Imperial Brown Goose
Goose Island Brewhouse: Clybourn in Chicago, Illinois, United States 🇺🇸
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Score
7.18
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Location: Tap at RnH, 4/17/10
Aroma: The nose is has some fruity notes, booze, and yeast
Appearance: Pours a hazy, dark brown color with a brown head
Flavor: Taste has a sort of Belgian yeast feel, some fruity sweetness, malts, and booze
Palate: The mouthfeel is a bit boozy, yeasty, somewhat Belgian, and with a medium body
Overall Impression: I liked this stuff, it felt sort of like a Belgian beer more then a brown ale. The flavor is pretty good. It is on the complex side for sure. Pretty good stuff.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Tap at Rattle n Hum. Pretty decent, although I think this keg may have been a little old. Poured a dark, cloudy brown. Almost no head. Aroma of mild sourness and brown sugar. Some tartness up front, then sweetness, with big molasses flavors, nutmeg, vanilla, graham cracker and gingerbread. Medium bodied, alcohol isn’t too perceptible. Finish is somewhat sweet. Overall, I would want less - or no - sourness and more maltiness. But again, could have been the keg.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Draft @ Acadia Cafe: A glistening golden brown with a modest tan head. Wispy lacing. Nose is heavily bourbon and barrel notes, light roast and faint caramel. The taste is bourbon oriented with a light woody note, roast, caramel, butterscotch, and vanilla. What starts off a little one-dimensional, ala bourbon bomb, the flavors emerge as the glass warms. I don’t think it was served too cold, it just was best near room temp.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Pours deep brown into a wine glass. Head quickly recedes to hug rim. Pit fruit aromas. Strong sweet bourbon upfront Crisp with lasting bourbon-soaked raisins and plums.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Tap at Clybourn brewpub, Chicago. Deep brown pour with small head. Sweet aroma. Coffee, chocolate, vanilla, caramel, whiskey taste. A very enjoyable brew indeed.