bourbon county brand barleywine ale
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Bourbon County Brand Barleywine Ale

Goose Island Beer Co.

Chicago

ABV: 12.3%

There’s a whole lot of fruit happening in this beer including plum and ripe melon. The overwhelming flavor and aroma, however, is sweet maraschino cherry and light milk chocolate. It pours a deep caramel color with garnet highlights and finishes semi-dry with flavors of walnut. The alcohol content is largely masked, but some people might find this akin to trace amounts of cough syrup.

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