Goose Island Juliet

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

Serve in Snifter, Tulip, Tumbler

Bottle. 22 oz. Split with Tom and his buddy. Pours a brownish ruby with a small, off-white, tiny-bubbled head. Aroma of raspberries, cranberries, pinot noir, stringent sour yeast, and some strawberry jam. It’s outrageously delicious; musty, oaky, full of vinious notes complex sour red grapes, and huge heaps of strawberry and raspberry preserves. Body is supple, and palate is tongue-cuttingly tart, and wonderfully dry. This is a tremendously well-rounded and balanced sour ale. Fantastic.

Acquired from the Clybourn location. Dark, murky cherry juice pour with a small white head that forms a ring and never completely fades away. Somewhat subtle aroma of unripened raspberry, blackberry, lemonpeel, horseblanket, and dust. Lots of brett funk, nicely soured, tons of pucker...green apple, lemon, and green raspberry. This one stays with you...lingers. Nicely carbonated. Opens with a pop. Yum.

Murky red color with a small, white head that left nice lacing on the glass. Aroma of vanilla, wood, berries, leather, and wild yeast. Taste of berries, vanilla, wine, and a sour finish.

Sampled at an esbls tasting. Hazy brown with little head. Oh yeah, big sour nose with vinegar. Nice complex fruit, too. Fruit is tasted first and it is cherry, berries. This was nice! Vonegar did not get in the way at all?

Thanks to GT2. Pretty cloudy ruby pour with some definite sediment. Nose is quite nice, with tart raspberry jam and some definite acetic sourness. The flavor is intense and delicious, with more sour fruity funk. Excellent.

Bottle:   Dirty caramel, slight reddish/pinkish hue, moderate sudsy off-white head, dies quickly, spotty lacing.   Tart nose, slight berry fruitiness, little bit of what I would imagine to be Bret.   Smells very inviting!   Rather tart on the tongue, dry, smidgen of berry like fruitiness.   This is better than I was anticipating.   Normally think of Russian River as one of the best American Sour Breweries, and Cascade, but this one is up there!   Not over the top in that its tart and not sour.   Luckily not acidic, very easy to sip.   Body and mouthfeel are moderate, a little bubbley.   Has a unripened fruit skin like flavor on the exit, remaining tart.   I would call this a gateway sour.   Not over the top, simple enough to get people interested.   I enjoyed this one quite a bit.   Thanks Bob!

651mL. The pour is a heavily carbonated clear jewel pink/dark orange with a larger pink head with soda retention and acid cutting. Nose is big acetic acid/pickle with small raspberry seed, more pickle, sour raspberry juice. Taste at first is massive spritzy carbonation, lemon, mild paper, not too much acetic heat, tons of dough, and big tartaric acid like sour warheads. Mouthwatering...fairly intense.

Sweet berry and vinous nose with light caramel and some vinegar. The taste is lightly sweet and moderately sour, with a fair amount of acetic acid, lots of cherry/berry, some caramel and dark fruit.