Goose Island Melody

Formerly brewed at Goose Island Beer Company (Brewpubs)
Style: Barley Wine
Chicago, Illinois USA

Serve in Snifter

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Casked beer the week of Easter 2006. A strange combination of beers but it all worked out well. Very smooth in texture as to be expected with a cask beer. Very hoppy/citrusy aroma and flavor. I didn’t detect the trippel whose role may have only been, as the waiter hinted, to up the alcohol content. Altogether, a very good hoppy beer that has underlying complexity. By definition not a barley wine, I think American Strong ale is a good and vague enough classification.

tap @ clyborn - Big head, very smooth, hoppy and not too sweet. pretty flat in my opinion, but it was only my first cask-conditioned. as a combination of beer this is pretty impressive, but i didn’t like it as much as the others at the table