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Imperial Brown Goose
Goose Island Beer Co.
- From:
- Goose Island Beer Co.
- Illinois, United States
- Style:
- Old Ale
- ABV:
- 9%
- Score:
- 93
- Avg:
- 4.18 | pDev: 12.2%
- Reviews:
- 123
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Sep 23, 2022
- Added:
- Jul 29, 2004
- Wants:
- 90
- Gots:
- 11
Blend of Goose Island's 2004 and 2005 Christmas Ales, both of which were aged in 4-year old Jim Beam and 12-year old Heaven Hill barrels.
Bottled once in 2006.
Bottled once in 2006.
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Reviewed by edthehead from Maryland
3.83/5 rDev -8.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.83/5 rDev -8.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Bottle pour into a tulip glass.
L: solid brown color with very little head likely due to age and oxidation
S: molasses, raisin, tobacco, malt
T: follows the nose
F: moderate to light body, very little carbonation due to its age
O: past it’s prime but still fun to try
Sep 23, 2022L: solid brown color with very little head likely due to age and oxidation
S: molasses, raisin, tobacco, malt
T: follows the nose
F: moderate to light body, very little carbonation due to its age
O: past it’s prime but still fun to try
Rated by paco1029384756 from Illinois
4.08/5 rDev -2.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
4.08/5 rDev -2.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
Deep burgundy, scent of sugar, oak, caramel, yeast and bread. Flavors of prunes, sugar, oak, yeast, Bourbon, grass, ash, tobacco and Hellfire.
May 30, 2015Reviewed by thegerm87 from Massachusetts
3.73/5 rDev -10.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.73/5 rDev -10.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
This must be one if the last bottles out there at this point. Decided to open it as I'm sure it's well past it's prime.
A - pale white, frothy head. Mildly dark brown body. Plenty of carb present
S - cherries, non-descript Christmas spices, slight oxidization
T - dark, artificial cherry, up front. Raisin bread, very light chocolate, mild alcohol rolls through the middle. Bourbon (partially contributing to the cherry flavor), vanilla, caramelly sweetness with a moderate bitterness finishes.
M - frothy and light. Not too sticky but still the beer stays well past your sip.
O - I'm happy I opened this when I did. I'm guessing it's past it's prime but I'm happy to have tried it. Pleasantly surprised with it despite it's flaws.
Jul 26, 2014A - pale white, frothy head. Mildly dark brown body. Plenty of carb present
S - cherries, non-descript Christmas spices, slight oxidization
T - dark, artificial cherry, up front. Raisin bread, very light chocolate, mild alcohol rolls through the middle. Bourbon (partially contributing to the cherry flavor), vanilla, caramelly sweetness with a moderate bitterness finishes.
M - frothy and light. Not too sticky but still the beer stays well past your sip.
O - I'm happy I opened this when I did. I'm guessing it's past it's prime but I'm happy to have tried it. Pleasantly surprised with it despite it's flaws.
Reviewed by harrymel from Washington
3.59/5 rDev -14.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3.5
3.59/5 rDev -14.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3.5
2006, opened with PhineasGage when he was in town.
Pours a nice dark tawny with a fleeting sheet of light tan foam. Smells sweet and rich. Lots of nougat, vanilla, toasted malts and a bit of turbinado. Taste was dark malt, nutty brown character, some oak, a bunch more vanilla, some cocoa (really faint), plenty of oxidized malts and a good leathery tone. Medium on full bodied with a watery feel from the seemingly lower carbonation. Happy to have had it, wouldn't probably search for it again.
Apr 26, 2013Pours a nice dark tawny with a fleeting sheet of light tan foam. Smells sweet and rich. Lots of nougat, vanilla, toasted malts and a bit of turbinado. Taste was dark malt, nutty brown character, some oak, a bunch more vanilla, some cocoa (really faint), plenty of oxidized malts and a good leathery tone. Medium on full bodied with a watery feel from the seemingly lower carbonation. Happy to have had it, wouldn't probably search for it again.
Imperial Brown Goose from Goose Island Beer Co.
Beer rating:
93 out of
100 with
166 ratings
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