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Fleur
Goose Island Beer Co.
- From:
- Goose Island Beer Co.
- Illinois, United States
- Style:
- Belgian Pale Ale
- ABV:
- 7%
- Score:
- 87
- Avg:
- 3.9 | pDev: 11.54%
- Reviews:
- 249
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Mar 13, 2021
- Added:
- Jun 05, 2009
- Wants:
- 27
- Gots:
- 75
Last packaged in 2011. Earlier batches were 5.2% ABV.
A Belgian style pale ale blended with hibiscus and kombucha tea, Fleur is a beautiful, rose-colored ale with an aroma of strawberries and hibiscus flowers. Flavor balance starts with a hint of sweet, ripe berry and finishes tart.
Color: Rose
Hops: Super Styrian, Styrian Golding, Saaz
Malt: 2-Row, Caramel, Sugar
32 IBU
A Belgian style pale ale blended with hibiscus and kombucha tea, Fleur is a beautiful, rose-colored ale with an aroma of strawberries and hibiscus flowers. Flavor balance starts with a hint of sweet, ripe berry and finishes tart.
Color: Rose
Hops: Super Styrian, Styrian Golding, Saaz
Malt: 2-Row, Caramel, Sugar
32 IBU
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Ratings by UCLABrewN84:
Reviewed by UCLABrewN84 from California
3.79/5 rDev -2.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.79/5 rDev -2.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Bottle purchase at Beer Belly in Los Angeles, CA.
2011 vintage. Bottled 10/27/11.
Pours a hazy orange-brown with a foamy beige head that settles to a partial film on top of the beer. Small streaks of lace form around the glass on the drink down. Smell is of malt, grain, yeast, and slightly sour hibiscus and fruit aromas. Taste is much the same with hibiscus and fruit flavors on the finish. There is a mild amount of yeast bitterness on the palate with each sip. This beer has a lower level of carbonation with a slightly crisp and medium bodied mouthfeel. Overall, this is a pretty good beer that is tasty but definitely taste a little bit old at this point.
Nov 18, 20132011 vintage. Bottled 10/27/11.
Pours a hazy orange-brown with a foamy beige head that settles to a partial film on top of the beer. Small streaks of lace form around the glass on the drink down. Smell is of malt, grain, yeast, and slightly sour hibiscus and fruit aromas. Taste is much the same with hibiscus and fruit flavors on the finish. There is a mild amount of yeast bitterness on the palate with each sip. This beer has a lower level of carbonation with a slightly crisp and medium bodied mouthfeel. Overall, this is a pretty good beer that is tasty but definitely taste a little bit old at this point.
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by drdiesel9483 from Ohio
4.21/5 rDev +7.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.21/5 rDev +7.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Drinking a 2011 in 2021
Look - bright orangish copper color which is fairly clear with a big white head
Smell - fruity brett smell with some pepper and belgium yeast
Taste - nice slight brett with an earthy floral taste and a slight spice
Feel - medium full body and slightly fizzy
Overall - for being 10 years old, shocked how good it is
Drinking a 2010 in 2022
Foamed up a lot when poured but other than that solid. Floral grainy slight citrus with a very tad tartness. Medium light body with a slight carb
Drank another 2011 at the end of 2021 and had to pour it, not good.
Mar 13, 2021Look - bright orangish copper color which is fairly clear with a big white head
Smell - fruity brett smell with some pepper and belgium yeast
Taste - nice slight brett with an earthy floral taste and a slight spice
Feel - medium full body and slightly fizzy
Overall - for being 10 years old, shocked how good it is
Drinking a 2010 in 2022
Foamed up a lot when poured but other than that solid. Floral grainy slight citrus with a very tad tartness. Medium light body with a slight carb
Drank another 2011 at the end of 2021 and had to pour it, not good.
Reviewed by JudgeRoughneck from Louisiana
4.58/5 rDev +17.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
4.58/5 rDev +17.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
From notes - sampled fresh circa 2011
APP - crystal clear, glowing copper, low off-white head
AROMA - peach, brett-like fruitiness, pineapple, papaya, lemongrass, low horse, pepper, hibiscus, dried cherry
FLAVOR - peach, apricot, dried pineapple, nice herbal hop hit on the mid-palate, notes of white pepper and hay, strong tea-like character, low earthy flavor, very restrained sourness, high phenol, cigarette tobacco - very complex and fleeting flavor profile
MF - medium-liht bodied with bone-dry finish
Jul 27, 2020APP - crystal clear, glowing copper, low off-white head
AROMA - peach, brett-like fruitiness, pineapple, papaya, lemongrass, low horse, pepper, hibiscus, dried cherry
FLAVOR - peach, apricot, dried pineapple, nice herbal hop hit on the mid-palate, notes of white pepper and hay, strong tea-like character, low earthy flavor, very restrained sourness, high phenol, cigarette tobacco - very complex and fleeting flavor profile
MF - medium-liht bodied with bone-dry finish
Reviewed by CaptainHate from Ohio
3.75/5 rDev -3.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.75/5 rDev -3.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
This 4/8/2011 5.2% bottle was a gift from a dog walking friend. The label recommended bottle conditioning for up to five years so I figured I'd better get cracking.
Poured from a 650 ml bottle into a DFH tulip, there was still an abundant thick white head over a clear dark yellow body. Smell contained some of the winey hints present in some Belgian pale ales and maybe a hint of the flowery hop smells but I'm afraid most of them have faded. Taste was slightly more intense but I have a feeling the label advice was spot on. Mouthfeel was just fine per the style. Sorry I didn't drink this earlier but free craft beer FTW!
Apr 01, 2018Poured from a 650 ml bottle into a DFH tulip, there was still an abundant thick white head over a clear dark yellow body. Smell contained some of the winey hints present in some Belgian pale ales and maybe a hint of the flowery hop smells but I'm afraid most of them have faded. Taste was slightly more intense but I have a feeling the label advice was spot on. Mouthfeel was just fine per the style. Sorry I didn't drink this earlier but free craft beer FTW!
Reviewed by pat61 from Minnesota
4.5/5 rDev +15.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.5/5 rDev +15.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
A: This is copper to amber in color with a 1 finger rapidly dissipating head.
S: estery aromas with some floral in the nose, after the esters, malt.
T: There is a little malt and fruit at the start but it finishes with a spicy, herbal, floral under taste
F: Medium to medium light body, medium high carbonation.
O: It is very refreshing. The herbal spiciness goes well with the carbonation and the hops. It kind of adds onto the malt and hop flavors – you can tell the floral is there but it is not overwhelming.
Apr 17, 2015S: estery aromas with some floral in the nose, after the esters, malt.
T: There is a little malt and fruit at the start but it finishes with a spicy, herbal, floral under taste
F: Medium to medium light body, medium high carbonation.
O: It is very refreshing. The herbal spiciness goes well with the carbonation and the hops. It kind of adds onto the malt and hop flavors – you can tell the floral is there but it is not overwhelming.
Fleur from Goose Island Beer Co.
Beer rating:
87 out of
100 with
518 ratings
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