Matilda
Goose Island Beer Company in Chicago, Illinois, United States 🇺🇸
Belgian Style - Blonde / Pale / Amber Rotating|
Score
7.11
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Wild in character, a complex ale with dried fruit and clove aromas, and a satisfying dry finish. Inspired by great Trappist ales, our complex Belgian Style Pale Ale is fermented with the wild yeast Brettanomyces. Matilda pours a golden sunrise color with dried fruit and clove aromas, a spicy yeast flavor, and a satisfying dry finish.
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7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle at Water & Brood, courtesy of Maakun. Thanks! Hazy golden with white head. Sweet malts, fruity, citrus, orange peel, light spoces, bretty. Moderate sweet and bitter. Medium body and soft carbonation. Light creamy mouthfeel. Pretty nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Dec 2018
at 20:05
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle pour into nonic pint glass from Redstone Liquors, Stoneham. Appearance is mostly clear light copper (fine white floaties), nice sparkle, ephemeral fizzy ring of off-white head. Aroma is light bubble gum, candied fruit, spice. Taste is candied fruit, light caramel, mild tart fruit, spice. Palate is light bodied with thin texture, soft-to-average carbonation and mix of sweet and tart fruity finish. Overall, a nice sweet, fruity beer with nice complexity from the spice and tart contributions. Brett complements but doesn't send over the tart edge.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Oct 2018
at 01:45
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle at home, 14/10/18. Lightly hazed golden amber with a decent beige covering. Nose is stewed fruits, green berry skins, light spice, toasted grains, fruit loaf, stale breads. Taste comprises fruit cake, gentle funk, grass, white peppery spice, yeast esters, lemon rind, caramel, faint banana. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. Solid Belgian offering.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Oct 2018
at 15:29
8/10
Funky!
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Jul 2018
at 23:37
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
355ml bottle @ monthly AB-Inbev tasting, Chez Sophie, July 18, courtesy of Mike. Pours clear gold, white head. Light brett on the nose. Taste is light brett, herbal notes, moderately sweet, soft spice, good drinkability, not too complex.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Jul 2018
at 10:51
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Amber color with a slightly sweet aroma. The taste is spicy and a little bitter, but different than just hoppy bitterness.
Tried
on 31 Jan 2018
at 21:28
Earlier today
Tried
on 27 Jan 2018
at 19:48
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
12 oz bottle on 5th Jan 2018, poured into a La Chouffe stemmed tulip glass to make it feel at home (drank in California though). No sediment left the bottle, so I got a lovely clear amber bodied beer, thin white affair on top. Fairly sweet throughout with an aroma that suggests maltiness more than Belgian-ness. Taste also sweet and malty, malty molasses in fact rule the flavours. It's OK, but how it is currently a Top 50 Belgian Ale on RateBeer is beyond me; maybe some of the RateBeer guys need to actually visit Belgium before scoring this so highly; this wouldn't be in my top 100 Belgian Ales.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Jan 2018
at 22:51
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 10
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle at home in Beer Hawk advent calendar. This was a revelation. A lovely yeasty aroma to the beer and a gorgeously layered flavour that included gently sour yeast and balanced hops. This was my type of sour; one that is integrated into the beer and resulted in a delicious and complex flavour. The taste changed as the beer warmed in the glass and meant that I got something new with each sip. The alcohol was well hidden and it is certain that this beer will only improve with age. A majestic beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Dec 2017
at 02:56
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
From the bottle. Orange, hazy, with a white frothy crown. Aroma is yeasty and full of tangerine, spices. Taste is malty sweet, lots of caramel, turning dryer on the finish. Body is medium, sticky, carbonation is mild to moderate. Overall, very good. Usually I do not regret sharing the bottle but this one I wanted all for myself.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Dec 2017
at 11:09