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Tiny Dancer
Goose Island Beer Co.
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- From:
- Goose Island Beer Co.
- Illinois, United States
- Style:
- Wild Ale
- ABV:
- 4.8%
- Score:
- 85
- Avg:
- 3.76 | pDev: 18.09%
- Reviews:
- 6
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Oct 31, 2014
- Added:
- Jan 19, 2013
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
Tawny chestnut color, dried cranberry aroma, mulled cider flavor, medium-light body.
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Reviewed by Jugs_McGhee from Colorado
3.69/5 rDev -1.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.69/5 rDev -1.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
"American Wild Amber Ale." Served on-draught at Goose Island Clybourn in Chicago over St. Patrick's day weekend. Reviewed from notes. 4.80% ABV confirmed. Served into a 12 oz tulip.
A: Pours a half finger head of khaki colour. Lovely cream. Solid thickness. Good (~3+ minute) retention. No yeast particles are visible. No bubble show. Body colour is a dark red. Nontransparent. Semitranslucent.
Sm: Cherry, fruitskin, amber malts, cranberries, cranberry skin, crisp apple, and crystal malts. An evocative aroma of average strength. Lightly tart.
T: Clean tart cranberry. Great execution of the fruit, with just a touch of light sourness. Good clean maltiness beneath the surface notes. No yeast character or alcohol comes through. Damn that cranberry is good. A bit too sugary, though. Balance is very good, but it's not horribly complex or subtle. Really pleasant and enjoyable overall. I'm digging this beer.
Mf: Smooth, wet, and perfectly carbonated. Good thickness. Clean. Complements the flavour profile well. Well executed.
Dr: Drinkable. I quite like it. A damn well executed cranberry beer. Don't expect a huge sour profile. It's just a sold tart amber ale.
High B
May 31, 2013A: Pours a half finger head of khaki colour. Lovely cream. Solid thickness. Good (~3+ minute) retention. No yeast particles are visible. No bubble show. Body colour is a dark red. Nontransparent. Semitranslucent.
Sm: Cherry, fruitskin, amber malts, cranberries, cranberry skin, crisp apple, and crystal malts. An evocative aroma of average strength. Lightly tart.
T: Clean tart cranberry. Great execution of the fruit, with just a touch of light sourness. Good clean maltiness beneath the surface notes. No yeast character or alcohol comes through. Damn that cranberry is good. A bit too sugary, though. Balance is very good, but it's not horribly complex or subtle. Really pleasant and enjoyable overall. I'm digging this beer.
Mf: Smooth, wet, and perfectly carbonated. Good thickness. Clean. Complements the flavour profile well. Well executed.
Dr: Drinkable. I quite like it. A damn well executed cranberry beer. Don't expect a huge sour profile. It's just a sold tart amber ale.
High B
Reviewed by emerge077 from Illinois
3.93/5 rDev +4.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.93/5 rDev +4.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Reddish amber color, spotty lacing, thin veil across the surface. Bright clarity and color.
Soft apple butter aroma, mellow with a light natural fruit tartness.
Tart cranberry, clean natural fruity flavor, mellow maltiness. Apple butter on multigrain bread. Not acidic, mellow in terms of funky/wild characteristic. Light and easy drinking, entry level but full of tart cranberry flavors. Thumbs up.
Feb 17, 2013Soft apple butter aroma, mellow with a light natural fruit tartness.
Tart cranberry, clean natural fruity flavor, mellow maltiness. Apple butter on multigrain bread. Not acidic, mellow in terms of funky/wild characteristic. Light and easy drinking, entry level but full of tart cranberry flavors. Thumbs up.
Reviewed by Etan from Wisconsin
3.62/5 rDev -3.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.62/5 rDev -3.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
"American wild amber ale" on tap at Clybourn. Served in a tulip.
A: Burgundy body with a nice red-tinged white head.
S: Strawberry and cranberry notes in the aroma, along with some mild caramel maltiness. Sweet and lightly vinegary
T: Prominent acetic and lactic notes form a mild strawberry-like tartness. Caramel, strawberry and tart cranberries, light roasted grain, sweet fig. Tart but not dry. Lots of residual sugar here.
M: Light-bodied, moderate carbonation.
O: I generally like "wild" amber ales, but this one was a bit too sweet and acetic. Could be cleaned up a bit.
Feb 11, 2013A: Burgundy body with a nice red-tinged white head.
S: Strawberry and cranberry notes in the aroma, along with some mild caramel maltiness. Sweet and lightly vinegary
T: Prominent acetic and lactic notes form a mild strawberry-like tartness. Caramel, strawberry and tart cranberries, light roasted grain, sweet fig. Tart but not dry. Lots of residual sugar here.
M: Light-bodied, moderate carbonation.
O: I generally like "wild" amber ales, but this one was a bit too sweet and acetic. Could be cleaned up a bit.
Reviewed by mdfb79 from New York
4.04/5 rDev +7.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
4.04/5 rDev +7.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
From 01/21/13 notes. had on tap at the Clybourn brewpub; was excited to see a wild ale on tap I've never heard of.
a - Pours a hazy deep reddish garnet color with one inch of off white head and moderate carbonation evident. Pretty looking beer, like the color a lot.
s - Smells of lightly sour cranberries, sweet dark fruits, apple cider, fruity malts, some light oak. Sweet and sour, but mostly sweet, cranberries...a little like hard cranberry juice.
t - Tastes of sweet cranberry juice, sweet dark fruits, apple cider, fruity malts, lightly soured dark fruits, oak, earthy notes. Again, like sweet cranberry juice. Less sourness than the nose.
m - Light body and moderate carbonation. Easy drinking beer, could definitely have a few of them.
o - Overall a really nice beer, though not too sour or wild ale...reminds me more of a fruit beer. Basically like a hard cranberry juice, it is tasty and easy to drink, and something I'd have again.
Jan 25, 2013a - Pours a hazy deep reddish garnet color with one inch of off white head and moderate carbonation evident. Pretty looking beer, like the color a lot.
s - Smells of lightly sour cranberries, sweet dark fruits, apple cider, fruity malts, some light oak. Sweet and sour, but mostly sweet, cranberries...a little like hard cranberry juice.
t - Tastes of sweet cranberry juice, sweet dark fruits, apple cider, fruity malts, lightly soured dark fruits, oak, earthy notes. Again, like sweet cranberry juice. Less sourness than the nose.
m - Light body and moderate carbonation. Easy drinking beer, could definitely have a few of them.
o - Overall a really nice beer, though not too sour or wild ale...reminds me more of a fruit beer. Basically like a hard cranberry juice, it is tasty and easy to drink, and something I'd have again.
Tiny Dancer from Goose Island Beer Co.
Beer rating:
85 out of
100 with
25 ratings
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