Fog, Anniversary, Birthday
2021: Regular, Prop, 150, Blaton’s, cola, cherry wood, Fourteen, 2x Barrel Toasted Barrel
2022: regular, 4 pack 12oz ( single barrel, so HH, WILT, WT, and blend), sir Isaac, biscotti, prop, coffee, 30th, and 2yr barleywine

Note also numerous taproom on tap only specials, but bottles list is above.

 

thanks I updated and changed 2020 to Carmela ale

 

2011 also had King Henry

 

My brother bought WILT 4 Packs in Las Vegas, Nevada. Three of them.

I found the "GI" which I'm assuming is the blended version yesterday and will go back today to grab it. I may buy HH and WT depending on how the WILT goes. I liked the blended 2020 much better than the Easter Eggs

Hoping to have the same take. I'm going to perform a side by side once I get the blended 12 oz four pack.

 

Nice! Thanks. This should be cut and pasted at the top of the 2023 BCBS thread when it starts.

 

Was referring to the easter eggs from 2020. I know this year they shipped out the single barrel 4-packs (none around here though)

 

I've thus far had Willett and Wild Turkey. Wild Turkey had something missing to me in 2020, too, and this year is the same where I imagine the other components of the blended adds a lot of complexity to the beer. The Willett on the other hand was amazing. I'm not going to hunt for the other two, but hope to stumble into BT. It was my favorite of the 3 in 2020 and I think the Willett I had last night would certainly give it a run for the money.

 

Wrong thread. “The Deth of the Deep Woods; Barrel Aged Stouts and Selling Out 2” will take place in the Rev thread once a deal is completed.

 

Can you imagine the vitriol that would be spewed if a buyout was announced tomorrow?

 

For anyone that is a bourbonite, you're hitting on the difference between a store pick vs. the "normal" offering. Sometimes their prime, and sometimes they are bust. Years ago when store picks weren't as common, and only stores that were deeply rooted in the business had store picks, the picks were seemingly always high quality. Someone from that store would travel to the rickhouse, sample through barrels, and pick one that was 'the best'. Now adays, especially with big stores like Binny's and Kroger and so on not only doing store picks, but getting sometimes several barrels at a time of the same offering (and especially since COVID), they may not even taste through them. They may just have one (or more) picked. So, it's a real gamble.

Most whiskey is batched (i.e. blended). Even (especially?) the highly lauded bottles are blended together. Where the "single barrel" type thing really shines in beer is just like in whiskey. Once the beer has been BA'd, you have to sample through barrels to find one (or more) that are unique (and if more than 1, can be blended together as the same type of barrel) that exudes those highly prized characteristics that wouldn't shine in the 'normal blend'.



TL;DR: I'm not surprised that the single distillery bottles aren't everyone's favorite. Blending is often superior.

 

DT would instantly taste worse

 

We are 29 pages into year 10 thread of GI. Don’t think the vitriol would matter a damn.

 

"Even though I said I did I never actually liked [highly lauded deep woods beer] so I don't care! Really I don't! Seriously!!1!1!!

 

Gene's sausage shop in Lincoln Square had everything as of yesterday including 4 packs of WT.

 

I know that the drop was plentiful this year in Chicagoland, but it's wonderful to see everyone chiming in on where they found/are still seeing the lineup. Gotta love the camaraderie. More helpful posts than I remember at any point since I started on BA.

 

big John and night stalker too.

 

Those aren't really BCBS variants. Night Stalker goes back to 2009 as well.

 

Apparently, some of the bottles snuck out and were passed around.

 

98 bottles of beer on the wall…

 

Looking at the list of past variants and reports of where this year's is still available brought up random questions in my mind.

Did Walgreens get any this year? If not, when was the last time? Which year was the infamous "sell it all at midnight" fiasco?

 

My wife was at the Woodman's in Bloomingdale yesterday. She picked-up a regular and a Sir Issacs for me. No biscotti but they do have coffee. I didn't want to press my luck and have her look for more varieties

 

I never had a chance to try King Henry (I wasn't into craft beer when it came out, and wasn't willing to pay for a bottle when I learned of its existence, lol), for those who've had both, how does this year's 2YBW compare to it?

 

That long ago? Wow, time flies. Think of all those cases of 2014 Prop.