Goose Island Pivo

Cask at GI- Golden color, white head, nice lace. Earthy aromas, great balanced flavors. Cask adds a fantastic element. Simple, clean.

Draft at Clybourne. Pours pale golden with a white head. Faint aroma of european pale malt and herbal hops. Medium bodied but with a slight watery texture. Flavor of sweet and bready malts, pilsner malts, with a tame saaz like hop bitterness. Clean finish. Interesting, but struggles for identity between a blonde and european lager, and falls somewhere in the middle.

Tasted at Goose Island Clybourn. Pale golden with a medium-sized off-white head. Lots of lacing, low head retention. Peach/apricot aroma. Rye, wheat and overall grainy flavor, slightly sour finish. Smooth mouthfeel.

surprised i’ve never had this. i only allowed my friends to get this because the waitress suggested it and i couldn’t say no in time. but! it wasn’t bad at all. i even was expecting shit, but this was surprisingly, very hoppy. i guess i was expecting a paleish lager, but there was plenty of flavor in this. would love to try again.

Imperial pint poured at the Wrigley Field brewpub Tuesday, the 16th of May, 2006. Unfiltered pils color, dark sunshine gold the color of a daisy’s center. Nice, retentive white head. Smells like rough grains with a hint of soap. Nicely sweet, but for some reason I’m afraid that it’ll make me sneeze. Tastes great, very crisp. Dandelions, grain. Very rough and raw. There’s a sweet finish, like wild flowers and mild fruit. Too bad they didn’t serve this at the game! It’s a great session brew: crisp, flavorful, and refreshing.