Demolition
Goose Island Beer Co.

 

 

Labeled Aug 26, 2016

Aroma is a pale yellow color with a quickly dissipating head.

Aroma is of bright citrus, Belgian yeast, and green grape. Relatively similar to Sophie without the same intensity.

Taste is on the thinner side with not enough carbonation for my palate. I get a ton of pear and peach character which is very pleasant. Lots of yeast character with a mildly bitter finish. I consumed this out of the fridge, which was perhaps still a bit too warm. If the flavors don’t dull with the cold, this would be an excellent food-pairing beer.

Overall, the beer was a bit thin and under-carbonated. I liked the base flavors, but the aggressive American-style hopping did detract from the pleasant yeast character. I paired this with spinach and ricotta-stuffed jumbo shells in a meat ragu. It gets a 79/100.

 

 

Taste 2, nice

 

4oz sample pour in a 6oz taster

It is a bright, yellow gold with a bright white soapy head.

Smells yeasty with some banana, a little bit of citrus, and semi peppery.

There is a decent amount of banana, but not like a Hefe, some spicy white pepper and coriander, and a subltle crisp bite of orange- lemon with a lot of grainy backdrop. A bit of bitterness at the end.

Not sure about Belgian Pale necessarily, but a good Belgian beer either way.

 

 

Taste: yeast bread, banana notes with subtle coriander, peppery ,piney hops. Mild spice bread nose. Gold, slight haze, with a white head and broken lattice of lace on glass. Medium/full body. A meal in a glass. 40 IBUs

 

 

Hadn't seen Demolition for several years. Glad to see it back. Bought as part of GI's sampler pack for Costco.
Looks to be the same, a nice Belgian Blonde. Smells subtle, but not distinguishing.
Had it a bit cold so the flavors (mostly spices) didn't emerge until mid-bottle. About then, appetizers started and this Pale went well with a food medley... in part because it was dry enough in the finish. Re-rated upward slightly on 3/5/17.
Overall, Have it again when you can find it.

2010 vintage. Rating set to current average.

Aroma is pear ester dominant, with notes of clove and banana. There's a fairly strong cardboard character that fades and really lets the esters shine.

Flavor has really held up well, very pear ester dominant, with clove and green apple to accent. Impressive.

 

Hazy, golden beer, 1/4" white head. Aroma was muted belgian spice rack, but plenty of toasted pale malts too.

Taste was more pale malt, a little bit of coriander, black pepper, banana. Definitely a yeast driven beer flavor wise. Carbonation appropriate for the mouthfeel. Nowhere near as much citrus as Sofie.

Its alright, nothing groundbreaking.

 

 

 

 

A: This pours hazy orange to amber under a thin cream colored film of foam.
S: this has esters and bread in the aroma
T: Yeasty with some peach and faint biscuit.
F: The body is medium and the carbonation is low for the style.
O: This strikes me as a little uninspired which is suprising because Goose Island can do better than this.

 

 

 

 

 

1 Pint, 6 oz bottle poured into a glass.

A: Cloudy yellow color, thick head.

S: Smells mostly yeasty, some alcohol scent.

T: Strong yeast taste but there is definitely some fruity hints to it as well. Not as good as I'd hoped from a Belgian Pale Ale.

M: Fairly smooth, not overly carbonated.

O: I'm not big on yeasty or wheaty tasting beers but it was definitely drinkable.

 

 

 

 

 

 

This was a cool one - picked it up last week and it had a bottled date of May 18, 2011. That seemed like it was intentional - that they held them back for a while, but maybe it just sat somewhere. Either way, I'm sure the taste was effected by this, and here's how:

It pours a nice golden color with decent head and lacing. The aroma is uniquely pungent and slightly yeasty - like and unusual wheat beer.

The taste is also unique. It tastes tangy and yeasty and a bit fruity. It's definitely something different. I'm not sure it is true to style, but it is very pleasant. The aftertaste lingers a bit funky too. I'm not sure if I want to drink this with dinner - I think I'll polish it off while cooking.

The pre-aged Belgian I thought I had here was maybe an over the hill Belgian that was still very interesting and drinkable.

Appearance: Yellow beer, a little bit of chill haze to it, thin white head.
Aroma: Aroma was Belgian, but some more American smells as well.
Flavor: The first sip is a light body with fine fizzy carbonation with toasted malts. Texture is a little thin but that just makes the beer easier to drink. It’ medium bodied, with a slightly hoppy finish.
Overall: Good toasted malt flavor, a pretty good drinkable beer. A very good beer for the price. They probably retired this beer to concentrate on the brews that could demand a better price point.

 

 

This was a random pickup; there are still some on shelves here and I hadn't tried it yet. Now I feel lucky.

This pale ale is that, a bright pale yellow with even brighter medium yellow highlights. It's extremely bubbly, and the head it forms is very frothy and dense, situating on top of the beer at higher than one finger. Lacing is chunky with some webbing, and generally quite plentiful.
There's lots of fresh white pepper, some greenery and raw young wood, and softer fruity esters on the nose with plenty of zest, citrus and spicing. There's a strong but gentle yeasty (mustier) undertone with lots of bread to the malts, too.
The flavor brings lots of nicely spices orange and lemon, some gentle rind-like bitterness, with a sort of dryer quality to the malts on the tongue, more crackery than bready. Pepper is still strong, along with sweeter spiciness, and the raw greenery is added to by an earthiness in the hops.
The carbonation in this beer is very nice, plentiful but soft and not too filling, velvety smooth without giving up the crisp bite. Dryness is forward but isn't allowed to dominate too strongly, as some candi-sugar sweetness works on the palate to keep this beer even.