Goose Island Beer Company Tusk & Feather

Tusk & Feather

 

Goose Island Beer Company in Chicago, Illinois, United States 🇺🇸

Collab with: More Brewing Company
  Barley Wine - Barley Rotating
Score
7.95
ABV: 15.4% IBU: - Ticks: 17
Alongside MORE brewing, we are excited to bring to you our version of Tusk & Feather. This double barrel-aged barleywine was aged in Elijah Craig rye whiskey barrels and was finished in another set of freshly emptied Elijah Craig rye whiskey barrels. Tusk & Feather is packed with notes of charred oak and rich toffee with an herbal finish. Try MORE Brewing's Tusk & Feather varieties at their taproom.
 

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8/10
Smooth, malty and slightly earthy with some soft oakiness, prunes, figs and raisins.
Tried on 23 Aug 2025 at 12:21

8.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8.5 Flavor 8.5 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Intense sweet toasted malty with multiple layers of caramel and toffee sticky malty sweetness, spiced dried fruit shred, lovely bourbon chiming in, full bodied, more bourbon into the lingering sweet warming malty close. Gorgeous.
Tried from Draft at Væskebalancen Bar on 08 Aug 2025 at 10:16

8.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8.5 Texture 9 Overall 9
50cl Bottle @ Train right outside of Fulda. Shared with SumborgPoulsen. Pours amber copper with a small off White head. Rich! Caramel, Maple, Vanilla, dried fruit. Slick and vinous. Deep. Slight oxidation. Super dope. 4.4.
Tried on 16 Jul 2025 at 12:58

8.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Dark amber colour. Not much head on this. The aroma is great. It's nutty, barrely, light fig. On the palate, soft and sugary, with a subtle fruity complexity, with toastiness as well. Really nice complexity. The alcohol washes over the palate, but is still balanced by a lot of sugars. This is excellent, especially for my sweet tooth
Tried on 09 Mar 2025 at 18:01

8.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
500mL bottle, pours a deep dark burgundy with a tiny tan head. Aroma is full of big bourbon barrels, rye whiskey, brown sugar, and toffee. Flavour is nicely balanced and expressive, with lots of bourbon barrels, spicy rye whiskey, toffee, brown sugar, and caramel. Nice use of barrels, with a good malt backbone. Excellent.
Tried from Bottle on 10 Jan 2025 at 05:44

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Poured from 500mL bottle. Clear medium dark brown with minimal off-white head. Lots of barrel character, toffee malt, some dark fruits, feint nuttiness. Decent.
Tried from Bottle on 10 Jan 2025 at 05:34

8.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
500mL bottle. Pours clear dark brown. Strong malt, rye whiskey, nuts, sweet malts on the nose; very nice. Flavour has great barley character, nice rye whiskey, a bit nutty, caramel sweetness; not a whole lot of booziness. This is fantastic.
Tried from Bottle on 10 Jan 2025 at 00:20

7.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Sample at Derive during the 3rd Annual Friendsgiving At Derive event on 11/23/2024.
Tried on 26 Nov 2024 at 19:43