“We released our first-ever Proprietor’s Variant in 2013, the same year I started as an intern here at Goose,” says Fuechsl. However, innovation brewer Quinn Fuechsl had a hunch that the fruit, along with almond and cassia bark, would be ideal ingredients in a bourbon barrel-aged imperial stout, the company says. At that time, the brewery hadn’t experimented with bananas much. This recipe first released in 2017 as Bourbon County Brand Proprietor’s Stout only to Chicago drinkers. Welcoming back another member of the family this year, 2023 Bourbon County Brand Bananas Foster Stout makes its debut on the national stage.

2023 Bourbon County Brand Bananas Foster Stout We believe that the secondary finishing process, when done with intention, opens up exciting, new opportunities to enhance and elevate bourbon - or in this case, stout - to unexpected places.”Īvailable nationally. “What’s exciting about the Angel’s Envy BCS collaboration is the beer is finished in a way that replicates how we finish our award-winning bourbon, in port wine barrels. “We’re thrilled to be partnering with Goose Island, to be a part of their annual iconic Bourbon County Stout lineup,” says Owen Martin, Master Distiller of Angel’s Envy. This finishing process refined and amplified the flavors of cherry, spice and cocoa within this aged stout, the company reports. After aging in those for a year, the beer transferred to a second set of Ruby Port wine barrels, where the beer matured for another year. The beer starts in freshly emptied barrels that once held Angel’s Envy Kentucky straight bourbon. Goose Island’s first-ever “Cask Finish” stout. 2023 Bourbon County Brand Angel’s Envy 2-Year Cask Finish Stout Tasting notes: Oak, toasted almond and warming vanilla.Īvailable nationally. Advertisement 2023 Bourbon County Brand Eagle Rare 2-Year Reserve StoutĪged for two years in Eagle Rare 10-year-old barrels.

Cocoa vanilla wild at heart