Ginger-forward here, giving this a very cola-like quality. Tastes a lot like what I'd imagine a coconut Coca-Cola to taste like, but (of course) as a beer. Pretty nice, if a bit gimmicky.

The champagne of IPAs. (This is not hazy.)

Mellow wheat beer without the bland citrus vibes of most. If anything there is a bit of pineapple hiding in the aftertaste with a little more bitterness on the front.

Tastes like a sweeter Bourbon County, which is maybe a bit much? But you definitely get that raisin/fig molasses caramel on top. Not sure I really got Graham Cracker in here (other than, well, sweet).

Truly a privilege to have had this beer. The balance, the sweet and the dry, the char and the smooth molasses. Sublime really.

Like a balsamic reduction after cooking a steak. And surprisingly, as a hater of bourbon barrel aged, this was really not bad.

Aged now for seven years, lots of caramel, cacao, and hints of aged balsamic grape, finishing with a nice, clean, tannic dryness. Love to open an old bottle and find that it's still superb.

Thick and sweet, hints of ginger and other cola spices but who even knows since it's so sweet it just overpowers any other flavor. Finishes syrupy and tacky in the throat. Just way too much.

Molasses is the forward thing here. Thick heavy and stout.

Tart, apricot-like, going into a lightly bitter, pretty funky Brett character. Finishes buttery and mellow, very much the prototypical ideal for a sour for me.

Too thick, too young, too sweet, and here's my first rule of cinnamon (or cassia) beers, it doesn't matter what else you put into it, it just tastes like cinnamon. This might as well be a second-rate Mexican cake stout. And for being based on a legendary beer, I just wanted to taste some coconut.

Tasted a bit off, like rooty, watery coffee. I haven't quite yet experienced a beer that successfully made me think "stout" at session ABVs, much like low-calorie colas this sits firmly in the uncanny valley.

Keg blew on this one. Seemed a little overly thick and still a bit over the top but I'm never going to complain about getting one of these for a dollar.

There is an instant of really pleasant surprised confusion as the tea flavors hit (I had not read the label or prepared myself in any way to know what this beer was supposed to be about)… but then the just overwhelming sweetness and viscosity come through…. and it doesn’t work. Tea, even Earl Grey, is not supposed to be *thick*. It can be broody, heavy, moody, dark… many things. But not *thick* and basically that kinda ruins it. I’m pretty sure tea will never go with a thick beer like stout for me…

There’s a good beer in there after it punches me. Thanks Eden!

Oy plagiarized my donut comment. High octane maple glazed cinnamon bun. Very sweet. Instant drunk while trying to cook dinner. Dangerous.

It’s an apple donut! Delicious! Thanks Eden!

Dark bitter smell, balsamic vinegar qualities. Smooth yet complex rich body. Good finish, nothing off lingering.

Intensely sweet, like a sweet apple wine or brandy, with a concentrated caramel flavor throughout. It's a nice flavor, but there's just a little too much of everything throughout - it was hard to drink more than a small sip at a time. Hopefully with age maybe this could become a lot more mellow. All that said, it was still way better than the Kentucky Fog.

So I love Earl Grey and was super excited for this, but I’m really not feeling it here. The base beer overwhelms the subtlety of the teas and they end up turning into a weirdly herbal, perfumey and bitter aftertaste.

Still delicious, and maybe a touch smoother on draft.

Held up well in the recapped bottle, even after four days.

The Cherry was just on the edge of cough syrup but was nicely countered with some dark chocolate bitterness. It’s still fairly sweet so probably best delivered in a desert context and in small quantities.

Last year, we blended the Midnight Orange and Vanilla together to produce something that was more balanced than either base beer. This year, Goose Island did it for us! The orange is subtle, and the main sensation is chocolate, sweet coffee, and just a hint of fruit. As with most new releases in this line, the beer tastes very young and hard to finish.

Initially, I really liked it. The bottle tagline is "Rustic, Complex, Alluring". I'll give it at least the first two. Complex. Mineraly, pretty interesting.

Light grassy hop flavor with a cereal finish.

