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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7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
(Bottle, Monk’s Café, Stockholm) Reddish anber colour with foamy, beige head. Fruity, malty nose with dried fruit, apricots, orange peel and black-currant. Malty taste with notes of dark fruit, dried apricots, raisins, prunes, nuts, wild berries and a balanced, spicy bitterness in the finish. Medium to full body, fairly sweet. Complex beer with lots of flavours mingling together in harmony. Very nice one.
Tried from Bottle on 19 Aug 2008 at 16:41

6.9/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 5 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottled at Monk’s Café, Stockholm. Very black with firm creamy head. Tarry aluminium aroma. Medium sweet with rounded mouthfeel and medium body. Dense and highly roasted malt gives flavour of tar and smoke as well as dusty asphalt. Long dusty bitterness.
Tried from Bottle on 18 Aug 2008 at 02:33

6.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 5 Texture 8 Overall 6
Bottled at Monk’s Café, Stockholm. Cloudy yellow, airy head. Citric nose. Medium dry with light body and rounded mouthfeel. Streamlined but quenching, and with a pleasant citric twist. No bitterness. A good beer in a pointless style.
Tried from Bottle on 18 Aug 2008 at 02:30

7.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 10 Overall 7.5
Dark brown with a tan head. Roasted malts, coffee, cocoa, lightly sour, mocha, and light oats in the aroma. Extremely smooth body. The oats come on a little stronger in the flavor, though not htat much. Toasty, malty, coffee, chocolate, as well. I wish the oatmeal was a little stronger, but very tasty anyhow.
Tried on 18 Aug 2008 at 00:39

6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
bottle - Pours clear gold with a light, slightly fruity malt aroma. The flavor is of light biscuity malt, a touch of fruit, and some mild hops. It’s light bodied, smooth and refreshing. There’s not a lot here to get excited about, but it it was it is, a nice, decent summer brew.
Tried from Bottle on 14 Aug 2008 at 21:25

5.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 4.5
Bottle @ GBBF 08. Clear yellow color, short head. Grassy aroma, bit sweet. Typical kolsch indeed.
Tried from Bottle on 13 Aug 2008 at 17:31

8.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 9 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Bottle marked October 11, 2007; 13%. Fantastic oak aged beer! Thick pour that leaves a minimally sized light brown head that turns in to a ring quite quickly, but leaves a nice thin line of lacing. Pitch black body. Aroma of burbon, oak, chocolate, caramel, and some roasted nuts. Wow, that tastes good!, Rich and chocolatey, with vanilla and boozy, burbon goodness! Syrupy-creamy mouthfeel that is nearly flat carbonation wise. Leaves a bit of a dry, cedar-oaky aftertaste/mouthfeel. Really Really nice!
Tried from Bottle on 12 Aug 2008 at 01:28

4.2/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 4 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 4
Bottled@GBBF2008. Yellow colour, small white head. Aroma is hops, fruits and mild cellary notes Quite hayish flavour with some saltwater and sweet fruity notes. --- Beer merged from original tick of Hollow Lands Part One on 14 Jan 2023 at 13:01 - Score: Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7. Original review text: Canned (from Vinonopolet Kirkenes). Hazy yellow colour, small white head. Aroma is oaty, floral, herbal and some mild bready tones. Flavour is fruity, oaty, some nectary tones with mild peach to it. Smooth.
Tried from Bottle on 11 Aug 2008 at 16:04

5.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 6
Clear golden with medium white head. Sweet malty aroma with caramel notes. Sweet fruity flavor with malty and caramel notes. Ends sweet.
Tried on 06 Aug 2008 at 18:02

5.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Bottled. Amber colour, small white head. Aroma is fruits, wood and strong fruityness. Flavour is US hops along with some grassy and mild spicy notes.
Tried from Bottle on 05 Aug 2008 at 03:01