Goose Island Marisol

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

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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On tap @ Topolobampo. Pours a slightly hazy apple cidery hue with a thin soapy white head... Aroma of clove, brown sugar and spice... Flavors follow suit with a semisweet triple profile with a decent degree of spicing involved. Finishes on a semi-dry note overall.

Draft at Bavarian Lodge. Bright golden ale color, thin foam on surface. Light nose with toasty Belgian malts, a bit of hop, and a whiff of potpourri spices. First sip feels like it should be sugary, but they seem to have let it ferment out further, and then the spice combo keeps it from getting too sweet. Not a session ale you can relax to; this one demands your full attention. Don’t know that I’m picking out the green tea here, more of a "tea with lemon" impression, like a slight taste of tea astringency. it’s a fine beer but I keep waiting for something more. Call me spoiled.

Very cloudy straw color not much head 3 Mild aroma not much there very bready more Belgian than anything and lacking destination some light coriander 7 7 Avg pal 3 Decent but 1 note 13

Tap at Madison’s. Pours to a murky golden straw colored body with a thin white head. The aroma is sweet and hoppy with lits of Belgian yeasts and fruit esters. Some lime and tea. The flavor is very complex with yeasts, fruits, some light green tea, and subtle lime. Very well blended for as many ingredients as there are in this beer. The palate is medium bodied but very clean.

On tap at Madison’s - Pours light amber with a ring of white head. Light coriander on the nose, lending spice to a sweet malt base. Light honey and dusty yeast. Taste has much of the same characteristic, with the light, dusty yeast and honey flavors mingling with the sweet malt, green tea, and some floral/citrus notes. Very interesting, and while not a beer I’d revisit too often, it was a really nice change of pace. Too carbonated--real sharp--but a nice body offset that a bit.

On tap (guest)
Before going back to Lolita and Vanilla BCS I tried one more beer that didn’t quite stand up to the rest. Even so the price was right (free) so I ordered one with no risk. Another solid but not spectacular release this one was memorable only in that it was par for the course for Goose Island’s Belgian lineup.

Aroma / Appearance - Golden with a thin white head the thin sheets of lacing creep down the sides. White pepper, lemon peels, and an extreme citrus bite eat at the senses. Somehow the spices feel a little out of place in everything.

Flavor / Palate - Pepper, grapefruit, lemons, and carbonation idle on the tongue. Flowing smoothly towards the back of the throat it leaves a mark that lingers for a while. Despite being well rounded the parts somehow don’t fit together. Whatever the reason this nice release was overshadowed by other better taps.

On tap at Madison’s. Poured cloudy medium golden with just a dusting of white head. The aroma picked up lemon and grassy notes over soft pale and bready maltage.. well-balanced and enjoyable. The flavor found honey and redder fruits at the core, with lemon and Pine-Sol-inspired hop accents.. spruce and related spices in there too.. dry, bitter, earthy finish. Medium-bodied and dry on the palate.. not great, but a decent drinker.

Appearance is hazy golden with little head that eventually fades to none at all. Aroma is mild lemon peel, spicy yeast, pear, coriander, and honey. Taste is remarkably balanced between very yeasty/spicy, pear, and honey. Body is medium, sticky, average carbonation, lush finish. Overall, a very tasty and well balanced brew from Goose, went exceptionally well with my grilled wahoo entree at Frontera Grill!

On tap at Girl and the Goat in Chicago. A nice belgian wheat. Aroma is bready. Taste is mainly citrusy. Very lite on the hops which I like. One of the best of this kind that I’ve had. Hope they start bottling and distributing this one

On tap at Topolobampo. Pours a hazy orange with a white head. Aroma of fruit, Belgian yeast, orange, wheat. Good flavor, orange and grapefruit in the flavor, nice Belgian flavor. Well done.