Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 10 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Dark garnet color with a nice thick rocky head that really lasts. Complex aroma mainly hoppy/piney but complemented with chocolate and caramel tones. Flavor is very fresh with piney and citric hop flavors. Malts are only slightly underdone for style but this remains a nice and unusually well-hopped dark ale. Goose Island: one of the most under-rated American breweries.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Very nice. Chocolatey, caramelly, and spicy. Nicely balanced with zingy hops. Brown color with red tints. Not full bodied, but still fills the mouth - very satisfying.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Very smooth, and a bit on the sweet side. A good dose of hops in the flavor.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Very hoppy - enjoyable. Citric hoppy (grapefruit, a little orangey). Hops abundant in flavor and aroma. Medium body keeps it well rounded.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Have to re-up this beer. Its previous 3.0 rating was clearly left-field. A re-sampling of it (bottle, 45-50 deg F) revealed a nicely caramelly ale with a bit of spicy and earthy hops around the edges, a balanced hoppy finish. Nice amber color.
Oakes (33770) reviewed Oatmeal Stout from Goose Island Beer Company 25 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Coffee/toasty flavour. Notably average.....................................
Oakes (33770) reviewed IPA from Goose Island Beer Company 25 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottle rating (April 2005): Golden colour. Arom is deep hops. Cleansing bitterness, woody, slightly oxidized. Flavours are rather blunt - needs a punch of pale malt or a slap of citrus to come alive.
Tap rating (from March 2000):
Fantastic aroma with big American hops. But they serve this on nitrogen and that just makes the flavours collapse into a jumbled mess. Probably much better on bottle/cask/CO2. Ar 8; Ap 2; F 3; P 2; O 6
Oakes (33770) reviewed Honkers Ale from Goose Island Beer Company 25 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Good quaffer with fruity/hoppy notes........................................