Lolita - Goose Island Beer Co.

zeledonia

Minnesota

4.68/5  rDev +15.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.5

2011 vintage, bottled 12 November 2011. Enjoyed 11 May 2012, reviewed from notes.

Pours reddish amber, quite red, actually, with a 1-finger white head. Nice retention.

Smell is good, but not as potent as I'd like it to be. Some fruity berry sweetness and some lemony sour.

Taste is such a fine balance of raspberries and gentle smooth sour, blending together perfectly. It's a delicately executed balancing act between the sour and the fruit, with each one coming to the fore, then receding a bit, then coming back out front. Finish is an interesting vinous dryness.

Mouthfeel: highly carbonated, which is just right for this kind of beer. Light in weight, high carbonation, and a lovely dry finish.

A really really tasty sour. Reminds me a lot of RR Supplication - a fruity sour with an excellent balance between those two.

Serving type: bottle

05-16-2012 03:48:40 | More by zeledonia

ackeeper

Illinois

4.5/5  rDev +10.8%

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Minnesota

4.25/5  rDev +4.7%

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Photekut

Azerbaijan

4/5  rDev -1.5%

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jono0101

Missouri

5/5  rDev +23.2%

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IMSPEAKNOENGLISH

Illinois

3.75/5  rDev -7.6%

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avschmitt

Michigan

4.25/5  rDev +4.7%

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IrishColonial

Virginia

3.5/5  rDev -13.8%

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1noa

Illinois

4.75/5  rDev +17%

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mikeburd1128

New Jersey

4/5  rDev -1.5%

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anhigdon

Kentucky

4.25/5  rDev +4.7%

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cadaugherty

Illinois

4.25/5  rDev +4.7%

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cwxc818

Pennsylvania

4.25/5  rDev +4.7%

04-28-2013 16:28:05 | More by cwxc818

egrace84

Illinois

4/5  rDev -1.5%

04-26-2013 15:27:17 | More by egrace84

roostor07

Minnesota

4.5/5  rDev +10.8%

04-22-2013 18:09:45 | More by roostor07

nollie77

Ohio

4.5/5  rDev +10.8%

04-21-2013 01:57:44 | More by nollie77

jreindl

Wisconsin

4.5/5  rDev +10.8%

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AlphaKingKegger

Ohio

4/5  rDev -1.5%

04-19-2013 02:44:22 | More by AlphaKingKegger

PopnLoads

Illinois

5/5  rDev +23.2%

04-08-2013 02:53:50 | More by PopnLoads

ScottP

New Hampshire

4.25/5  rDev +4.7%

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Rutager

British Columbia (Canada)

4.21/5  rDev +3.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25

11/12/11 bottle courtesy of the awesome trader, mrbubbler. Thanks man!!

Appearance. Pours a deep rose-gold colour with some haze and a half finger of off-white/pinkish head that doesn't last long.

Smell. Nice sweet funk, sour cherries, sweet raspberries and barrel wood. Yum!

Taste. Lots of nice dry woody brett funk!! Medium sourness and plenty of tart raspberry and cherry flavours with a small hit of bitter funky wood in the finish. Nice.

Mouthfeel. Below medium body, medium-low fairly lively and fine carbonation.

Overall. A fine fruited sour beer with plenty of tasty brett. Very enjoyable.

Serving type: bottle

04-04-2013 02:53:38 | More by Rutager

BeerThursdays

Delaware

3.75/5  rDev -7.6%

04-03-2013 02:38:41 | More by BeerThursdays

Anonymous1

Illinois

4/5  rDev -1.5%

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Beerandraiderfan

Nevada

4.14/5  rDev +2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4

Mix of orange and red color, obvious cherry influence on the color of the beer. Thin head, off white.

Aroma is plenty tart, tart sour cherries, raspberries, oak barrel, wine influence and slight bretty funk.

Taste, somewhere crossing the line between flanders red and american wild, this one has more sourness, more acidic, more oomph going for it flavor wise. Very similar to Oude Tart. Like a flanders, but with more sour kick and body substance. Pretty dry with the red wine tannins hitting on all cylinders.

Coolest thing about this beer, it isn't overly complex, but the beer has the right proportion of funk, oak, fruit and sourness to where no one thing dominates. Never noticed the alcohol was so high (9%) on this one, wow, this really covers that up quite well. Good carbonation probably makes it seem a little lighter and easier to drink without getting bogged down in the alcohol.

Drinks well with the song "Lolita" from the band Red Meat.

Serving type: bottle

03-29-2013 21:18:50 | More by Beerandraiderfan

millelacsmark

Minnesota

4.25/5  rDev +4.7%

03-29-2013 20:40:14 | More by millelacsmark