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Goose Island Imperial IPA

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Score
10099
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Serve in Snifter, Tulip

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RATINGS: 601   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.99   SEASONAL: Winter   EST. CALORIES: 276   ABV: 9.2%
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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.


4.5
   AROMA 9/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 9/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 18/20
EddieG (167) - Palos Heights, Illinois, USA - JAN 25, 2003
Another great offering from the brewpub. This beer pours a cloudy amber almost orange color with a thin white head. Immediately you hit with citrus aroma. Likewise the flavor is slightly sweet (the beer is fairly dry) and filled with grapefruit and pine overtones. Although the ABV checks in at 9.2%, the beer has little alcohol taste and is rather smooth. Additionally, the hops come through more in the aroma and flavor versus pure bitterness which is good given its lack of sweetness. A nice offering.


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