Goose Island Imperial IPA

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Brewed by Goose Island Beer Company (AB-InBev)
Style: Imperial/Double IPA
Chicago, Illinois USA

Serve in Shaker, Snifter

bottled
available

on tap
common

Broad Distribution

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RATINGS: 631 WEIGHTED AVG: 3.97 SEASONAL: Winter EST. CALORIES: 276 ABV: 9.2%

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COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
Traditionally, there are a lot of rules when it comes to brewing great beer. The fact that American craft brewers have broken those rules to produce some of the world’s finest beers is downright heroic. At Goose Island we live and die by hops, so breaking the rules meant pushing the hop limit to the extreme to create this monster Imperial IPA. We took three of our favorite hops, TETTNANG, SIMCOE, and CASCADE, and balanced their spiciness with tons of malt. Them we went back and dumped in MORE HOPS and more malt until this beer was exploding with flavor...strong enough to wake the dead and filled with more bitterness than a woman scorned. This Imperial IPA is absolutely gigantic, you’ll smell the hops from about a yard away. What will surprise you is how incredibly drinkable it is. Pair it up with the saltiest blue cheese you can find, and go nuts.

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3.9

AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20

Fritz123 (243) - Boca Raton, Florida, USA - APR 27, 2013

Draft at Coffee District in Delray Beach. American pint glass. Pours a golden amber with slight haze and white thick head. The aroma explodes with malts, pine, citrus, fresh cut grass and resin. The taste is actually a little less explosive but certainly packs a punch. The overall taste is the pine and citrus hops that have been well balanced by the malts. The aftertaste of lemon, grasses and caramel are quite nice. Packs quite a punch!

3.9

AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 14/20

Cool_Bond (482) - Eskilstuna, SWEDEN - APR 8, 2013

Very much scent. The taste is much too. Long good taste that never ends. A beer you must try.

3.4

AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20

Mittenator (460) - Michigan, USA - FEB 27, 2013

Draft at taps 25. Honey colored with smallish white head. Honey and hops aroma. Weird flavor. No idea why this is rated so high.

AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20

peral2 (436) - SWEDEN - FEB 26, 2013

Om tap at The Gingerman in NYC, very nice pub!! Hoppy, malty (sweet) but a nice bitter finish! ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

2.1

AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 8/20

Wanja (324) - Bavaria, GERMANY - FEB 1, 2013

0.33 l bottle in Toronto. Boring and untasteful IPa...

3.5

AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20

jrgratz (113) - New York, USA - JAN 19, 2013

Tap at Top Hops. Pour hazy amber with fluffy dissipating head.. moderate lacing. Aroma is pine, citrus, floral hops. Taste is grapefruit zest, pine, bitter hops with very dry, bitter finish. Mouthfeel was a bit oily.. medium body. A very good imperial.. not the best.

AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20

Niko100 (1490) - New York, USA - JAN 17, 2013

Hazy amber/orange color; Medium slightly creamy body; Aroma of caramel malt, pine hops, floral, & citrus; Flavor of slight sweet malt, nice caramel/toffee, pine hops, some fruit, and citrus; Finish is fairly bitter; Nicely balanced; Very good DIPA.

3.7

AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20

DedicatedToFun (674) - Alabama, USA - DEC 15, 2012

Delicious IPA, keep on keeping on, beautiful color and fin drink with friends.

3.8

AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20

JaBier (3801) - Capital City, Ohio, USA - DEC 9, 2012

Sample at the Goose Island tap takeover at World of Beer Brewery District on 11/21/12. Clear amber pour with a thick off-white head. Malty and orangy nose with pine notes and some grapefruit. Malty flavor with some slight smoke and orange before a grapefruit finish.

3.8

AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20

AxlLives (230) - Maryland, USA - NOV 16, 2012

Draft - pours hazy crimson orange, medium fizz fluff cream head, mostly diminishing. Aromas of orange, resin, pine, big hops. Taste is creamy orange, nice bitter hops, touch of candied sweet malts. Medium full creamy palate and lingering smooth finish. Good IIPA. Would like it a bit more bitter.

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