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
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.
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.
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
12 oz. bottle from tjthresh. Bottled on 070306. Pour is all black, with a tiny khaki head that vanishes all most instantly. Almost completely still. The aroma is strong, didn’t even need to lean in to get roast coffee, licorice and some hop bitterness. Definitely get the bourbon and oak in there as well, even some heat. Tons going on already. Taste is absolutely enormous, big black licorice in the start, semi-sweet coffee / big roast through the middle and a gigantic oak (wood) / bourbon / alcohol finish. Truly overpowering, and a bit much, really. Tons going on in the flavor, but really didn’t come together for me. I’ll give this another go if I can get a bottle with some age on it.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Jul 2007
at 17:48
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Golden with a moderate off-white head. Aroma of resiny pine hops. Flavour of citrus and elderflowers with a lengthy dry finish. Very pleasant.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Jul 2007
at 14:28
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle. Amber coloured with a slight off-white head. This didn’t make much of an impression. A slightly fruity aroma followed by a sweet malt flavour and some hops on the finish. Ok.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Jul 2007
at 14:25
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle: Pours a dirty copper brown with a tiny white head. Nose is mild of Belgian spices and fruitiness. I found this to be incredibly smooth with flavors of frutiness up front, a little yeast and spices with a little hops too. Thanks EithCubes!
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Jul 2007
at 19:40
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottled (thanks heemer77!). Hazy golden orange colour, mediumsized white head. Aroma is hayish hops along with some weirdly dryish notes. Flavour is skunked hops with some really flowery hints. Also some wooden and spicy notes in it as it warms up a little bit. A very mouthdrying thing.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Jul 2007
at 00:42
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
From 35.5 cL bottle. Pours hazy orange. Sweet malty aroma with a fruity note. Flavour rather sweet malty with a good bitterness, raisin sweetness into a alcohol dominated finish. Very nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Jul 2007
at 12:30
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
355ml bottle from Utobeer. Pale clear gold, lasting white head. Slight herby lemon aroma. Very much a light lemon curdy aroma. Smooth in mouth. Light and drinkable. Just as a Kolsch should be.. Lemon hop on end is very pleasant. I like it.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Jul 2007
at 11:58
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottlerd. Golden colour, mediumsized white head. Aroma is bigtime hops, caramel and a lot of fruits. Flavour is fruity hops, caramel, toffee and some slight hints of alcohol, all mixed in an excellent balance.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Jul 2007
at 05:57
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottled. A hazy amber beer with an orange head. The aroma is sweet alcoholic with strong notes of peaches and over ripe fruits. The flavor is sweet malty with notes of caramel and peaches as well as light alcoholic notes that tickles the tongue. It has a thick body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Jul 2007
at 15:45
8.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
(Bottle 35,5 cl) Courtesy of sk8viking. Hazy amber golden with a small, off-white head. Fat aroma of caramel and aroma hops. Very full-bodied with fat and rich notes of sweet malt, fruit, vanilla and licorice all-sorts. Almost sherry-like. Sweet but also hoppy finish. Very delicious indeed. 290607
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Jul 2007
at 15:21