Goose Island Summertime

Draft at GI (Clybourn). Pours a light yellow color. Small white head. Citrus & bready aroma. Mild fruit flavor. Crisp. Very mild carbonation. Easy drinking.

Poured a pale yellow with a small white head from a 12 oz. bottle. It was a little disappointing for a Goose product, but I guess it was alright... I’d drink it again if I got the opportunity

Yellow with a small white head. Weak fruity citrus aroma. Sweet and malty flavour with American hops.

clear gold with a small white head. light body. crisp kolsch-like body. easily drinkable. grainy with hint of sweetness.

12 oz. bottle poured to my SA lager glass. A chilled hazy golden color with a modest white head that quickly diminished to a film and a foamy ring, but left some web-like, clingy lacing. The aroma was light Pils malt and a hint of apple core. The flavor added soft malt and low hop bitterness. The carbonation was fizzy and the finish offered some dryness. A crisp, sessionable brew.

Surprisingly good beer. Pale orange with a foamy white head. Hops, grain and fruit in the smell. Nice crisp flavor. I was pretty impressed with this one. A nice summer brew.

Draft from east village tavern. Kind of a boring kolsch, maybe it was the tap.

335ml bottle (K CM, Kamppi)
Pale orange, brief head. Pleasant light ale aroma, fruitier than I expected from a kolsch, but definitely has that watered-down feel. Sweet palate, soft carbonation. Weird taste, a bit like a watered-down pale ale aromatics-wise, but with slightly lagery hints to the malty body. Quite biting stinging hopping, again not really an authentic kolsch. There’s some swimming-pool water there too. Some paperiness in the finish, a touch of pepper too. A curious mix. What I reckon is that they took a 7%-ish pale ale, and mixed it with some cheap 2% low-alcohol pils. Voila - 4.5% "kolsch". Prove me wrong...