RateBeer
   Home Sign Up or Login Advanced Search
   People Ratings Events Places Forums Shop Magazine
      Top By Category  RateBeer Best  Latest Ratings  Top 50    

Home > Brewers > Illinois > Goose Island Beer Company >

Goose Island Barbary Blue


 Percentile 
32
overall
A Fruit Beer brewed by
Goose Island Beer Company

Chicago, Illinois USA

bottling
unknown

on tap
available

Local Distribution
Find this beer

Add Distribution Data
Send Corrections

 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in  Advanced 
182.85/5.02.84/5.05%57 Flute P  Stats

Commercial Description:
Ale brewed with blueberries

Most RecentTop RatersHighest Ratings Who's Rated This?
 pint_size (1001), Austin, Texas, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/512/20

May 8, 2008  
4-25-08 on tap at Goose Island Wrigley Field
Thick red amber color with a thin light pink head. Big blueberry smell. Flavor is a bit watery but the blueberries are surely present. Usually I am not a big fan of fruit beers - and this one is actually drinkable. It isn’t big or overpowering but rather it is fairly smooth and easy to go down.


 drewbeerme (1716), Chicago, Illinois, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/511/20
May 13, 2008  
on tap at gi cly. listed as "blueberry ale". pours cloudy amber with sm white head. aroma of blueberry skins. flavor is pretty much blueberries, which over takes the malts, sweet blueberry skin finish. this could work with a big dark beer.


 lb4lb (1275), Austin, Texas, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/514/20
May 1, 2008  
Pours a dull reddish cranberry color with light white head on tap. Smell is light malt and fresh blueberries and tastes similar with a good amount of blueberry flavor. Somewhat crisp and lightly sweet but not overly so. Medium to thin bodied and very easy to drink. Not bad, actually.


 chicagodri (421), Chicago, Illinois, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/512/20
Apr 6, 2008  
Pours a golden yellow with a thin head. Aroma is dominated by the blueberries. The blueberry flavor was decent and the beer was reasonably sweet. Not my type of beer though. Average at best.


Piggy (22), Chicago, Illinois, USA
2.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/103/54/103/58/20
Apr 6, 2008  
Golden yellow in color with a light red thin head, very intense blueberry smell, taste almost like a blueberry juice with a slight alcohol taste on the palate...very very blueberry in the aftertaste




WOULD YOU LIKE TO READ MORE RATINGS?
Then join us! RateBeer is made by beer enthusiasts for the craft beer community. Your basic membership is free and allows you to read all beer ratings.

Desired User Name
*
Valid Email (Needed to verify your account)
*
Relax. RateBeer is 100%, guaranteed spam-free. That's our promise to you.

I agree to the terms of the RateBeer User Agreement

RATE THIS BEER

Aroma

rating assistance

Appearance

rating assistance

Flavor

rating assistance

Palate

rating assistance

Overall impression

rating assistance

TOTAL SCORE

Comments

More Fruit Beers

Kuhnhenn Raspberry Eisbock (4.27)

New Glarus Belgian Red (4.17)

Selins Grove The Phoenix Kriek (4.12)

New Glarus Raspberry Tart (4.05)

Schooners Krieken Cluster Funk (3.85)

Kuhnhenn Extraneous Ale (Cassis) (3.85)

Founders Blushing Monk (3.77)

Russian River Watermelon Funk (3.75)

Surly Two (3.75)

Founders Bourbon Barrel Aged Ambrosia Tart (3.74)

More Illinois Brewers

Stockholms
  Geneva
Flossmoor Station Restaurant & Brewery
  Flossmoor
Destihl Restaurant & Brew Works
  Normal
Moonshine
  Chicago
Piece Brewery & Pizzeria
  Chicago
Lunar Brewing Company
  Villa Park
MT Barrels Restaurant & Brewery
  West Dundee
John S. Rhodell Brewery
  Peoria
J.W. Platek Brewing Company
  Richmond
Wild Onion Pub and Brewery
  Lake Barrington
Cugino Brewing
  Batavia
Prairie Rock Brewing Company
  Elgin
Flatlanders Restaurant & Brewery
  Lincolnshire
Govnors Public House
  Lake In The Hills
Brickstone Restaurant & Brewery
  Boubonnais

About RateBeer | Add A Beer | Add A Brewer | Edit Personal Info | 100 Beer Club | FAQ | Log out | Feedback? | Copyright 2000-2008, RateBeer LLC