Found this 2019 Bourbon County in a bottle shop last year. Bought two for Ryan and I to Duo. We're going to enjoy this while his Texas A&M Aggies play in the Texas Bowl. Been looking forward to using this Goose Island glass. Aroma has a deep and heavy quality. Strong on malt, dark fruit, and traces of Bourbon barrel alcohol. Texture, from the first sip, is quality. It has a heavy feel while at the same time being silky smooth, no stickiness or syrupy feel whatsoever. Immediately get a smooth, velvety experience on the tongue. Flavor is substantial in a correct proportion. It has a strong proportion of malt which conveys mostly coffee, notes off dark milk chocolate, and a spice I'm not completely familiar with. It contains casilla bark, which is a type of Chinese cinnamon. I'll assume that is the quality that surfaces. The finish adds a dominating dark milk chocolate without the normal abundance of sugar. Only in the finish do I get the traces of orange peel that others so readily found. Also during the finish, as it warmed, it took on a more dry quality. As a side note, the sugary content seems to be a bit askew. I'm not familiar with Panela sugar, but you can taste a slight difference from what I consider our normal cane sugar. My first adjective to Ryan was " classy". You can taste that so much effort was put into making a unique and fantastic beer, that the price of ingredients was secondary. So rare to find today. The quality demonstrated by an experienced Brewer shines through in the smoothness, texture, balance of flavors, and especially the uniqueness of flavors I have not experienced before. There's nothing I love more than a well-crafted imperial stout that I savor sip by sip, enjoying until the very last. This is the kind of beer I live for. Their commitment is well appreciated.

        🔥🔥🔥900🔥🔥🔥 Time to celebrate a new milestone, my 900th beer in PintPlease. To reach this far has taken quite some time but here we are, I'm really excited. So in the party with me is Goose Island Beer Co - Bourbon County Café de Olla Stout 13,5 %. Aged in bourbon barrels with coffee, cassia bark, orange peel, and panela sugar added. Coffee is from Intelligentsia. I had to google that Cassia bark; from a tree which is used to make cinnamon. Color is obviously black as expected and seems to be nicely thick. The foam is brown and quick I have to admit. How about the scent then. I get soft bourbon barrel, sweet sugary touch and a pinch of orange. Coffee is there and cocoa. I don't know about the Cassia bark, perhaps a bit wood-like.. And next the flavours. Here we go then. Nice sweetness from brown sugar, orange peel, oak barrel and bourbon. Bourbon isn't too strong but still gives a slight kick in the end. There's a good amount of cocoa and coffee is really pleasant, not bitter or strong and really steps up in the aftertaste. I would say everything is in good balance here. Semi-thick and smooth on the palate. Slightly sticky lips. Super easy drinkability. Excellent stuff.  This is my second stout from Goose Island but luckily I have more in store such as BCBS 2018, 2019 and 2020 and one blend from 2017. Off to the #1000 now. Thanks for the support peeps.

Cocoa is notoriously hard for me, so we’ll see how Goose Island presents it. BEER: Bourbon County Brand Café de Olla Stout (2019) BREWERY: Goose Island Beer Co. BEER STYLE: Imperial Stout (Bourbon BA) COUNTRY: USA ALCOHOL (ABV): 13.5% COLOUR (EBC): Cola Black (80.0) BITTERS (EBU/IBU): 60.0 SCENT: I get good amount of Cassia Bark, sweet, a bit floral and deserty. FOAM: Quickly running by. GREY’S VIEW This has BCBS base and it is flavored with coffee beans, cold coffee with later addition of cassia bark, orange peel and panela sugar. Flavors are presented nicely slow and layered. First are the most evident ones; spicys and dryer cocoa. Right after first corner there are waiting soft cream coffee with slightly lip gluing feel of sugar, lovely and mellow, really rounded and full essence of wild, deserty flowers and the tiniest amount of Bourbon on the background. Also the orange peel flavors are clearly and nicely mixed in. Mouthfeel is semi full with filling and round carbonation. It has spirit to it, nice kick every here and there keeps you from floating entirely away. Aftertaste is mouthcoatingly creamy coffee, dry brown sugary, dried orange peely with a bit mind wondering feel. It also warms you up really nicely. OTHER NOTES: Inspired by the Mexican coffee beverage, Café de Olla. Lovely execution from Goose Island once again. They have really managed to keep the flavors nicely balanced, yet exotic and clear enough. BOTTLED 8/8/2019 TASTED 19/12/2020

Superbowl beer Smells like an orange creamsicle mixed with a stout. Taste has bourbon county stout with some orange in the mix. Dark fruits, bourbon, oak, orange peel and coffee. Coffee really comes out in the aftertaste. 4.5/5