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Goose Island Rye Pale Ale


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A Specialty Grain brewed by
Goose Island Beer Company

Chicago, Illinois USA

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253.75/5.03.69/5.00.24Special5.3%92.9 n/a P  Stats

Commercial Description:
This American pale ale was brewed with 20% malted rye in addition to barley for a complex spicy malt haracter. It is hopped exclusively with tomahawk for bittering, flavor and aroma.
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 antzman (284), Clarksville, Indiana, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/104/514/20
Aug 18, 2007  
Draft @GTMW. Pours a light amber with a full white head. The aroma is very hoppy, grassy. The flavor is full of hops, with just a touch of the malt coming through, but that is quickly covered up by the hoppy finish. Very well made.


wmubronco1992 (78), Coldwater, Michigan, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/104/514/20
Aug 7, 2007  
On tap at Clybourn location. Coudy light color with small white head. Grassy aroma. Very hoppy, fairly bitter, lots of pine and citrus. A little too woody to be extremely drinkable, but overall excellent beer.


 sersdf (816), chicago, Illinois, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/103/515/20
Jul 23, 2007  
growler via myself. i didn’t realize this is so well rated. definitely not worth $16 for a growler refill, where does GI get off? there really wasn’t any rye in the flavor it all. it was pretty hoppy all around, pretty IPAish with a bit of a lager taste as well. reasonably drinkable, but probably would have started to get kinda heavy after 3 pints of it. so not a session by any means. in retrospect i wish i’d paid more attention to the hops so i’d be able to identify tomahawk in the future. but instead i was at a party. oh well.


 1FastSTi (2267), Glendale, Wisconsin, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/514/20
Jul 21, 2007  
Growler via Jason. The beer pours to a hazy straw/amber body with a thin white head. The aroma is sweet pineapple and pine and some sweet malts. The flavor is pine and spruce everywhere. Rye is there, but not overly intense. The palate is bitter and medium bodied.


 MIBRomeo (1801), Wisconsin, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/514/20
Jul 20, 2007  
Thanks to Ugsmash for sharing from a growler. cloudy off orange color w/ a nice white head and some decent lacing. Great hoppy aroma lots of tropical fruits very fruity... num num some sweet hop flowers as well and a good amount of oranges and carmel. Palate is fairly avg. flavor is surprisingly more bitter than i expected some pine and carmels some light tropical fruits. Pretty good stuff, could use a little more sweet.




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