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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6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Thanks for sharing! Sampled 650 ml. bottle @ Leuven Innovation Beer Festival. 2012 Version I believe. Pale lemon golden, little white head. Nose is wet socks, dull & metallic, sugar, herbs & very metallic; Taste is oily dull wet socks, thin, metallic, very boring malty, sugary,.. Dull thin metallic & sugar body,… I don’t get,… Tastes like a dull & very forgettable Belgian Ale for me, disappointing for me given my love for certain Goose Island beers.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 May 2015
at 14:54
7/10
Tried
on 24 May 2015
at 16:43
8/10
Gepaard met 1) carpaccio van spiering en 2) rillette de canard
Tried
from Can
at
Billie's Bier Kafétaria
on 24 May 2015
at 16:14
5.3/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Imported from my RateBeer account as Goose Island Matilda (by Goose Island Beer Company (AB-InBev)):
Aroma: 6/10, Appearance: 2/5, Taste: 5/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 10/20, MyTotalScore: 2.6/5
24/V/15 - 75cl bottle @ LIBF (Leuven) - BB: n/a (2015-702) Thanks to the Belgian (and Dutch, and...) RB crew for sharing today's beers!
Clear copper orange beer, no head. Aroma: very malty, grains, lots of cow fodder, wort, bit sweet, caramel, fruity touch. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: lots of malts, grains, cow fodder, bit sweet, caramel, soft hoppy touch. Aftertaste: grains, cow fodder, slightly hoppy, grassy finish.
Aroma: 6/10, Appearance: 2/5, Taste: 5/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 10/20, MyTotalScore: 2.6/5
24/V/15 - 75cl bottle @ LIBF (Leuven) - BB: n/a (2015-702) Thanks to the Belgian (and Dutch, and...) RB crew for sharing today's beers!
Clear copper orange beer, no head. Aroma: very malty, grains, lots of cow fodder, wort, bit sweet, caramel, fruity touch. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: lots of malts, grains, cow fodder, bit sweet, caramel, soft hoppy touch. Aftertaste: grains, cow fodder, slightly hoppy, grassy finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 May 2015
at 14:05
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Fast klare dunkel goldene Farbe, geringe weiße schaumkrone. Geruch sehr malzig, reifes Obst. Geschmack sehr malzig, viel reifes Obst, leicht alkoholisch.
Tried
on 24 May 2015
at 12:16
8.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle at Eaten By Monsters, Carlisle. Bright orangey gold, clear as you like. Bread, papaya and an odd plastic note inthe scent. The taste is... my sweet Lord... a honeyed caramel intensity bomb. Full gooey palette. My only criticism - and despite my fondness for this beer it is not a minor one - is the feel of artifice which separates Matilda, the pretender queen, from the better Abbey beers. But if it is a copy, it is a good one, and worthy of enjoyment without comparison.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Apr 2015
at 17:59
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Old rating. Bottle from Old Town. Pours an amber/orange color with a nice big soapy head. Aromas of pear, grapes, yeast and cardamom. Full-bodied with a nice sticky mouthfeel. Peppery and sweet on the palate with a touch of sourness. Boozy and bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Apr 2015
at 09:47
7/10
Tried
on 28 Feb 2015
at 20:58
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Tap at Fathead’s, Portland. Colour is deep orange with small white head. Aromas and flavours: Fruits, Belgian yeast, some caramel and malts.
Tried
from Draft
on 27 Feb 2015
at 21:02
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle, vintage 2014, enjoyed January 2015. Pours hazy golden, with a receding creamy head. Aroma is fruity Belgian yeast and notes of brett, with cloves, spices and woody notes, as well as kandi and some lightly roasted malts. Medium body, with average carbonation. Flavour is tart and bretty, with peppery spices, wood, and kandi, as well as flowery, herbal and soapy notes before a dry spicy finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Feb 2015
at 07:37