Sensational Goose Island Variants
Chicago IL Aug 2020 - More than twenty years ago Greg Hall wanted to brew something truly unique for the brewpubs 1000th batch he just needed inspiration.
Goose island variants. For the first time Goose Island took the base Bourbon County Stout and used toasted honeycomb-shaped cherry wood chips. The result is a softer flavor profile full of caramel vanilla butterscotch and toffee flavors all while carrying the nuances of Larceny bourbon. They also added lime orange juice orange zest coriander cassia bark.
The 2018 Festival of Wood and Barrel-Aged Beers FoBAB award-winning variant is back for its second year this year aged 100 in Larceny wheated bourbon casks from our partners at Heaven Hill. With Goose Islands connections the unique barrels they have access to are part of what makes Bourbon County so unique. ANNOUNCING 2020 BOURBON COUNTY STOUT VARIANTS.
With that said more attention in recent years has typically focused on the oddball Bourbon County Stout variants that Goose Island cooks. To my surprise it not only works its exceptional. In 2018 and 2019 the brewery highlighted fruitier and sweeter variantssome worked and others had a very specific fanbase.
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Then a chance encounter between Greg and Jim Beams legendary distiller Booker Noe led to Goose Island acquiring the barrels for what was to become the worlds first bourbon barrel aged beer. After Goose Islands much-discussed 2015 infection issues the 2016 lineup was curtailed to just the Greatest Hits version Original Coffee Barleywine Proprietors. Goose says this will impart a noticeable.
Announces 2020 Bourbon County Stout Variants. Last year Goose Island released secret versions of Bourbon County Stout that were subtly marked to tease out which distilleries barrels were used for. The brewery says it has a flavor profile that includes a whisky cola.