Goose Island Beer Company

Commercial Brewery in Chicago, Illinois, United States 🇺🇸
Owned by Anheuser-Busch InBev USA
Associated with 4 Venues

Established in 1988

Contact
1800 W Fulton St, Chicago, IL, 60612, United States
Subsidiaries
Goose Island Beer Company owns 4 breweries:
Description
Goose Island Beer Company began as a single brewpub opened in 1988 by John Hall. By 1995, John’s beer had become so popular that he decided to open a larger brewery, along with a bottling plant to keep up with demand. 1999 brought even more growth, along with an additional brewpub, and today, what was once one man’s pint-filled dream has become the Goose Island empire you know and love.

in 2011, Goose Island Beer Company was acquired by Anheuser-Busch InBev. Since then, we’ve continued to brew beer that we’re proud of and now we get to share these beers with our friends both nationwide and internationally.

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5.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5
Cask at American beer fest White Horse. Cloudy yellow ale with medium head. Citrus, wheat summer beer. Rather bland beer lacking in complexity.
Tried from Cask on 11 Jul 2009 at 06:02

5.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 5.5
(Bottle) Pale golden and clear. Small white head. Mild grassy aroma. Light bodied palate with medium carbonation. Lightly malts, grass, freshness, fruitiness, grain and ligjt bitterness in taste. Grain and light bitterness in aftertaste.
Tried from Bottle on 10 Jul 2009 at 14:44

6.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
(Bottle) Amber and clear. Small, white and fizzy head. Malts, hops and grass in aroma. Medium bodied and dryish palate with quite high carbonation. Malts, caramell, grass, bitterness and lightly sweetness in taste. Malty and lightly bitter aftertaste.
Tried from Bottle on 10 Jul 2009 at 14:08

7.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8
22 oz bottle shared by JB. Pour is slight haze yellow golden with a smallish white head. Aroma of apricot, slightly earthy, soft honey sweetness, some grainy maltiness. Fresh and engaging. Taste is grain wheat, sweet apricot fruit and mild honey. Less integrated and complex in taste then I was expecting from the nose. Palate is medium, mid to low carbonation, the finish is long - grainy and semi-sweet. Nice, quite drinkable. I will certainly buy more of this when it is available locally. Thanks for opening this John.
Tried from Bottle on 10 Jul 2009 at 09:30

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle 355ml. @ home.Clear medium orange color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, moderate yeasty, spicy ! coriander, light alcoholic. Flavor is moderate to light light heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, and a alcoholic burn in the finish. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20090604]
Tried from Bottle on 09 Jul 2009 at 17:06

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
@Noogfest High5-22oz bottle-pours a white ring for a head and hazy amber color. Aroma is light malt, fruit-sour, yeast. Taste is light malt, fruit-sour, yeast, puckering.
Tried from Bottle on 08 Jul 2009 at 12:14

6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Bottle.Hazy amber colour with small off-white head.Aroma is tosted witt taste of caramel and tobaco.Well balanced and hoppy with crispy finish.
Tried from Bottle on 08 Jul 2009 at 07:37

6.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottle from The Cave. Amber colour, off-whtie head. Nose of malts, caramel, some hops. Flavour is fairly hoppy and bitter, with some malts. Nice one.
Tried from Bottle on 06 Jul 2009 at 07:31

6.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 5.5
Bottle. Poured amber with an off-white head. Aroma was malty for the most part. Flavor was a nice balance of hops and malts but overall quite basic.
Tried from Bottle on 05 Jul 2009 at 19:06

8.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 9
Draught sample at AleFest Columbus (06/27/09): The beer pours black with a medium thin light brown head that dissipates steadily. Stringy lacing on the glass. Chocolate and roasted malt in the nose along with some hops. Full body with a dry and roasty character. Flavors of chocolate, coffee and hops, along with some sweet malt in the background. The finish is roasted malt with a mildly bitter dark chocolate and coffee aftertaste. Good overall, and I actually liked this a little more than Bourbon County.
Tried on 30 Jun 2009 at 17:42