Scarlett
Goose Island Beer Co.

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From:
Goose Island Beer Co.
 
Illinois, United States
Style:
Saison
ABV:
7%
Score:
93
Avg:
4.27 | pDev: 11.48%
Reviews:
5
Ratings:
31
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Oct 11, 2013
Added:
Jan 08, 2010
Wants:
  2
Gots:
  0
Brewed with the Saison and farmhouse ales of Belgium in mind, we added fresh Raspberries and Brettanomyces to a wine barrel and aged the Saison base for 9 months.
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Ratings by emerge077:
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Reviewed by emerge077 from Illinois

4.15/5  rDev -2.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Advertised as Scarlett at the BA gathering at Goose Clybourn.
Who knows with all the aliases and re-naming Goose has been doing.

Murky scarlet red, darker in the center, more saturated color around the edges where the light gets through. Off white foam that has a subtle pinkish tint, hard to tell for sure. Lasting foam, drippy lace adheres to the walls of the glass easily.

Sour raspberry aroma, slight wild funkiness, but about as restrained as Lolita. Maybe a little more wet hay/minerality coming through from the Brett.

Flavors of tart raspberry, natural whole fruit, no syrup bullshit. Seedy tannins, crisp and tart, lightly lactic yogurt notes. Effervescent and crisp, very easy drinking and refreshing. Would be easy to sit and drink all night. Cheers to Mr. Laffler for this one...
Sep 09, 2011
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 4.5 by jegross2 from Illinois

Oct 11, 2013
 
Rated: 3.5 by jplopez21 from Illinois

Sep 30, 2013
 
Rated: 4.5 by BullBearHawk from Illinois

Sep 25, 2013
 
Rated: 4.25 by JellyJacket from Illinois

Sep 23, 2013
 
Rated: 4.5 by Anonymous1 from Illinois

Sep 22, 2013
 
Rated: 4.5 by tut2528 from Illinois

May 20, 2013
 
Rated: 4.5 by CaptainNomihodai from Illinois

Feb 25, 2013
 
Rated: 4.5 by spycow from Illinois

Jan 17, 2013
 
Rated: 4.5 by FullObs from Illinois

Aug 23, 2012
 
Rated: 4.5 by pghawkins from Illinois

Aug 14, 2012
 
Rated: 4.75 by madtowndmb1 from Wisconsin

Aug 14, 2012
 
Rated: 4 by BobCobb from Illinois

Jul 31, 2012
 
Rated: 4 by Dontcounttoday from Illinois

Jul 20, 2012
 
Rated: 4.25 by mychalg9 from Illinois

Jun 12, 2012
 
Rated: 4.25 by CPditka from Illinois

May 23, 2012
 
Rated: 4.5 by robnolan from Florida

May 21, 2012
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Reviewed by kevanb from Illinois

4/5  rDev -6.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
On tap at the Hopleaf in Andersonville in Chicago. From notes.

A nice scarlet color, no real head, a bit of white foam on the top that doesn't last more than a second or two, cloudy like a saison would normally be. The aroma is all raspberry, mild funk, some light hay, but really just sweet raspberry, reads more like a framboise. The flavors are nice, loads of raspberry that is tart and puckering without being too vinegary and sour, in fact almost no vinegar flavors common to many sour beers. The funky flavors are there as is a HINT of grain and yeast, but dominated by the brett and fruit, but the saison elements are not dominant in any way, again, I kept thinking framboise and not at all saison, which is a bit of a shame, this could have been a great experiment. The body is okay, a bit bubbly but I think at this point we are in sour/wild ale territory and all notions of a saison or farmhouse ale should be abandoned.

Verdict: Well, it's probably the best sour GI has brewed to date, and if it gets treated as such, I'd love to drink it again!
May 17, 2012
 
Rated: 3 by antoines15 from Indiana

Apr 19, 2012
Scarlett from Goose Island Beer Co.
Beer rating: 93 out of 100 with 31 ratings