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Goose Island Matilda

Goose Island Matilda - Belgian Ale

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 Percentile 
94
overall
Brewed by Goose Island Beer Company
Style: Belgian Ale

Chicago, Illinois USA

bottled
common

on tap
common

Broad Distribution
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 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
6863.65/5.03.64/5.07%97.4Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler
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Commercial Description:
Bottle conditioned.
Ingredients: Water, Styrian and Saaz Hops, 2-Row Barley and Caramel Malt, Yeast and Granulated Beet Sugar.
Matilda is made with a rare yeast that suggests a fruity and spicy flavor. There is complex maltiness balanced with a profuse amount of hops.
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 Pwn3d (1040), Manhattan, New York, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/104/517/20
Apr 23, 2009    Updated: Apr 24, 2009
12oz bottle bottle sample at Peculiar Pub 4/22/09. Lots of tasty yeast, coupled with sugars and belgian spices, similair to La Fin Du Monde. Soft and silky mouthfeel makes this very sessionable. Far less aggressive than Pere Jacques, which I sampled before this but equally well crafted 3.95


 thewolf (5635), Kolding, Denmark
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/103/514/20
Apr 19, 2009  
Bottle from LIVA, Kolding. [thank you, Feldthaus]
Pours hazy golden with a small, creamy, off-white head. Aroma has oranges, bready malts, some biscuit, green apples. Medium carbonation, fine mouthfeel. Flavour is lightly orangey tart, lots of biscuit malts, some hoppy, fruity dryness. Long, lingering, slightly hoppy aftertaste. Fine.


gbdub (73), Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/103/516/20
Apr 16, 2009  
Pours hazy orange-amber with thin white head. Aroma is sweet, fruity orange; yeasty. Flavor is citrusy, fruity, with a pronounced cloves sort of spice. Doughy, banana/bubblegum notes. Relatively thinnish mouthfeel. Unique and pretty nice.


 nolankowal (850), Columbus, Ohio, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Apr 16, 2009  
2005 Bottle thanks to Moejuck. Aroma of light sour fruitskin, malt, yeast. Flavors were light sour, dry malt, lemonzest, coriander. Light body, dry, malty, tart, with a tart/dry finish.


 nqualls (1429), Nashville, Tennessee, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/515/20
Apr 15, 2009  

Source: On tap at Medici in Normal, IL.
Appearance: Poured a cloudy gold color with a thin white head.
Aroma: The aroma was very spicey, with notes of orange peel and yeast. Very pleasant aroma.
Flavor: The flavor was candi sugar and fruit. A very spicey finish.
Palate: Medium/full body with softish carbonation and a silky mouthfeel.
Overall: Glad to try one of the GI high gravity beers. I have a BCS waiting in my fridge. Gives me a lot of hope for it.


 JaBier (1130), Capital City, Ohio, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/104/515/20
Apr 15, 2009  
2005 bottle. Cloudy orange/copper color with a thin white head. Tart aroma with some yeast and fruit. Bretty yeast flavor and a bit sweeter than expected.


 mattmc1973 (300), Sterling Heights, Michigan, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/104/515/20
Apr 13, 2009  
12 oz bottle poured into a tulip glass. Color is clear light amber, with 1 inch frothy head. Aroma is orange peel, spices, and yeasty funk. Taste is some candi sugar and tart fruit, then a hint of sour and some barnyard funk. Mouthfeel is smooth and moderately carbonated. Interesting, not wild about it at first, but it kinda grew on me.


 yobdoog (1426), Woodridge NY, New York, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Apr 13, 2009  
Not too complex. Simple belgian. Almost like a triple, very good. Spice and sweetness balanced.



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