4.4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20Got it from the bottle. The carbonation was very bright which I liked. It doesn’t actually say its a Saison (which is typical for Goose Island) but it sure tastes like one.
It had enough hops that it was clearly American but not over the top like many of the West Coast brews. It was very versatile and floral. Definitely a fav.
It’s really too bad it was purchased by Anheuser-Busch. Hopefully it will merely effect distribution and price and not quality.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Always nice when someone pops a bottle of this. Nice and sweet up front, grassy and oaky with grape tannins hidden throughout. Have never aged one, but I’m sure it’d be nice...
4.1 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Had two bottles of this from the LCBO. I am rating based on the first bottle but I am drinking the second bottle (different day) and all I can taste is chardonnay! Is it a result of the beer needing to develop a bit more, or is it a matter of "light pollution"? In other words, do I put the overly funky aroma and lack of beer taste to the brewer, or the LCBO? Anyway, the first bottle I had was wonderful. Unlike this second bottle, everything the first time around was so well mixed: the sweet apple undertones, the funky chardonnay flavours, and some of the herbal, refreshing notes one might expect from a saison. It was my first Goose Island beer and I was impressed! I’m assuming that this second bottle is a bit of a one off--as one might expect to happen, and it’s far from undrinkable.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Draft. Pours hazy yellow gold. Tastes like citrus, herbs, wheat. Smells like lemon and cardamom. Medium body and low carbonation. Very good.
3.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
A very effervescent saison with some interesting chardonnay flavors and some apple-like esters. Effervescent. Mild funk to it. Very approachable. Like a milder Unibroue Éphémère. Fantastic on a hot afternoon.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle from Canals. Nice blend of sour and citrus fruits. Nice notes of bread, pepper, and spice. Good company, good brew.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Pours hazy peach color. Spicy straw and cat urine aroma. Flavor is a nice sour yeasty flavor with a slight funk. A papery bitter with a slight white wine sweetness. Finishes dry and delicious.
2.2 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 7/20
Head doesn’t last long. Smell is light sweetness,fruit,grass. Taste is bitterness,grass,grapefruit,yeasty,bready. Golden color. Medium-heavy bodie. Little bit of a burn from 6.5% Pair’s well with some Mild Holland Guda cheese and some blue cheese I am eating with it! Cheer’s!!!!
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
UPDATED: MAY 19, 2013 On tap at Blue monk. Yellow pour with a nice substantial white head. Aroma is some yeast with some floral notes and orange rind. Not a strong scent. Taste is smooth and mild sweet with a relatively long finish. Yeast and orange blossom.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
765 ml bottle from LCBO. Pours a cloudy, straw yellow with lasting white head. Aroma is funky yeast with zesty citrus, bread and spice. Flavour is quite fruity with pear, white grape, tropical fruit and orange peel, underlying funk and some gentle spiciness. Lively carbonation. Very nice.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Pours a hazy pale straw colour with foamy white head. Aromas of sour lacto, farmy yeast and a bit woody. Really taste the lacto balanced by sweetness. Nice fruit and slight oak. Champagne mouth feel. Good beer!
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