Goose Island Mild Winter

Brewed by Goose Island Beer Company (AB-InBev)
Style: Specialty Grain
Chicago, Illinois USA

Serve in Lager glass, Tumbler

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Bottle 12fl.oz.
Clear medium red amber color with a average, frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, light roasted - oat, light to moderate hoppy, licorice - anis seed notes. Flavor is moderate to light light heavy sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20100110]

Bottled. An amber beer with a huge light tan head. The aroma has notes of caramel, malt, rye, and bread. The flavor is sweet with caramel, rye, bread, and malt, leading to a dry bready finish.

Bottle 35,5 cl. Pours a clear warm amber with an off-white head. Sweet caramellish nose. Medium body, sweet caramel and pumpernickel with fruity notes and a dry, hoppy finish. 100110

12 fl oz bottle. Pours a clear and deep golden hazzlenut brown with huge and off-white head. Aroma is roasted malt, light breadish and dark caramelish. Roasted malty flavoured with a light chocolate note and mild bitterness. Lingering malty roasted finish.

Bottled@O Haras, Tampere. Deep amber colour, small beige head. Aroma is mild earth, some fruits, grass and some strange dusty notes. Flavour is quite similar. Not that interesting.

Bottled at Monk’s Café Wallingatan. Clear ruby, fair sized head. Raisiny malt aroma. Mid sweet with rounded mouthfeel and fairly light body. Slight grassy black currant hops, mild bitterenss.

Bottle at Ølbaren. Clear orange coloured with a small off white head. Sweet and fruity aroma of malts and caramel with notes of nuts and rubber. Sweet and fruity flavour of malts, caramel and hops. Hoppy finish.

Name: Mild Winter
Date: August 20, 2009
Mode: Bottle
Source: Roadtrip
Appearance: clear dark amber, fine grey head, streaks of drippy lace
Aroma: sweet caramel malt aroma, light spicyness
Flavor: sweet malt flavor, light earthyness creates a dry caramel character, touch of spicyness, light bitter finish
Aroma: 5/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 5/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 10/20
Rating: 2.7/5.0
Drinkability: 6/10
Score: *4

Clear amber with a tiny beige head. Sweet aroma with roasted malt, caramel and mild hops. Sweet flavour with roasted malt, caramel, nuts and hoppy notes. Dry fininsh.

Bottle @ Vinens Verden, Odense. Pours amber with a small creamy white head and lacings. Nose and taste is sweet toffee and caramel with a vaguely roasted note. Medium bodied. Ends dry. Very easy, perhaps a bit boring - but decent and drinkable.