Demolition - Goose Island Beer Co.

mmva321

Illinois

4.03/5  rDev +5.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4.5

Poured into a snifter.

Just bought a bunch of Goose Island, and I start with the cheapest purchase.

A: Pretty alright. The beer is a cloudy yellow color with an orange tint that has very little visible carbonation but two fingers of white head that leaves some delicate, random lacing along the sides.

S: Citrus and clover are at the forefront. Orange (and accompanying peel) and the clover dominate a little too much, but their are some bitter hops here as well that compliment it very well. What I really like is a piny or cut grass aroma and some funk that add some great textural underpinnings to the smell. It brings a redemptive quality to an unbalanced nose.

T: Follows the nose pretty well. Orange, clover are the main tastes. Following are hops and piny grass. Once again the clover is too much at first, and now the pine is too much at the end, but I like some added spices that I'm getting now. So, unbalanced and unrefined but it's pleasant, solid and interesting, and I like their added elements and new take to the Belgian ale.

M: It isn't offensive, but it isn't quite there. Like, it's not that thin, but it's a little too thin (just to the point I notice it) and there's very little carbonation and that's a little flat. I just need something to add a substantive quality.

D: In the end it's very drinkable. I'll chalk it up to the style being pretty pleasant and light, so this maybe isn't a huge accomplishment, but the beer is done well enough and has enough new elements for me to enjoy it and recommend it.

Serving type: bottle

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Smell - sweet, dank floral, citrus, perfume, lots of yeast remaining

feel - heavy, smooth

Taste - herbal, grassy, floral, piney, citrus, biscuity

Est serving temperature: 38

served in a mini snifter

Serving type: bottle

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