Goose Island Imperial IPA

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	99
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Brewed by Goose Island Beer Company
Style: Imperial/Double IPA
Chicago, Illinois USA

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Ratings	Average	Score	Seasonal	ABV	Style Pctl	Serve in
585	4.01/5.0	4/5.0	Winter	9.2%	97.2	Snifter, Tulip

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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ghawener (953), San Salvador, El Salvador

4.7	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
4.7	9/10	5/5	10/10	5/5	18/20

Dec 23, 2006

Thanks to Ramenen. Bottle: Extremely complex, starts with lots of citrus flavours and slowly moves into hops and pepper; finishes spicey and hot!

Papsoe (14881), Frederiksberg, Denmark

3.9	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.9	9/10	3/5	8/10	3/5	16/20

Dec 23, 2006

(Bottle 35,5 cl) Vintage 2006 at 9.0% ABV. Clear, amber golden with a small, off-white head. Very fresh aroma of pine needles. Full, sweetish body with lots of caramel and wonderful flavours of pines and citrus - almost soapy perfumy, but never unpleasant and sticky as it manages to retain quite some freshness. The bitterness is not overwhelming and only seems to awake rather late on the palate. Yummy. 191206

Storm (2685), Amager, Denmark

3.8	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.8	9/10	3/5	7/10	3/5	16/20

Dec 21, 2006

Bottle. Clear light amber colour with a little head. Lovely aroma of hops specially citrus and melon-like combined with caramel and malt. Sweet flavour of malt combined with a nice and fine hope profil. But I missing some bitterness for a IIPA. Ends up with a warm feeling from the alcohol.

ford9719 (369), Vilseck, Germany

4.9	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
4.9	10/10	5/5	10/10	5/5	19/20

Dec 20, 2006

Bottle. Thanks to friends. This IPA is very smooth with the hoppy aroma and tatse. Would come pair it to a Simcoe.

Juelze (895), Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA

3.3	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.3	6/10	4/5	6/10	3/5	14/20

Dec 20, 2006

Pours an amber color with thin white head that fades quickly. Aroma is pine and citrus (grapefruit) with some malt. Taste is much the same but I feel the malt and hops are somewhat muted for a IIPA. Mouthfeel is a bit thick and oily. This is a very resinous IIPA. Overall I think Tyranena has the better IIPA. Unlike the bourbon county stout, this one is overpriced.

Arayaga2 (948), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

4.1	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
4.1	8/10	4/5	8/10	4/5	17/20

Dec 19, 2006

Copper colored with thin white head. Aroma is lusciously piney with a bit of citrus. Taste is thick and heavy with hops, but not too bitter, and finishes cleanly. Alcohol is well hidden, and carbonation is lowish, but just about right for this product. $5.50/12oz

jgd0608 (187), Zeeland, South Carolina, USA

4.4	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
4.4	9/10	5/5	8/10	4/5	18/20

Dec 18, 2006

Bottle. Pours a cloudy orange, with a beautiful tan head. Nose is heavy on the grapefruits, a little pine, and some oranges. Taste very much of the smell, and deliicious!! This is very well balanced, and definetly one of the best IIPA’s ive had.

PilsnerPeter (2612), Flushing, New York, USA

3.9	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.9	8/10	4/5	8/10	4/5	15/20

Dec 18, 2006

Deep hazy orange pour with off white head. Very hoppy aroma. Piney and hay-like with plasticy notes. This stuff is hop juice! Has a big piney flavor. There’s a lot of earthyness to it. Soily, slight woodchip notes. Not enough malt in my opinion. Leafy grainy hop flavors all over. It’s finish is almost roasty and has an oakey bitterness. Nice, but something maybe missing inorder to make is very good.

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