Also tastes young. Blending this with the Midnight Orange makes an orange cream stout that is probably better than either component beer. This is interesting because I first got to know Goose Island through their excellent orange cream sodas in the ‘90s.

Strong orange. Almost perfumey, but just avoids that mortal sin by a hair. Tastes very young.

Surprise offering at Boardwalk. Very smooth, caramel, slightly fruity. Got boozier as the glass went on and by the end I was pretty wrecked. Felt it all night too.

Smells like a fruity red, tastes like a fruity red. Well, with stout caramel on top, which makes it taste a lot like prunes. Tacky sourness lingers in the throat. Maybe this'll get better with age, but ... meh for now.

Bitter for a lager. They bill it as a red lager with grapefruit and pine aromas. So the fact that it's a bit bitter and brackish is perhaps unsurprising. But overall, not too bad.

This is really good. I agree with Mike that it's like a good red are work coffee overtones.

Very light, almost lager like. But with this is bitter after taste, which is really a lot like dirty water.

Spicy, a little bit of hard candy.

Sour, funky, clean caramel.

Smooth, caramel, light flavored scotch ale with a pleasant but very bourbon-forward flavor.

A strongly caramel / date barleywine, very sweet and boozy, although it finishes more with a smooth, sugary malt than with any harshness. Very much a dessert beer. Medium-thick.

Fine, though a little brackish. Bitter, but not as much as the best pils.

Light, kind of mild for a pale ale. I think it's a fine beer for drinking, but I'm not a huge fan of pale ales.

Floral Belgian, dry, slightly spicy - maybe coriander, but not overwhelming.

Not quite tart enough to be bracing, this tastes nicely of berry but isn't quite of the depth of flavor or as refined as other recent sours I've had. Finish is mildly sweet cereal, at least compared to the opening.

2016 Big Wood Festival. Young-tasting, strong bourbon flavors. Slightly sour.

Crisp, slight fruity taste, a bit of bitter but not bad.

Very light, mellow wheat ale with just a hint of yeast tang. Not exactly watery, but very, very light.

Creamy smoothness belies the 14%abv haha

Yes, we had a second bottle!

A little too sweet.

Thanks Chandler!

Thanks, Chandler! Just amazing, super complex beer. Vegetal. Umami. Toffee. Thick. Smooth. All of the single words.

Good bourbon and coffee flavors. Very well balanced.

Yummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

Lots of caramel with a bit of yeasty tang. Not nearly as burnt toffee or tart as the Regal Rye, and this definitely isn't a stout. It does seem to sit nicely in between the Coffee and the Regal Rye stout in terms of character, though. Tasty.

Basically a Bourbon County with what seems like a touch of cherry syrup added. I'm not a fan of cherry stouts or cherry chocolates, so while this was still good, it was a step down from the others. High and sweet bourbon notes and a lingering fruit-tart finish.

This year's version has lovely coffee flavor with no acidity or bitterness; very smooth. Bourbon is present but muted by the coffee flavors, making for a mellow overall character. I want to say this was a definite step up from last year, but this might just be because of its contrast from the rest of the flight. Still: delicious!

Very smooth. Dark chocolate, molasses. The one year of aging really smooths out the booziness.

Simply delicious. Nice dark chocolate, bourbon and roasted flavors. Maybe a little bit too boozy.

Wonderful smell with some marshmallow aromas. Very smooth oak and molasses flavors.

Lots of vanilla and toffee on the nose. Sweet and more than a little bourbony, this beer has a sweet, marshmallow-like aftertaste. Finishes smooth, and wonderful. So glad to have this again. Thanks, Chandler!

Malty IPA with a firmly bitter pithy finish. By the end I couldn't taste the grain anymore and I just got a bunch of booze. Oh, and this place is totally tacky.

Amazing to find this on tap during Migration Week! Take Bourbon County, add a sweet sheen of vanilla on top and then finish it with a little bit of rye fire. Not so much smooth as it is a treat.

A very pleasant pale ale: not too hoppy, not too malty. Light and refreshing. Also, Harry Caray!

