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Goose Island Matilda

Goose Island Matilda - Belgian Ale

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A Belgian Ale brewed by
Goose Island Beer Company

Chicago, Illinois USA

bottled
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6143.66/5.03.65/5.07%97.1Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler P  Stats

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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 willblake (2133), Long Branch, New Jersey, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/57/103/515/20

Oct 10, 2005  
10.02.05 Various samples all over Denver, bottle and tap. Special thanks to Facto for half a bottle at Logan’s. Hazed orange-straw color is nearly irredescent below a short white head of large bubbles. Aroma is a knockout, one of the finest perfumes of any beer glass I’ve ever stuck my nose in. Smells like a flowering spring field on the range. Cobwebs, some saison-ish spiciness. Flavor is a blend of apple skins, underripe pear, edible flowers, but it’s maybe a bit underdone. Some honey sweetness underlying. The stuff is just good enough to make me want something more.

 bluemooner (210), Blaine, Minnesota, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/104/515/20
Jun 30, 2009  
Pours a cloudy copper color with a medium white head and some lacing. Smells buttery with sweet aromas of fruits and florals. Tastes of caramel malt, fruit, and spices. Finishes dry. Quite good overall.


 zeke626 (286), Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/104/513/20
Jun 28, 2009  
Bottle. Pours a hazy orange body with thin white head. Aroma of belgian malts, spices, and orange peel. Flavor of caramel and belgian malts, orange, citrus, spice, and hops. Medium bodied with a smooth mouthfeel.


 KnN (615), Greenbelt, Maryland, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/103/515/20
Jun 28, 2009  
Amver color with a thin white head. Aroma is fruity, spicy, definitely "Belgian." Flavor carries through some of that nice fruitiness, but there’s a little bit of an alcohol burn on the back. The bottle says this will age for up to 5 years. Might have to pick up another at let it sit for a bit. Good complex Belgian beer though.


 SilkTork (4043), Rochester, Kent, England
1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
2/102/52/102/52/20
Jun 26, 2009  
355ml bottle from Beers of Europe. A strong pale ale that is attenuated enough to pass for a lager, and demonstrates quite well the absurdity of the belief that there is a major split in beer production along the lines of "ale" and "lager". There is evidence of unfermented sugar - returning the sweetness that has been brewed out, and giving condition to the brewed out beer. There is a flowery, mildly fragrant quality from the yeast - some honeyed fruit from the pale malt, and a tropical fruit from the hops. It’s a fairly predictable beer, a little hot from the fully brewed alcohol, and not very attractive. It tastes like a curious blend of super strength lager, APA , sugar alcohol, and a Belgian blonde. The blend, obviously, doesn’t work. This comes across as quite crude and nasty. Yugh.


 mar (1364), Dallas, Texas, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/516/20
Jun 26, 2009  
2007 bottle thanks to thirdeye11. cloudy amber/orange with an off white head. nose is fruit, clove and very light citrus. quite nice on the palate with a bold fruity flavor that finishes with a touch of spices.


 Bragesnak (1952), Aarhus, Denmark
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/516/20
Jun 21, 2009  
Tasting at DØE, Aarhus Syd, DK. Bottled, 170609. Amber with white head. Aroma of malt and dried fruit. Flavor is caramel, alcohol, spices and red fruit


 Braudog (3573), Dayton, Ohio, USA
4.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/59/105/518/20
Jun 20, 2009  
From a 12 oz bottle (2008) Nice rosy copper color with a solid head and good lace, this has an inviting grapevine aroma. It drinks richly -- like a sexy Rubenesque woman in a glass, this seduces me with its ample curves and character, drawing me to the details within the complexity. This is a nicely put together Belgian-style ale, but it’s also quietly drinkable with a predominately grapey character, esthery, yeasty. (#3560, 6/20/2009)


 demitriustown (659), Shelby Township, Michigan, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/514/20
Jun 19, 2009  
12 oz bottle: Aroma is flowery, fruity, somewhat of a dry aroma, and nice spice notes that linger for a while. Appearance is amber with hints of golden and a soapy off white head that lingers at the top of the glass. Taste is spice comes to the forefront the a mixture of caramel malt, plum, sugar, somewhat of a fruity hop texture in the background. Palate has a quite carbonated mouth feel, somewhat heavy on the tongue, and aftertaste lingers only for a short bit before dissipating. Overall, It’s nice stuff for a Belgian from Chicago. I would drink it again. Cheers!



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