Ah, Bourbon County season. It’s truly the most wonderful time of the year. Where the faithful cross the Midwest and line up in droves to get their hands on some of the elusive, barrel-aged juice coming out of Chicago’s very own Goose Island Brewery, who also happen to be our West Loop/Fulton Market neighbors.
Bourbon County and Foxtrot have what I would like to consider a pretty storied past. Our first line out the door a few years back was on Bourbon County Day. I often tell people with pride that we were the first delivery service to sell BCS through an app in Chicago*, and I’ve had this date circled on my calendar for a Beer Drop feature since we kicked this off back in April.
A few weeks ago we stopped by the Goose Island Barrel Warehouse where we got a behind-the-scenes tour of the intense craft that goes into barrel aging beer. A.J. Platt, GI Barrel Brewer, showed us around that day, and I recently caught up with him again to talk through this year’s batch. These babies are going to go quickly, so get ’em while you can!