The Important Bourbon County Question

there's an easier way to do that...

 

It was $23.99 a four pack for me. $6 a beer, or roughly the same cost as most "craft" pints at bars/restaurants (and "craft" often includes things like Blue Moon and Shock Top). Its also lower in cost per ounce than nearly any bomber I buy. For me its definitely worth the cost.

 

It is one of the cheapest bourbon barrel beers anywhere. The biggest problem for people who like the beer is it is GROSSLY under priced and as a result any store without a bottle limit will have their entire supply purchased by one person. People will gleefully bring friends to assure they get extras. And those without the time to wait in lines can't get it.

Put Bourbon County Stout into a bomber at 20 dollars and there are still lines. It's actually only a few dollars at that price over Abyss which isn't close to as good nor is it 100% barrel aged.

Heck at 20 a bomber it is still cheaper than a great many bourbon barrel limited releases. Or if we keep with 4 packs (honestly anyone who lives in a place where they still get enough to sell 4 pack is already lucky) but at 44 a 4 pack we'd be at 20 a bomber pricing. That price would simply not prevent loves of the beer, but it would HOPEFULLY keep the "oh I want to try this to try it" group from snatching up as many bottles. Maybe it even keeps a few of the guys who seem to always get 2-3 cases to settle for a case.

Sadly Goose Island doesn't appear interested in producing enough to meet demand at the current price and they keep expanding their footprint so frankly the beer is going to increasingly be impossible to find and most of us will be forced to go to keg tappings with beers not even aged a year

 

The beer used to be 9%...it really hasn't gotten any better at the higher ABVs.

 

Amazing beer that lives up to the hype. Honestly, if regular BCBS didn't exist and then came out as a brewery release exclusive with low bottles counts, people would go nuts for it.