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Category Archives: Beers A-Z
GOOSE ISLAND BOURBON COUNTY BRAND SPECIAL #4 STOUT
On tap at Kitchen & Beer Bar, lovely breakfast-styled Bourbon County oatmeal stout variant drapes chocolate-fudged maple syrup atop Ethiopian coffee sedation and bourbon vanilla warmth. Creamy caramelized cocoa midst reinforces mocha luster as latent tarry nuttiness contrasts bruised black cherry sweetness, deepening its chewy resonance.
GOOSE ISLAND BOURBON COUNTY KENTUCKY FOG STOUT (2020)
On tap at Beef Trust, complex bourbon barrel-aged Earl Grey black tea Bourbon County variant stays stylishly subdued as honey roasted chicory sweetness and mild black malted cocoa bittering cling to lovely bourbon vanilla-spiced entry. Fudgy toffee-chocolate midst underscored by peaty dew moisture.
GOOSE ISLAND BOURBON COUNTY STOUT (2021)
On tap at Beef Trust, onrushing chocolatey vanilla richness coats Heaven Hill/ Wild Turkey/ Buffalo Trace bourbon conflux, retaining ancillary coconut, marshmallow, molasses, almond and caramelized rye pleasantries.
GOOSE ISLAND BOURBON COUNTY BRAND STOUT – 2018
On tap at Kitchen & Beer Bar, luxurious (15.2% ABV) 2018 version retains fudgy milk chocolate creaming for sweet oak-aged bourbon influence, sugary vanilla-marshmallow serenade and dark cherry rasp to its honeyed Graham Cracker base. Beneath the bourbon chocolate surface lies coffee, coconut, toasted almond and leathery tobacco illusions. Sensational!
GOOSE ISLAND BOURBON COUNTY CHERRY WOOD STOUT (2021)
On tap at Kitchen & Beer Bar, utilizing honeycomb-shaped cherrywood chips to age lightly creamed caramelized chocolate and sweet bourbon vanilla sway. Whiskey-bent bourbon tones outdo initial mocha influence as spiced toffee sugaring and dark cherry bruise surface above the tannic oak-charred toasting.
GOOSE ISLAND BOURBON COUNTY CLASSIC COLA STOUT
On tap at Beef Trust, boundlessly complex (and frustratingly profuse) whiskeyed cola knockoff is pleasantly off-balance. Classic cola soda frontage cleared away by bourbon vanilla spicing and tertiary orange juicing stays distant before the brown-sugared Cassia-barked Graham Cracker base solidifies. Wispy maple molasses, cherry, toffee and chocolate undertones waver.
HARDYWOOD GINGERBREAD STOUT
Creamily wildflower-honeyed gingerbread cookie knockoff stays spicily in your face while retaining silken eclair froth. Sharp cinnamon-spiced vanilla snap sweetness gains brown-sugared molasses, sassafras and anise licks as well as chocolate pudding skin crusting and smoked cedar whim over honeycombed oats flaking for excellent Christmastime dessert.
FIRESTONE WALKER CINNAMON DOLCE NITRO STOUT
On tap at Beef Trust, nitrogenated cinnamon-sticked Madagascar vanilla and roasted coffee richness amplify traditional Mexican confection. Eclair-frothed cinnamon dolce syruping coats Black Forest cake finish.
STUBBORN BEAUTY MY LOVE IS WARMER THAN CHOCOLATE FUDGE
On tap at Jealous Monk, prominent roasted coffee nuttiness from cold-brewed Honduran java dominates awesome lactose-heavy oatmeal stout. Dark chocolate fudging coats hop-charred Blackstrap molasses oats in the back.
FORGOTTEN BOARDWALK LUCY THE ELEPHANT
Distinct upfront coffee roast waft bitterer than milk-creamed java entry of soft-toned, eclair-headed, pale-toned cream stout. Smoked maple molasses glazes tertiary almond-praline-pecan conflux as finishing hop astringency contrasts mild vanilla froth.
TOX SLUDGE
Fudgy marshmallow-fluffed brown chocolate sweetness rampages thru brown-sugared candied yam adjunct above honeyed Graham Cracker base of ‘toxic’ 11% ABV winter warming pastry stout. Creamy chocolate-vanilla center gains bruised black cherry, star anise and toffee illusions for perfect sweet-toothed nightcap.
