Big John
Goose Island Beer Company in Chicago, Illinois, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Imperial Rotating Out of Production|
Score
7.81
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Meilby (14731) reviewed Big John from Goose Island Beer Company 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle 750ml @ fonefan
Pours clear dark brown with a tan head. Aroma has notes of roasted malt, chocolate, cacao and hint of alcohol. Taste is medium to heavy sweet and light to medium bitter with a long chocolate and cacao finish. Body is full, texture is oily, carbonation is soft.
yngwie (24278) reviewed Big John from Goose Island Beer Company 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle, 22oz. It pours a very dark brown body and a dense, light tan head. The aroma has lots of molasses and roasted malts, as well as chocolate and cocoa. Some alcohol notes. It’s quite bitter on the palate, fullbodied and warming, oily and softly carbonated. The flavor has roasted malts, chocolate and some coffee, and a touch of alcohol. Lasting roasted finish with chocolate, molasses and cocoa. Overall, too warming, but sure tasteful and pleasant. A beer to enjoy slowly. 131122
Dedollewaitor (22132) reviewed Big John from Goose Island Beer Company 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bottle @ Invasion U.S.A, Ulfborg 2013. Pours black with a small beige head. Roasted nose and flavor. Chocolate and ashes. Hard roasted and dry. Charcoal and ashes. Bitter roasted finish.
chrisv10 (24596) reviewed Big John from Goose Island Beer Company 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Bottle, 2011, 11.5%. Very dark brown with small brown head. Aroma is roasted malts, chocolate, coffee, caramel, soy and a little liqourice. Flavour is roasted malts, chocolate, coffee, liquorice, hops, medium sweet, vanilla, wood, caramel, hop and medium bitter.
Rasmus40 (37007) reviewed Big John from Goose Island Beer Company 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle @ fonefan tasting. Almost black with a brown head. Aroma is sweet, roasted malt, caramel, chocolate and alcohol. Flavor is very sweet and very bitter. Dry and very bitter finish with lots of alcohol. Oily. 221113
Beertalk (16424) reviewed Big John from Goose Island Beer Company 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Ulfborg weekend celebration of nothing in particular. Black with a small, light brown head. Roasted aroma with toffee, mild coffee and licorice. Sweet licorice, caramel, toffee flavour, with spice, coffee and a touch of alcohol
saxo (29721) reviewed Big John from Goose Island Beer Company 12 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Bottle @ fonefan tasting. Small head with short duration. Color is black. Aroma and taste are roast malt, chocolate, soy, cocoa, wood, bourbon, licorice and hops. Nice.
Koelschtrinker (42542) reviewed Big John from Goose Island Beer Company 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Der Vollmundige Geruch bleibt im Antrunk unerfüllt. Rund, leicht schokoladig, vollmundiger werdend, dennoch ist hier nicht Ende der Fahnenstange erreicht. Nett, würzig. 12/9/10/10/12/11
Boutip (9769) reviewed Big John from Goose Island Beer Company 12 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
Bottle: Poured a pitch-black color stout with a large dark brown foamy head with good retention and some great lacing. Aroma of dark chocolate malt with light roasted malt and light residual sugar notes. Taste is a sublime mix between black milk chocolate with some light molasses and liquorice notes with light dry roasted malt notes also perceptible. Body is full with nice thick creamy texture and good carbonation and no alcohol presence is easily identifiable. I really enjoyed this huge beer and I’m glad they were able to maintain such balance and drinkability to match the complexity of this beer.
Kermis (23416) reviewed Big John from Goose Island Beer Company 12 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
Sampled at Rattle n Hum, NYC. Pours black with a thick brown head. Aroma of massive super-rich chocolate and cocoa, with leather, molasses, overripe dark fruit, big roast, licorice and a little soy. Flavour is heavy sweet and bitter. Full bodied with soft carbonation. Excellent!