Juliet - Goose Island Beer Co.

hawks10

Illinois

4.58/5  rDev +8.3%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

22oz bottle poured into my Matilda wine glass...Batch 1 - Bottled January 2009...

Pours a slightly hazy ruby/orange...pinkish, slightly rosy...one finger of soft-white head with a pink hue, dissipates very quickly. This beer did not experience any gushing or other over-carb issues...

Tart, tangy and acidic in the nose. Sour ripe fruits, nice berry presence and some great wild yeast funkiness...complex and beautiful, one of the better smelling sours I have ever experienced...

Taste follows the nose...nicely tart and sweet, good ripe berry flavor. Slightly funky, nice and woody and dry...Complex like the nose, different tastes emerging as I drink. Finishes dry and kind of spicy...

I like a my sours to be spritzy, this one sure is, but not at all over-carbonated like many others have experienced. Nice and bubbly, light bodied and tingly...refreshing...

Incredible beer from Goose Island. One of my favorite new beers over the last 1.5 years or so...hope none of the other bottles I have are over-carbed like so many say...

Serving type: bottle

04-30-2010 23:41:06 | More by hawks10

jono0101

Missouri

4.25/5  rDev +0.5%

05-18-2013 16:29:06 | More by jono0101

jtladner

District of Columbia

3.5/5  rDev -17.3%

05-18-2013 14:03:40 | More by jtladner

GimmeGumballHead

Illinois

4.75/5  rDev +12.3%

05-18-2013 01:39:47 | More by GimmeGumballHead

johnnnniee

New Hampshire

4.05/5  rDev -4.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4

Received in trade from ajzy, thanks for the opportunity!
Pours a lightly hazy deep golden color with a huge fluffy bone white head that that dissipates as quickly as the bubbles in a glass of ginger ale. Tart and funky fruit dominate the aroma here. Lemons, cherries, and berries with lots of lactic sourness and funk make up most of the nose with hints of brown sugar deep in the background. The flavor puckers your face up front with lemons and tart cherries. Light brown sugar malt sneaks in before the citric return and burns a hole deep into your nether region. Medium body with a moderate level of carbonation and a slick tart puckering mouthfeel. Nice American wild, I'm glad I got to try it.

Serving type: bottle

05-18-2013 01:33:12 | More by johnnnniee

backbaybrewer

Massachusetts

4/5  rDev -5.4%

05-17-2013 17:26:34 | More by backbaybrewer

IMSPEAKNOENGLISH

Illinois

4/5  rDev -5.4%

05-17-2013 15:48:10 | More by IMSPEAKNOENGLISH

Pecan

California

4.25/5  rDev +0.5%

05-16-2013 18:02:28 | More by Pecan

Resuin

Massachusetts

4.25/5  rDev +0.5%

05-16-2013 02:20:36 | More by Resuin

cnbrown313

Illinois

4/5  rDev -5.4%

05-15-2013 19:01:27 | More by cnbrown313

IrishColonial

Virginia

3.75/5  rDev -11.3%

05-14-2013 21:19:49 | More by IrishColonial

leftstagebrew

North Carolina

4.75/5  rDev +12.3%

05-13-2013 16:06:33 | More by leftstagebrew

pk18

Wisconsin

4.5/5  rDev +6.4%

05-13-2013 01:48:42 | More by pk18

VaTechPhilly

Pennsylvania

4.5/5  rDev +6.4%

05-13-2013 00:59:26 | More by VaTechPhilly

DrunkinYogi

Connecticut

4.25/5  rDev +0.5%

05-13-2013 00:37:11 | More by DrunkinYogi

AndrewSmith

California

4.25/5  rDev +0.5%

05-12-2013 22:42:51 | More by AndrewSmith

1noa

Illinois

5/5  rDev +18.2%

05-11-2013 11:50:19 | More by 1noa

mikeburd1128

New Jersey

4.5/5  rDev +6.4%

05-10-2013 22:13:56 | More by mikeburd1128

eawolff99

Minnesota

4.5/5  rDev +6.4%

05-10-2013 13:29:34 | More by eawolff99

jkane101

New Jersey

4.25/5  rDev +0.5%

05-10-2013 01:26:42 | More by jkane101

Magery

Kentucky

4.5/5  rDev +6.4%

05-10-2013 01:25:27 | More by Magery

cadaugherty

Illinois

4.25/5  rDev +0.5%

05-09-2013 01:00:32 | More by cadaugherty

scottfrie

California

4.24/5  rDev +0.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25

22oz bottle into tulip. Bottled 1/26/12. Thanks again, jbck109.

A: Pours a ruby cranberry color with a very short lived fizzy white head faded into faint active collar.
S: Very dry and funky barrel notes of musty cheese, oak tannins, dank basement and a hint of vinous fruit.
T: Tart notes of vinous wine barrel, oak tannin, earthy funk, tart lemon pith, and light blackberry juice. Fruit is light and comes through mostly in the finish after the initial citrus onslaught. Mild cheese, gritty tannins and spicy rye. Cranberry too.
M: Dry mouth, champagne carbonation, very tart, mild acid, dry gritty tannins.
O: Very tart, dry and flavorful. Really well rounded and enjoyable. Loved it. Cheers, Jay.

Serving type: bottle

05-08-2013 02:04:25 | More by scottfrie

JMAC45

Massachusetts

4.75/5  rDev +12.3%

05-06-2013 02:20:44 | More by JMAC45

Goblinmunkey7

Massachusetts

4.21/5  rDev -0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25

Thanks to angrybabboon for sharing the bottle. Split with angrybabboon and bilco.

Appearance: Ruddy copper. Some orange-hues. Small white head drops to nothing and leaves a tiny white collar. No lacing. Moderate carbonation on the pour.

Smell: Nice hint of oak over a powdery tartness. Some blackberry flesh and juice. Sweet juiciness. Damp earth. Hay and slight woodiness. Lactic and acetic sour notes. Floral. Light sweet malt backbone. Warming pushes up the blackberry notes offering some fresh fruit. Slightly vinous. Grape must.

Taste: Balance of earth and damp wood. Oak and blackberry flesh. Solid lactic tartness on the back with some acetic flavors in the back. Bright fruitiness. Floral, almost perfume. Loaded with oak and tart fruit. Macerated blackberry flesh. White wine and grape. Building acetic as it warms, almost vinegar. Sweet and tart. Warming pushes even more oak and blackberry.

Mouthfeel: Moderate carbonation. Slightly dry medium body. Clean. Wet overall but not juicy.

Overall: Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art though Romeo.

Tart and delightful. Good balance of fruit and tart magic.

Serving type: bottle

05-04-2013 23:52:30 | More by Goblinmunkey7