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Nerdsense Drinks Reviews – #341 Goose Island Bourbon County Vanilla (2018)

Yes, the video is slanted. Mike and I are dumb. We didn’t notice until the last review we did. We’re not smart.

Style: Bourbon Barrel Aged Imperial Stout
Container: 500ml Bottle
Glassware: Darkling glass? If anyone knows the style, do tell!
Notes: This long time favorite makes a long-awaited return to the Bourbon County Stout roster. Utilizing whole grade A vanilla beans from Madagascar, Vanilla delivers on all the quintessential things fans love about this variant: aromatic vanilla, marshmallow, toffee, oak, and floral notes highlighting the creamy mouthfeel and enhancing the chocolate flavors that are ingrained in Bourbon County Stout.(14.9%)

Nerdsense Drinks Reviews – #340 Trillium Deciduous (2018)

Style: Strong Ale
Container: 750ml
Glassware: Stemmed Balloon
Notes: Hearty and complex with medium body and notes of employees tears .(12.5%)

Nerdsense Drinks Reviews – #339 Other Half & Crak Pistachio Vanilla Cake

Style: Bourbon Barrel Aged Imperial Stout
Container:  500ml Bottle
Glassware: BBA Spiegelau
Notes: Collab w/ Crak Brewery, conditioned on vanilla and pistachio.(14.4%)

Nerdsense Drinks Reviews – #338 Goose Island Bourbon County Brand Stout (2018 Vintage)

Style: Bourbon Barrel Aged Imperial Stout
Container:  500ml Bottle
Glassware: BBA Spiegelau
Notes: Aged in 4+ year old Heaven Hill Bourbon barrels, the original bourbon barrel aged stout is as good as when we first made it over 20 years ago. Flavors of cocoa, vanilla, caramel, almond, cherry, plus leather and tobacco flavors permeate this complex beer that deepens with each sip.(14.7%)

Nerdsense Drinks Reviews – #336 Heist Mango Burst

Style: IPA
Container: 16oz Can
Glassware: Spiegelau BBA Glasses
Notes: IPA brewed with a bunch of mango, and a smattering of Madagascar vanilla beans. (6.7%)

Nerdsense Drinks Reviews – #335 North Coast Bourbon Barrel Aged Old Rasputin XX

Style: Bourbon Barrel Aged Imperial Stout
Container:  500ml Bottle
Glassware: BBA Spiegelau
Notes: Old Rasputin aged in bourbon barrels. Enough said. (11.1%)

Nerdsense Drinks Reviews – #334 Casita Southward

Style: Bourbon Barrel Aged Imperial Stout
Container:  500ml Bottle
Glassware: Mini Teku
Notes: Southward is a bourbon barrel-aged Imperial Stout, conditioned on vanilla, cocoa nibs, and pecan coffee. (11%)

Nerdsense Drinks Reviews – #333 Other Half & Crak Panna, Fragole, E Cioccolato

Style: Imperial Stout
Container: 16.9oz Bottle
Glassware: Spiegelau BBA Glasses
Notes: Imperial Stout in collaboration with Crak Brewery conditioned with Cacao Nibs, Vanilla and Strawberries. (14.4%)

Nerdsense Drinks Reviews – #331 Tree House Spiritual Unrest

Style: Imperial Milk Stout
Container: 16oz Can
Glassware: Tree House Anniversary Teku’s
Notes:  Spiritual Unrest pours pitch black in the glass and releases aromas and flavors of milk chocolate, blueberry, and coffee ice cream. The coffee and fruit are congruous, producing an outcome that is greater than the sum of its parts  (8%)

Nerdsense Drinks Reviews – #330 BBA Oskar Blues Mocha Ten Fidy

Style: Bourbon Barrel Aged Imperial Stout
Container: 19.2oz Can
Glassware: Stemmed sample glasses
Notes: Bourbon Barrel-Aged Ten FIDY was massively doused with unsweetened pure liquid cacao made by our friends at Cholaca, then dosed with Hotbox Roasters’ cold brew from Mexican coffee beans.  (9%)