Goodwood Bourbon Stout Finish

Goodwood Brewing is a Louisville brewery, founded as Bluegrass Brewing Company, that made its name on barrel-aged beer under the tagline 'Touched by Wood. Brewed with Limestone Water.' The Stout Finish is where its spirits line began. In February 2019 Goodwood launched a Kentucky straight bourbon finished in its own used stout barrels. That first release was a 12-year-old bourbon distilled at Barton 1792 from a mash bill of 74% corn, 18% rye and 8% malted barley, bottled at 90 proof. The idea behind the whiskey is a two-way trade: barrels that held bourbon go to the brewery to age stout, and once the stout is dumped, those freshly emptied, beer-soaked barrels go back to finishing whiskey. The bourbon then rests in them for roughly three to four months, long enough to pick up the roasted malt and chocolate of the beer without burying the whiskey. Master brewer Joel Halbleib described the result as malt sweetness and a cocoa character layered over the bourbon's vanilla and sweet caramel, and Bourbon Banter's review found dark fruit, caramel, chocolate-covered cherries, rye spice and light oak. It's a natural pour for stout drinkers, and good alongside dessert.

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