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Goose Island's 2019 Bourbon County beer lineup emerging — or is it? Some labels are probably fakes.

Is it BS? Or BCS?

Hard to know. And Goose Island Beer Co. isn't saying.

Last year, in a bid to throw the world off the scent of its highly anticipated Bourbon County lineup, Goose Island submitted a handful of fictitious labels - among the real ones - to the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau for approval.

That led media and beer fans populating internet forums to

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