Goose Island Matilda

Brewed by Goose Island Beer Company (AB-InBev)
Style: Belgian Ale
Chicago, Illinois USA

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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Poured light amber with a medium white head. Slightly medicinal aroma. Delicious candi-hop flavor and palate.

Decent sized white head o fine and dense bubbles. Reduces rather quickly to a thin sheen of foam on the surface. Little bit of funkyness in the aroma with legit sourness, some tart fruity aromas and some leather. Color is a dark orange. Soft malts with some chalky grains on the palate. Light bodied with biscuity malts, tea leaves and herbal hops flavors. Light sourness that makes the mouth salivate for more. Finishes grainy and dry. An ok belgian.

Ornage, slight hazy. Malts, dried apricot. Almost barley wine like malt heavy. Im missing the yeast characters. Update: no im not. Quite nice actually.

-- rated with ’lankku’ (N9)

Smells of heavily perfumed hops like a good Belgian. Pours an amber blond colour without too much head or tracing. Taste has a touch of sourness, some bitter finish. It’s along the lines of Chouffe or Delirium Tremens. A likable session style Belgian. Bottle from Health Food Store in Lebanon, NH.

Pours a rich orange with a paperthin head. Funky aroma with Brett up front, spicy yeast and hops in the back. Taste follows, slightly medicinal. Smooth and hides the alcohol pretty well. Not bad ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Draft. Pint. Poured dark brown amber at the top, orange in the middle and bright yellow at the bottom. Big fluffy head that left a lot of lace. Though pleasant in appearance it ended up having a tree gummy taste I did not like. More sweet malt flavors than hop bitterness. Finished smooth. Well blended, but no subtle flavors. Sorry, this felt like a heavy sweet beer syrup in water. Noticed some drastically different and varried reviews of this beer, mostly more positive than mine, but I am sticking with my gut.

Poured from a 12oz bottle and served in a snifter. The beer poured dark amber with a reddish tins. It smells very sweet with a hint of cherries. This beer is exceptionally smooth. It tastes kind of like cherries with a slightly spicy aftertaste. This is an outstanding beer that I would gladly recommend to friends.

Pours apricot muddy with no head Aromas of apricots, citrus, banana, some sourness Very sweet overall. Some hints of sourness which balances it good. Tastes of bubblegum, bananas, apricots and some citrus. Nice!

Appearance: Hazy orange body with light white head. Minimal retention and lacing. Aroma: Great aroma very complex, slight fruit flavors with a nice spicy note. Alcohol is present but not overwhelming. The smell sends you in a lot of different directions T: Spiciness and floral up front but balances out with a nice fruity and maltiness. A flavor from raisins seem to become very present. Again alcohol note is present but not obvious. Palate: Medium bodied with medium carbonation, very easy to drink. Overall a very nice belgian style ale. True to style and very drinkable. O: This is outstanding, it’s making me wish AB didn’t own Goose Island because I’m so conflicted. I guess it doesn’t hurt to buy once right? It’s going to be hard to ignore...

Copper pour. Draft. Sticky head. Wheat scent. Grassy citrus and sweet taste. Not my style but can tell this is a great beer for those that like belgiums

Aroma of pungeant floral and yeast. Very intense. Pours amber with a small head and little carbonation. Taste is much like the nose. Heavy floral with roses being most prevalent. Hints of iron and bread dough. Nice Belgian and much different.