Bourbon County Vertical 2023

Starting to take on some aged characteristics, but not in a bad way.

Bourbon County Vertical 2022

This is really holding up very well. Lots of barrel, smooth/silky mouthfeel, and lots of chocolate and roasted malt.

Bourbon County Vertical 2021

Vertical 2020

Has aged very well. Lots of dark, roasted malt and booziness.

Lots of dark chocolate and roasted malt. Thin for BC.

Put some cold brewed coffee in. yumm

8 year vertical

Really good, smooth, boozy, rich and roasty.

Great fresh.

Nose is all coconut. Slightly sweet and loads of coconut in a really good way. Outstanding.

To me the nose is off putting, but the flavor is good. Sweet with vanilla and coffee.

Vertical 2020

Damn. Super dark, thick, boozy, dark chocolate, and roasted malt. Nice job this year, Goose Island!

8 year vertical

2018 was better. Very thin and boozy, caramel on the aftertaste. Missing the rich, roastiness and relaxed by warmth.

It’s pretty good. I think I liked it more the last time I tried it. Rather thin and just leaves a dark chocolate bitter taste on the tongue. Wouldn’t buy it again.

Can definitely taste the age on it. Getting chocolate, coffee and cinnamon notes. Dark chocolate lingers long afterwards.

This has lost a lot of its original character in 4 years. A bit of coffee, malt and a subtle cinnamon finish. Will have to try a 2018 for comparison.

Yum

Lots of sweetness; almost too much. A hint of dark chocolate. Not getting much else flavor-wise. Perhaps when it warms, there will be more.

Lots of dark coffee and malt. Overpowers the usual KBS flavors.

The nose has some coffee, the taste seems like they used coffee during the brewing process instead of adding it. Bitter comes At the end.

Really good. Lots of coffee at the front, followed by tons of dark chocolate. No loss of flavor after 1 year.

Loads of dark chocolate with a hint of coffee. Finish is roasted malt and lingering dark chocolate. Held up well.

Really good until the very end when bitterness sets in and becomes the only thing lingering on the palette.

This hasn’t lost much of anything, save a little vanilla.

Don’t taste any coffee on this one any longer. The 2019 I had earlier was much better.

Good this year, though I’m less tolerant each year of the bitterness. If they reduced that, it would likely still be in my top 5.

Loss of chocolate and a hint of coffee. Has held up quite well.

Gave to Stan Soroka as thank you for bourbon samples (Red Breast and New Riff)

Starting to taste like KBS. I THINK 4 years is the longest without losing too much, but fresh is still best. Not much coffee left. Mostly roasted malt.

Lots of coffee and dark chocolate. Definitely taste the age, but still enjoyable.

Definitely taste the age. Still tons of coffee. Best fresh.

This was their off year. I will say while it wasn’t good overall, it seems to have held up to where it was back then. Still best fresh.

Either this was the off year or this didn’t hold up well. Flavors aren’t right. Maybe it will improve as it warms.

2 years later, it still hasn't improved much.

Slightly better than it was when fresh, but still not up to the standards of other years.

It now has a year on it and hasn't improved much. This year's is fantastic; 2016 still is not.

Still not any better. I think this year's batch will need 2-3 years before it tastes decent.

Only trace hints of coffee left. Dark chocolate and malt are predominate. Fresh is still best. Got 2016-2109 lined up after this.

Really good. Nice and smooth. No hints of vanilla left.

Tons of chocolate. Not much coffee left. Boozy and good.

Still super boozy. Celebrating my 2018 Infiniti Q50 Red Sport

Wow. This blows KBS out of the water. I need to get more of this. Was hesitant because I hate Uncle Jacob, but this is great!

Black Friday at HBS. Past its prime.

This doesn’t take like KBS anymore. The only things I taste are dark chocolate and malt, but not the way it was and not in a good way. The coffee is long gone. There’s almost a soapiness to it at first. KBS is best fresh.

Flavors tapered off over time. Still good, but it has lost something.