I don't know if this was the specific name of this beer or if it's a rotating cask. This was a Belgian quad, and I can't say I liked it. Without carbonation it was way too sweet, to the point where it just started tasting weird. If I squinted though I could tell maybe there was something to it, but on cask I really couldn't like it.

Strongly tart and ambiguously fruity at the front, lingering into the finish. The flavor resolves into a thickish peach nectar flavor to close, which mixed well with the tartness. Hints of buttery Brett brings cobbler to mind and nicely sweetens out. First few sips tasted syrupy but resolved nicely over time. Very tasty!

Opening funk in the aroma and flavor. Goes very quickly into a puckeringly sour finish, and at this point you can taste the slightly murky character added by the salt. Finishes clean. I'm still kind of conflicted on this one, but I think it was overall on the plus side.

Opens like a wit, sweet with coriander and wheat. Finishes fruity, with a tart, dry notes that really recall sangria. Loved, loved, loved it. Amazing!

Standard dry coriander-dominant saison, avoids being musty. My palate was still a little messed up from a mystery beer no one could identify that tasted like Chinese medicinal herbs. There's a claim that this had tamarind in it, but who knows?

This was kind of awesome, and also weird. Medium gold in color, this tastes like a much darker beer. I think flavor-wise, it resembles most closely a creamy Irish red with a lot of excellent, smooth coffee flavor on top. Really, really good.

Subtle coriander, other Belgian spice & banana esters; good cereal, balanced with drying yeast bitterness and a tart, vinous finish. Lovely effervescence and -- in the sunlight -- an amazing appearance of flecks of gold in suspension, frozen in amber. I mean, look at that picture!

Alcohol a little more pronounced than I remember. Still quite tasty. (6 oz goblet)

Quite pleasing to the nose with strong banana bread and molasses smell. Very sweet, but not annoyingly so. Roasted malt, molasses, banana bread flavors. Very boozy, maybe a little bit too much.

Thank you Keith, for getting me this bottle! Rich and smooth, like a lighter Berserker. Out of the bottle, by itself, the alcohol and the sweetness were a little more on the nose than on draft, which knocks it down a bit. Perhaps more aging when buying bottled.

Light & fragrant hops with a cereal finish. Very drinkable, and when eating a Chicago-style pizza, geographically appropriate.

About as textbook example of a bourbon barrel aged imperial stout as you could ask for. This is not idiosyncratic in any way, nor does it have any funky residual barrel flavors. This is... it's Sparta.

The chai spices give this beer a kind of ginger-sandalwood-spice soap quality in the fragrance and in the flavor as well. There's a creamy malt presence and a bit of musty funk as well, but somehow this leads to a subdued overall experience. Flattish carbonation, with a bit of finishing prickle on the top of the tongue.

Tart and drying with a nice flavor. Not identifiably fruity.

Sweet and creamy, like a vanilla mocha with five pumps of syrup, but somehow avoids being cloying (although it certainly skirts the edge). Bourbon is just a hint at the beginning; the overall barrel character is subdued.

Clean hoppy smell. Soapy dank cereal taste initially but goes away after a few sips.

Not that tasty but highly sessionable.

Strong wine characteristics, it carries the Muscat really well, especially when paired with foie-gras. Stands up to old cheese too!

You guys, this was so good. Coffee, smooth, sweet and thick without being at all cloying. Pretty much exactly what I'd want a bourbon coffee stout to be, and seemingly a clear step up from the likes of the Baptist.

Distinct Belgian spice and black pepper on the nose. Starts with a bit of coffee-porter character, moves into a creamy, smooth Belgian funk, and finishes with a subtly peppery but definitely spicy kick. A nice surprise!

Smells like a sour. Taste is a complex combination of sour and dry spice. Some bitter in the finish. Interesting

Has the character of a Scottish ale like Traquair more than anything I'd call an American Brown - malty, pungent like wet hay. Once I stopped trying to think of it as a holiday ale it was much more enjoyable.

Sharp malt body with good bitter end.