Subsidiaries
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
A good bitter. Lots of hops for the style, and balanced by malt. Cloudy gold color.
Tried
on 20 Oct 2007
at 15:07
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottled (thanks drewbeerme). Amber colour, mediumsized white head. ARoma is hops, grass, malts and some flowery bitterness. Flavour is quite the same with big grassyness and also some earthyness in the finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Oct 2007
at 00:17
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottled
Amber color, small creamy head, some lace. Cut grass nose - quite intensive. Pale malty, a bit sweetish start and late bready hoppyness, cut grassy notes. Long hoppy aftertaste. Balanced but simple.
Amber color, small creamy head, some lace. Cut grass nose - quite intensive. Pale malty, a bit sweetish start and late bready hoppyness, cut grassy notes. Long hoppy aftertaste. Balanced but simple.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Oct 2007
at 13:45
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Shared by Kinz at the Great Chelada Incident 2007. Bottle 2006. Clear copper body with a small fizzy off-white head. Sweet candi sugar, spice and light fruit aroma. Sugar and fruit flavor with some light tart hints. 8/3/8/3/16/3.8
Bottle 2010. Clear golden body thin white head Sweet fruit and light spice aroma Sweet spice fruit and light malt flavor Light body mod high carb 7/2/7/3/15/3.4
Bottle 2010. Clear golden body thin white head Sweet fruit and light spice aroma Sweet spice fruit and light malt flavor Light body mod high carb 7/2/7/3/15/3.4
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Oct 2007
at 20:49
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle. Clear gold colour with a moderate white head. Aroma of apricots, grass and a bit of pepper. The flavour was slightly sweet to start with, followed by a decent hop finish. Ok.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Oct 2007
at 10:18
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle. Nice balance of bittering hops to a medium body and malty beer, though this is more bitter than classic ESBs. Copper pour. Fading, off-white head. Aromas of bready malts, caramel with notes of some spice and citrusy hops. The flavor is moderately bitter and moderately sweet and slightly acidic. Nice full body and mouthfeel. Very drinkable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Sep 2007
at 20:03
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle in Sam Adams glass. A new bottled retail beer from the Goose, HOO HAH! This has a lightly sweet malty smell pushed aside by freshly picked hops. Color is the brown of falling leaves and Chicago Bears orange. Taste has dry toast with cinnamon sugar, and lots and lots of grassy fresh hops. Sticky, hearty and warm, and a lot of lace still clinging when the glass is emptied. A great football watching beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Sep 2007
at 08:10
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Pour is a copper with a white head. Aroma is a very nice, clean pine hop. Flavor is nice with a heaping of roasted malts and then the hops come in to take things over. Leaves a lingering spice on the tounge after the swallow. A nice ESB!
Tried
on 22 Sep 2007
at 19:17
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Pours a translucent, muddy deep copper with no head whatsoever. Aroma is quite mild, candy, malt and a touch of yeast. Flavor is similar, sugar, candy, malt, toffee, grain, also touches of fruit like white grapes. Finish is soft and a little watery with a touch of heat on the tongue. Had better Abbey beers, and this certainly didn’t hold up next to the other Goose Island beers I had. ***** re-rate from a 750ml 2009 vintage pours a hazy, light caramel brown with some thin creamy white head. Nose is plums, candy sugar, apples, cloves, banana, cotton candy. Flavor is sweet, candy sugar, a little boozy, rum, coconut, plums, raisins. Lightly chalky, dry finish.
Tried
from Can
on 18 Sep 2007
at 19:15
8.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Pours an opaque rust and light caramel color with zero head. The commercial description says you smell the hops from a yard away, I don’t know about a yard, but hops certainly dominate the nose even from a distance. Up close the aroma offers even more than just lemons and grapefruits, biscuit aromas are evident, slightl yeast, touches of malt and candy are also lurking. Flavor was amazingly balanced for what is obviously a heavily hopped brew. Flavor is heavy on the sugar, toffee and malt at first. Pine, flowers, and biscuits are also flavors that emerge. It’s very rare you get a hint of a beers finish right off the bat, but the moment it hits your tongue you can just feel a syrupy, sugary, thickness that is more milkshake than beer. Lasting sweetness, some bitterness and a slight alcohol burn on the end. This is very unique for an Imperial IPA and definitely worth checking out.
Tried
from Can
on 18 Sep 2007
at 17:04