Goose Island Matilda

Pours a slightly cloudy orange/amber with a minimal antique lace head. Not much aroma; some notes of wet grass. Somewhat sour off flavor, but yet none-the-less pleasant. Wild yeast and spiciness present as well. Nice effort.

2008 Bottle: Lightly hazed orange with a plume of yellow foam. The head lasts forever. A very fuddy yeast nose. Slight lemon and fresh herb aromas too. Seriously creamy and full flavoured. Crisp and light, refreshing and toffee flavoured. Tingly spices and burnt sugar. Darned delicious, restrained and easy. Tap @ The White Horse: Brown/orange with a ring o’ white head. Sweet candy aromas with a fruity twinge. Beautifully heady lemon and yeast flavour. Perfect smoothness with a slight tingle in there. Possibly my favourite Belgian style USA beer?

the 2009 batch. Suprisingly hopped. bread fullness. very rich flaovr. slight spice.

06 bottle. pours a hazy yellow. Some funk and biscuit. Infected? Or is that intended? Cellar, dusty flavor, some spice hops, yeast and tart sourness. finishes dry.

courtesy of tampabrew, March 2006 bottle pours hazy golden, white head. Aroma is funky, bready and yeasty. Taste, sweet, bready malts, some caramel, fruits, sour can be noted and some hoppy notes.

12 oz bottle, at home. Poured mahogony brown with a small off white head. Sweet malty aroma with hints of fruit and a distinct yeastiness. In the mouth the warmth of the alcohol allied with a lingering bitterness and the fruity taste made this a most acceptable beer,very much in the Belgium style.

Bottle. Medium high fluffy but lasting white head. Hazy amber body. Apple pear peach banana aroma, lovely. Heavily carbonated fruity dry hops bitterness with a dusty note. Long bitter aftertaste. Alcohol is there but hardly notice. What a nice surprise.

Bottle at home. Clear amber - white head. Sweetness, caramel, light yeasty, peppery, wheaty notes, orange, fruity, toasted, grass, grape, pine needles, nice hoppy, sharp peppery. OK.