REVIEW: Goose Island Bourbon County (2011)

This is an elusive beer. It's in a class with beers like Russian River's Pliny the Younger, Three Floyd's Dark Lord, and Founders Canadian Breakfast Stout. These beers are produced in extremely limited quantities and therefore demand is incredibly high. Fans of these beers will wait in line for hours to grab a bottle. My girlfriend, Meredith, was able to track down a bottle of the Bourbon County for me and gave it to me for Valentine's Day. Who needs Chocolates?! So yes, she is awesome, and now I have this insane bourbon barrel aged imperial stout to review. Will it live up to the hype? To the beer!

REVIEW: Goose Island Demolition

 

I've talked about Belgian beers on the blog before. Mostly about my trepidation in reviewing them. I don't know a ton about these Belgian styles, but I do quite enjoy the Belgian style beers from Goose Island. You may have had Sofie, Matilda, Fleur, or Pere Jaques. They are just a few of their very tasty Belgian style offerings. All of them are worth checking out. So that gave me a bit of hope that this other Belgian style ale would be just as good. Also, I had read online that Demolition had been discontinued. So when I saw this bottle at my local Kroger's I knew I had to grab it. Who knows if i'd get the chance again? To the beer!