Again in 1992, for the 1,000th batch of Goose Island beer, the brewer Greg Corridor, needed to create one thing distinctive, a one-off beer. What resulted was the brewery’s first bourbon barrel-aged stout.
“On the time, we thought we’d by no means make it once more,” says Corridor, who left Goose Island in 2011.
Because it occurs, Goose Island continues to be making bourbon barrel-aged stouts 30 years later. All of it started at a fortuitous dinner that put Corridor subsequent to Booker Noe, the legendary grasp distiller and grandson of Jim Beam. That likelihood assembly spurred the concept to age Goose Island stout in a bourbon barrel.
Over the past 30 years, the discharge of latest Goose Island Bourbon County stouts has turn out to be considerably of a spectacle, with individuals tenting out to be the primary to purchase it large. Annually, the stress is undoubtedly on Goose Island to make one thing memorable—as soon as once more. In previous years, they’ve made bourbon barrel-aged stout variants flavored with Earl Gray tea, chipotle chilis, and blueberry juice (simply not collectively). Certainly one of 2021’s stouts dropped at thoughts strawberry ice cream bars. In the case of pushing what a bourbon barrel-aged stout could be, 2022 is not any completely different.
“We take into consideration Bourbon County Stout every single day of the yr, and I hope this yr’s releases present that.” says Mike Siegel, senior innovation supervisor at Goose Island.
This yr, Goose Island has seven new releases that commemorate 30 years of creating bourbon barrel-aged stout and push the method in seven new methods. From outdated favorites to tropical flavors, right here’s the listing of 2022 Bourbon County stouts it’s worthwhile to get your fingers on.
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Goose Island Bourbon County Stout
Yearly, Goose Island returns to the recipe for the primary Bourbon County Stout from 1992. This yr, the imperial stout is aged and blended from empty bourbon barrels utilized by Heaven Hill, 4 Roses, Wild Turkey, and Buffalo Hint distilleries. Goose Island says you may anticipate flavors of vanilla, darkish chocolate, toffee, molasses, almond, and dried fruit.
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