Best craft beer made by A-B

Goose Island Bourbon County Stout • Aging beer in barrels once used for bourbon helps impart much of the richness of bourbon — along with its notes of vanilla, caramel, coffee and more — to the brew. This is a stout so dark it makes Guinness seem pale in comparison, and it has a big, powerful flavor worthy of its exceptional reputation. (gooseisland.com) Daniel Neman 

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