Black Eagle

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

Barley Wine - Barley Regular

Score

7.02

ABV: 8.6%

IBU: -

Ticks: 6

Goose Island has once again collaborated with Beer Historian Ron Pattinson and legendary London Brewer Derek Prentice for Black Eagle: No. 1 English Barley Wine. Black Eagle is a recreation of recipes from 1666-1989. Made at Goose Island’s brewery in Chicago from a blend of two batches brewed 9 months apart. The first being a 9 month barrel aged beer and the last third a fresh batch. This gives the beer the same aged beer character in aroma and flavor, while keeping some aspects of an unaged beer.

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EvNa (6056) reviewed Black Eagle from Goose Island Beer Company 4 months ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bottle. Color: Lightly hazy amber, very thin beige head. Aroma: Malty, caramel, figs. Taste: Malty, caramel and fig notes, floral hop backbone. Moderate sweet and light going towards over moderate bitterness. Medium body, low carbonation. Dry-ish finish. Nice old English style BarleyWine.

Tried from Bottle from Mr. Hop (webshop) on 20 Sep 2025 at 15:20

6.8

Oakes (33493) reviewed Black Eagle from Goose Island Beer Company 11 months ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5

Amber, slight haze. Thin head. Softish caramel malts. It's got a thinnish character. With the abv, this seemed like it would be English-style, but this is not getting there with that lack of body. So there's some potential but it's okay.

Tried on 09 Mar 2025 at 18:07

mcberko (47456) reviewed Black Eagle from Goose Island Beer Company 1 year ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

500mL bottle, pours clear burgundy with a small beige head. Aroma brings out toffee, bready malt, and a touch of brown sugar. Flavour is light on the palate, with bready malt, toasted caramel, and brown sugar. Lots of bready malt and toasted caramel. Not particularly complex but it's fine.

Tried from Bottle on 10 Jan 2025 at 07:44

7.1

pictoman (9684) reviewed Black Eagle from Goose Island Beer Company 1 year ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Poured from 500mL bottle. Clear copper with small off white head. Mild toffee malt, some feint dark dried fruit notes, a touch boozy, above average.

Tried from Bottle on 10 Jan 2025 at 07:37

6.8

RennyDoig (4553) reviewed Black Eagle from Goose Island Beer Company 1 year ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

500mL bottle. Pours cloudy amber with small off-white head. Sweet, caramel malts, and light herbal grass on the nose. Flavour has bitter herbs, burnt sugars. Light body, cut further short with the acrid finish. I think not bad for a light barley wine, but still not a huge fan.

Tried from Bottle on 10 Jan 2025 at 01:40

7.4

djd07 (28882) reviewed Black Eagle from Goose Island Beer Company 3 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5

On tap at Fulton location. Pours orange gold with small off white head that lasts. The aroma is dark fruit and toffee. Slick body, licorice, raisin, toasted malt, light booze, very good.

Tried from Draft on 24 Oct 2022 at 17:36