Wild Goose India Pale Ale

Brewed by Wild Goose LLC (Flying Dog)
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Frederick, Maryland USA

Serve in Shaker, Tulip

Hazy gold with a foamy white head. Had a decent creaminess to it. Malts: Only a pinch of caramel sweetness along with some toast. Although, curiously enough, it had a stickiness factor. Hops: Rich and grassy, with light background aromas of flowers. Malt sweetness was light and the hop bitterness was relatively faint, but there seemed to be a lot going on in the middle. That said, balance was real nice. Overall, I thought it was tasty and enjoyable. Placed against comparables, IMO, it seemed more like a boldish American PA than an American IPA.

From a 12 oz bottle from a six pack purchased in Silver Spring, Maryland, this poured a slightly hazy amber to copper color with a foamy white head and good lacing rings. The nose is pine and citrus hops. Body is medium and mouthfeel on the oily side. The flavor is a good balance between the light caramel malts and bitter hops. The finish is dry and bitter. Good.

12 oz brown bottle. No apparent date, just a bottling code. It pours a clear orange/amber/gold with a fluffy white head that sticks for a bit and leaves some decent lacing. The smell is very doughy with an overlying of English hops. English hops aren’t always my favorite and here im getting a bit of a vomity/tomato scent. The flavor is simple, perhaps a bit vegetal and herbal with the hops. Not too much bitterness although it comes through in the aftertaste. The malt is rich but not sweet, it has more of a grainy/bready characteristic. It tastes pretty traditional, it doesn’t get out of control with the hops. It has a pretty good mouthfeel as well. Serving type: bottle Reviewed on: 09-23-2010 21:38:10

12 ounce bottle from Total Wine Fredericksburg, VA. Pours a hazy golden amber color with a medium sized white head. Good head retention and lacing. Aroma of floral hops with caramel and toasted malts. The taste is toasted caramel malts, bitter hops with some citrus notes. Medium bodied. Lingering bitterness.

Bottle poured a hazy gold with a small lingering off white head. Aromas of biscuit, fruittiness and earthiness. Palate was medium bodied and crisp with a dry finish. Flavors of biscuit, earthiness and light citrus with a crisp dry moderatly bitter finish.

Draught at Beer Temple in Amsterdam. Really nice colour, orange and blood orange, moshy beige head. Smells glue, very artificial. The taste is really not good. Weak, and the little flavour I felt is really not good.

12 fl oz bottle, courtesy of fiulijn. Pours cloudy and dark orange with a small white head. Aroma is mild fruity and caramelish to breadish malty. Mild peachy and slight citrusy fruity. Sweet malty and mild peachy into a bone dry and bitter finish.

Bottle at fiulijn. Clear orange coloured with a medium sized white head. Fruity aroma of hops, caramel and grass. Fruity flavour of caramel, grass and hops with notes if citrus. Dry hoppy finish of peaches.

Cloudy orange color; small head. The aroma is very light, and there are some vegetables. The flavor too, along with dry toffee, has some vegetables; ordinary bitterness. There is not much quality here.