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Matilda
Goose Island Beer Co.
- From:
- Goose Island Beer Co.
- Illinois, United States
- Style:
- Belgian Pale Strong Ale
Ranked #25 - ABV:
- 7%
- Score:
- 90
Ranked #9,073 - Avg:
- 4.03 | pDev: 11.91%
- Reviews:
- 1,340
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Dec 16, 2023
- Added:
- Jun 04, 2003
- Wants:
- 266
- Gots:
- 1,223
Golden sunrise color, baking spice aroma, fruity biscuity malt flavor, dry body.
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Ratings by TheHoppiest:
Reviewed by TheHoppiest from Ohio
3.97/5 rDev -1.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.97/5 rDev -1.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Poured from a 12 oz bottle with a bottled date of 3/11/09 into an oversized snifter.
Pours a hazy golden-orange, with a fair amount of suspended sediment. A bubby white head quickly reduces to a thin sheen on top.
Smells of fruits - banana, apple, pear, and sweet grapes. There is an underlying yeastiness that is subtle. Overall, qute fragrant and pleasant.
Tastes sweeter than it smells. Almost like a soda, or Red Vines. There's a candied malt taste, that as it finishes clenches the back of the tongue with just a hint of tartness. As a fan of DIPA's,I'm finding this one to be a bit too sweet for my tastes.
UPDATE 8-13-11
Am having this on tap at Lizardville, and either it's better on tap than it was from the bottle, or my tastes have evolved -- or both! Spicier and funkier than I remember, and not as sweet, this is an easy drinking, smooth ale. Still sweet, with hints of mango nectar, apricot, and and pear, but with a mild aromatic spiciness that gives it depth. I still like DIPA's better, and still am not the biggest fan of Belgian Strong Pale Ales, but I like it more than I did before, and would definitely have this again. My score has been revised upward on taste and overall, from a 3.5 to a 4.0.
This has a very easy going, smooth mouthfeel.
This beer goes down very easy, but mainly because its like drinking beer flavored soda. I'm sure its well done for the style, but this simply isnt my style of brew.
Jul 10, 2010Pours a hazy golden-orange, with a fair amount of suspended sediment. A bubby white head quickly reduces to a thin sheen on top.
Smells of fruits - banana, apple, pear, and sweet grapes. There is an underlying yeastiness that is subtle. Overall, qute fragrant and pleasant.
Tastes sweeter than it smells. Almost like a soda, or Red Vines. There's a candied malt taste, that as it finishes clenches the back of the tongue with just a hint of tartness. As a fan of DIPA's,I'm finding this one to be a bit too sweet for my tastes.
UPDATE 8-13-11
Am having this on tap at Lizardville, and either it's better on tap than it was from the bottle, or my tastes have evolved -- or both! Spicier and funkier than I remember, and not as sweet, this is an easy drinking, smooth ale. Still sweet, with hints of mango nectar, apricot, and and pear, but with a mild aromatic spiciness that gives it depth. I still like DIPA's better, and still am not the biggest fan of Belgian Strong Pale Ales, but I like it more than I did before, and would definitely have this again. My score has been revised upward on taste and overall, from a 3.5 to a 4.0.
This has a very easy going, smooth mouthfeel.
This beer goes down very easy, but mainly because its like drinking beer flavored soda. I'm sure its well done for the style, but this simply isnt my style of brew.
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by Lucular from Maryland
3.98/5 rDev -1.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.98/5 rDev -1.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
12 oz bottle poured into a pint glass. Pours an effervescent straw yellow color with a fluffy head. Aroma and flavor feature light funk, fruity Belgian yeast esters, green apple, hint of booze, and candi sugar, atop a biscuity malt background. Solid BSPA, glad to have finally had this one.
Dec 16, 2023Reviewed by Nass from Florida
4.21/5 rDev +4.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4
4.21/5 rDev +4.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4
The pour is golden yellow with some sediment. The taste is belgian yeast, mild hops along with some sour notes from brettanomyces, along with some mild banana, pear & green apple notes. This was quite an impressive belgian ale. Cheers! A-
Oct 28, 2022Rated by Captain69 from Illinois
4.01/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.01/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
had this beer back in 2007 at 11 % seemed on the strong side . this i i just had at 7% is quite smooth great Belgium ale
Mar 06, 2022Reviewed by hbeimers from Illinois
4.12/5 rDev +2.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4.25
4.12/5 rDev +2.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4.25
I love this style. It has quite a bit of fruitiness and funk, much like a good apple cider fermented with wild yeast. It reminds me of summer evenings in the countryside... Good memories, great aroma and flavor.
Feb 28, 2022Reviewed by jmdrpi from Pennsylvania
4.08/5 rDev +1.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.08/5 rDev +1.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
12 oz bottle, date code is unclear, but I think its best by 13 Jan 26
Pours golden orange color, white head. Aroma of fruity apricot, spicy clove, bready malt. Similar taste, a little tart in the finish. Thin to medium bodied, feel is a little slick.
Jan 11, 2022Pours golden orange color, white head. Aroma of fruity apricot, spicy clove, bready malt. Similar taste, a little tart in the finish. Thin to medium bodied, feel is a little slick.
Reviewed by Kessel from New York
4.26/5 rDev +5.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.26/5 rDev +5.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Big blossoming strong ale with Brett illuminating notes and Rudy-copper body. The alcohol is tame on the palate with a protracted sizzle of carbonation and back to forward bloom of malt sweetness. A jolly good pale ale hybrid.
Dec 10, 2021
Matilda from Goose Island Beer Co.
Beer rating:
90 out of
100 with
4970 ratings
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