Subsidiaries
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottled ’05 vintage at Goose’s brewery. Seems to be quite a bit of this going around. My sample was from the bottom of the bottle, so a little cloudy, but decently brown. A bit of yeast in an otherwise malty smell. Taste is sweet like a Belgian dubbel, lightly bitter, with tickly bubbles. Impression overall is like an Imperial IPA without hops. We had actually settled on thinking this was a barley wine; it does have some similar character to an ’05 Bigfoot. Goose Island probably decided they had enough Belgians in their bottled portfolio.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Feb 2008
at 08:15
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
decent wheat beer by Goose Island. lemon flavor and bitter. Semi-cloudy and kind of generic compared to other goose island beers. not that impressed
Tried
on 23 Jan 2008
at 09:32
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
amber/brown in color and easy to drink. goose island makes good beer - great hop/malt combination.
Tried
on 23 Jan 2008
at 09:27
7.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Very flavorful beer. Has a strange aftertaste and gets old quick. Definitely best if only had one - not a few. Fun beer
Tried
on 22 Jan 2008
at 12:13
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
2006 Bottle. Cloudy amber body. Short white head that diminishes to pools of bubbles quickly. Sweet malty aroma with notes of grain and cookie. That’s followed by some herbal notes from the hops and a hint of rubber and alcohol. The flavor is moderately to heavily sweet and lightly bitter in the finish. Medium to full body with velvety texture that fiinishes slightly syrupy. Moderate carbonation. I didn’t get the uber hops promised in the commercial description because of the age of the bottle. Hops aside, this is still a fairly pedestrian belgian strong ale.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Jan 2008
at 21:49
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8
Bouteille 12oz, courtoisie de Hogtownharry. De couleur orange et voilée. Nez de houblon résineux, citrique, légèrement floral et herbeux avec des notes terreuses, malté de caramel sucré (notes de butterscotch et de toffee), fruité (agrumes, léger d’abricots), léger de biscuits et avec des notes de pain et de thé. Ronde en bouche avec un pétillement moyen et une texture riche, crémeuse et légèrement résineuse. Goût amer de houblon résineux, moyennement floral et herbeux (rappelant le thé avec des notes de menthe), légèrement citrique (pamplemousse) et avec des notes terreuses (présent toute la gorgée) accompagné d’un goût assez fruité (orange, mandarine, léger d’abricots sucrés, notes de pêches mûres et traces de pommes) lors de l’entrée en bouche auquel se rajoute un goût malté de caramel sucré avec un léger goût de biscuits au miel et de toffee ainsi que des notes de pain et de butterscotch puis en finale l’on assiste à un retour en force du houblon plus herbeux (herbes fraîches légèrement assséchantes) ainsi qu’un léger d’alcool réchauffant. Post-goût long et moyennement sec, amer de houblon résineux, herbeux, moyennement floral et légèrement citrique, fruité (zest d’agrumes, pelures de pêche) avec des notes d’alcool et de thé.
Tried
on 18 Jan 2008
at 20:47
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Better than most. Lots of fresh hops in the intense aroma, and there is grapefruit and some pine. Flavor has some sweet malt but mostly bitter hops, and they are very intense. Full of flavor and full bodied.
Tried
on 13 Jan 2008
at 17:01
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle at home ... light copper ... that oh so typical american hop nose ... lots and lots of hop character ... too bitter ... some sweetness ... some citricness ... some pine ... some hop resins ...3.4 Bottle at home crisp golden amber ... bubbly white head ... that soft creamy malt nose ... juicy orange fruits ... light pine hop .... sweet fruits ... juicy malts ... big citrus and pine .. theres a little of teh creamy malt. but no t as much as in the aroma. Stick on 3.3
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Jan 2008
at 13:29
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle. Unclear medium amber color with a small, fizzy, fair lacing, fully diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, wheat, moderate to heavy hoppy, orange / grapefruit, light yeasty. Flavor is moderate to light heavy sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. (281207)
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Jan 2008
at 10:38
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
2006 Bottle:
Nice deep brown coloured body with a thick tan head - bubbles immediately from the opening of the bottle - after being still for about a year! Aroma of nuts, vanilla, oak, roasted malt, raisins and a tiny bit of peaches. Medium-bodied; Strong roasty malt flavours up front with tons of brown sugar following soon behind, coupled with a nice nut taste (this is coming from someone who doesn’t like nut browns). Aftertaste shows a pleasant amount of sweetness, but a high bit of nuts and bourbon. Overall, a better than average imperial nut (compared to tommyknocker, among others) and definitely one to try. I sampled this 75 cL bottle purchased from Sam’s Wine & Spirits in Chicago, Illinois (purchased over a year ago) on 06-January-2008.
Nice deep brown coloured body with a thick tan head - bubbles immediately from the opening of the bottle - after being still for about a year! Aroma of nuts, vanilla, oak, roasted malt, raisins and a tiny bit of peaches. Medium-bodied; Strong roasty malt flavours up front with tons of brown sugar following soon behind, coupled with a nice nut taste (this is coming from someone who doesn’t like nut browns). Aftertaste shows a pleasant amount of sweetness, but a high bit of nuts and bourbon. Overall, a better than average imperial nut (compared to tommyknocker, among others) and definitely one to try. I sampled this 75 cL bottle purchased from Sam’s Wine & Spirits in Chicago, Illinois (purchased over a year ago) on 06-January-2008.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Jan 2008
at 21:34