Category Archives: Beers A-Z

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.

Bourbon County Brand Classic Cola Stout (2021) - Goose Island Beer Co. -  Untappd

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, nutmeg and anise licks as well as chocolate pudding skin crusting and smoked cedar whim over honeycombed oats flaking for excellent Christmastime dessert. 2025 re-tasting: Seductive minty cinnamon-sticked gingerbread sweetness gained hot cocoa, chocolate liqueur and Kahlua stints as honeyed vanilla creaming rose.

Gingerbread Stout (2016) - Hardywood Park Craft Brewery - Untappd