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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8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottle. Hazy amber colour with a small long lasting off-white head. Hoppy fruity aroma with some floral citrus hints. Very hoppy bitter flavor with some malty hints and hints of caramel. Long hoppy finish.
Tried from Bottle on 09 Sep 2006 at 09:38

7.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottle. Pineapple-orange hops aroma. Bright orange-yellow with small head. Initially a strong sweet orange juice flavor followed by moderate citrus hops. An excellent IPA.
Tried from Bottle on 04 Sep 2006 at 21:51

5.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5
Bottle. Light sweet apple, banana and wheat aroma. Hazy orange-yellow color with small head. Lemon wheat flavor. Nothing special - an average Am wheat.
Tried from Bottle on 04 Sep 2006 at 21:32

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle. Honey malt aroma. Bright golden yellow color with small head. Lightly sweet malt flavor with no bitterness. A very well made Koelsch - one of the best outside of Cologne.
Tried from Bottle on 04 Sep 2006 at 21:30

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Bottle. Fresh berry malt aroma. Medium amber color with small head. Lightly sweet malt flavor with light hops finish. An easy drinking beer - a bit light on the hops for the style but still very good.
Tried from Bottle on 04 Sep 2006 at 21:28

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Bottle courtesy of Hogtownharry: Poured a medium brown color beer with a nice big foamy head with good retention. Aroma of sweet cookie dough with some yeast characteristic. Taste is somewhat dominated by the sweet cookie dough, some yeast and some dry fruits. Body is a bit thin and carbonation is just perfect. Overall, I wasn’t expecting this to be such good Belgian ale.
Tried from Bottle on 28 Aug 2006 at 08:35

7.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8
Lots of brett and possibly the best of the three recent Belgian styles releases from Goose Island. Poured well chilled. Even while cold there is a substantial barnyard quality to the beer that improves as the beer warms a bit. Flavor has sweet malt; sugar. The hops and light and delicate and work well with the other flavors. There is also light fruit as well. A great looking beer, enormous white head that lasts a long time. Minimal sediment.
Tried on 09 Aug 2006 at 17:28

7.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Bottle. Hazy amber colour with a small longlasting off-white head. Hoppy fruity aroma with some floral citrus hints. Very hoppy bitter flavor with some malty hints and hints of caramel. Long hoppy finish.
Tried from Bottle on 09 Aug 2006 at 08:50

5.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 8 Overall 5.5
Bottled. Hazy orange colour, small white head. Not too sweet hoppy aroma with weak hints of caramel. Flavour is hayish hops with almost no sweetish notes around. Hoppy bitterish aftertaste.
Tried from Bottle on 07 Aug 2006 at 16:09

8.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Cloudy vibrant amber colour. Big fresh grassy, citrusy, slightly woody hop nose. Well-rounded flavours, lots of fruity, citrusy hops and clean pale malts. Certainly not one to blow minds, but very well-made and of universal appeal.
Tried on 05 Aug 2006 at 13:31