{"id":3097,"date":"2015-11-28T11:16:19","date_gmt":"2015-11-28T15:16:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adamchandler.beer\/?p=3097"},"modified":"2015-11-28T11:16:19","modified_gmt":"2015-11-28T15:16:19","slug":"someone-at-goose-island-loves-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2015\/11\/28\/someone-at-goose-island-loves-me\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2605 Someone at Goose Island Loves Me"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:5591,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/22744626413&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20251104151804\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/22744626413&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-12 17:38:20&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-24 08:26:30&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-24 08:26:30&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:5592,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/23076023330&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20251104151806\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/23076023330&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-12 17:38:20&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-24 08:26:30&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-24 08:26:30&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:5593,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/22744659393&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20190115234028\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/22744659393\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-04 14:50:34&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-12 17:38:20&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-17 23:28:55&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-24 08:26:30&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-24 08:26:30&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>While in Chicago at Rare Day, I spoke to a few Goose Island employees who had no sympathy to my sob-story that I\u2019ve had 4 kegs of Bourbon County Stout (3 regular and 1 coffee) over the last 3 years and didn\u2019t have a proper tap handle since distributors wouldn\u2019t sell them to me. As I wiped a few tears from my beard covered cheeks and told them I had found a Sophie tap handle and was looking for an oval Bourbon County sticker, they each told me it would be hard to find a sticker since Goose has moved over to new more easier tap handles and abandoned the old design.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, I found a guy who asked me to email him my address and he\u2019d try to find something for me. On Black Friday, a letter arrived from Chicago with a single sticker enclosed so now my current and remaining BCS kegs will be properly poured from a Goose tap handle with the #ProperSticker. Thanks Goose Island! You guys rock.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"View &#039;Goose Island Bourbon County Tap Handle&#039; on Flickr.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/22744626413\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"  title=\"Goose Island Bourbon County Tap Handle\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"Goose Island Bourbon County Tap Handle\"  width=\"640\"  height=\"427\"  border=\"0\"  class=\" pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5646\/22744626413_ac9325ed8a_z.jpg\" ><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"View &#039;Goose Island Bourbon County Tap Handle&#039; on Flickr.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/23076023330\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"  title=\"Goose Island Bourbon County Tap Handle\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"Goose Island Bourbon County Tap Handle\"  width=\"640\"  height=\"427\"  border=\"0\"  class=\" pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5626\/23076023330_1c117f8388_z.jpg\" ><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"View &#039;Goose Island Bourbon County Tap Handle&#039; on Flickr.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/22744659393\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"  title=\"Goose Island Bourbon County Tap Handle\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"Goose Island Bourbon County Tap Handle\"  width=\"640\"  height=\"427\"  border=\"0\"  class=\" pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5749\/22744659393_fb2e6e2ba2_z.jpg\" ><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Oh happy day!\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m on the lookout for a Bourbon Barrel Old Stock Keg as well as 2015 Bourbon County Barleywine if anyone has any leads of any in the New England area, let me know!!!! I love BCS and its variants. I guess you can call me a fanboy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"While in Chicago at Rare Day, I spoke to a few Goose Island employees who had no sympathy&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"apple_news_api_created_at":"2016-03-17T02:01:05Z","apple_news_api_id":"1aeaa88d-8de3-4d75-9df6-f813b35d536f","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2016-03-17T02:01:05Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAD\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/w==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/AGuqojY3jTXWd9vgTs11Tbw","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_custom_appearance":"","csco_disable_excerpt_posts_layout":false,"csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[165],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-3097","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-beer-haul","7":"cs-entry","8":"cs-video-wrap"},"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb3IC4-NX","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1892,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2013\/12\/03\/reviews-goose-island-bourbon-county-stout-variants-2013\/","url_meta":{"origin":3097,"position":0},"title":"\u2605 Reviews: Goose Island Bourbon County Stout Variants (2013)","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"December 3, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Intro:\u00a0 This post could be quite long but I promise it won\u2019t be boring. 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