Goose Island Pepe Nero

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

Serve in Tulip

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12 oz bottle. Bottled 6/13/2012. Pours a dark brown with a tan frothy head. Aroma of roasted malts, dark fruits, and pepper. Taste just like the nose. Roasted malts, almost burnt, dark fruits, a hint of smoke, and nice peppery spice on the finish. Good carbonation. Pretty good. But Sofie, she’s much warmer and creamier. She’s def my favorite Saison.

12 Fl. Oz. Bottle. Pours Black, cola like, reddish highlights, tan foamy head, lots of lacing. Aroma of dark fruits and malts and spices. Taste is sweet, smokey roasted malts, fruits and spices very complex but very balanced, nice beer, nice sipper quite enjoyable.

Aromas of bread, purple grapes, and rose petals. Midnight ruby with a lasting, light tan head. Dry, fruity, and bready. Medium bodied and yeasty, with a dry, fruity finish.

Bottle at Monk’s American Bar, 2011 version. Pours dark brown with a small tan head. Aroma is coffee/chocolate, yeast and rye spiciness, black pepper. Taste is roasted sweetness with a dry peppery finish.

Bottle shared with jones. Pours deep brown with tan cap. Aroma of spices, dark fruit, rye, woody. Taste is fruity, light spice, earth. A gentle dry finish.

Bottle. Dark clear red brown pour with off white head. Dominant pepper notes, that marry well with the natural spiciness of Belgian yeast. Light fruity, vegetal, earthy and even roasty notes complete this gentle sipper. Palate is light with med-heavy carbonation. Quite drinkable and smooth despite the intensity of the spice.

Very dark for a Belgian, cola color with a pretty generous mocha head. Smells of sweet rye, dark fruit. A sweet malty, caramel, banana, rye taste with little bitter. Fairly carbonated mouthfeel, overall pretty good. Light taste that doesn't overwhelm the tastebuds but satisfies. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Dark brown, almost black. Beige head. Aroma is straw, cocoa and wild yeast. Foamy body at first sip, then thick milky texture. Tastes are oak, stone, cocoa, dark plum. A heavy foamy overly carbonated beer that is a.chore to drink. Stirs allergies.

Bouteille 355ml. De couleur brune-noire et quasi-opaque. Nez de levures épicées (poivre) aux faibles notes fruitées (cerises noires), de malt rôti aux notes terreuses et aux petites traces fumées avec des notes de houblon herbeux et de chocolat noir. Moyennement ronde en bouche avec un pétillement moyen ainsi qu’une texture moyennement crémeuse. Notes de levures fruitées (cerises noires), épicées (poivre doux) et aux petites traces rustiques accompagné de très faibles notes fumées (fumée de bois, faibles traces de beef jerky) ainsi que des traces de réglisse noire lors de l’entrée en bouche auquel se rajoute rapidement un goût de malt rôti légèrement terreux avec des notes de chocolat noir et de pain grillé puis en finale l’on retrouve une légère amertume asséchante de houblon herbeux aux notes florales avec une légère progression du profil épicé de la levure (poivre plus présent). Post-goût moyen-long et un peu sec, légèrement amer de rôti doux, léger de levures épicées (poivre doux) avec des notes de chocolat noir et de houblon herbeux.

Saison - really? If so, it’s the darkest boldest, and most interesting one I’ve ever had! Pours dark brown with a nice white head that leaves significant lacing. The aroma is full of subtle spice. The taste is very Belgian esque with a very nice flavor explosion up front and finishes clean. It’s pleasant on the palate and a very nice beer overall. Good stuff!