Bordeaux Barrel Aged Wheatmiser
Goose Island Beer Co.

- From:
- Goose Island Beer Co.
- Illinois, United States
- Style:
- Wheatwine
- ABV:
- 8.7%
- Score:
- +5 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 4.25 | pDev: 13.88%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Feb 11, 2013
- Added:
- May 02, 2010
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
"Aged over 8 months in Seguin Moneau barrels"
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by jrallen34 from Illinois
4.54/5 rDev +6.8%
look: 4 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
4.54/5 rDev +6.8%
look: 4 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
First of all can someone please tell me what a wheatmiser is? Google just pulls up GI and BA reviews...A super dark copper with clear amber notes, not much of a head...The aroma is awesome, dominated by sweetness. Sweet prunes on the fruit, then a nice barleywine bite of caramel, hops and wood, and the finish is sweet red wine. So complex, but balanced and really comes together...The taste is much of the same, a sweet barleywine, almost an unreal barleywine itself but accented by the great red wine barrel aging. Warm to drink but a little watery. Super easy to drink at 8.7.
Go to GI to just have this beer, its worth going out of you way, its that good.
Aug 14, 2010Go to GI to just have this beer, its worth going out of you way, its that good.
Reviewed by GbVDave from Illinois
4.47/5 rDev +5.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.47/5 rDev +5.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Served in a snifter at Goose Island-Clybourn 5/1/10.
A: Served a cloudy light brown with an obvious red tint. A thin yet exceedingly creamy, 3/4 finger, off-white head stuck around for quite a while but left minimal lacing.
S: Sweet, malty Wheatmiser shines through with back up from a fantastic tart red wine and oaky barrel aroma.
T: See above. As it comes up to temp, an excellent mixture of vanilla, caramel, and (of course) red wine step out. Awesome!
M: Smooth with near perfect amount of oaky dryness that really helps cut back the standard Wheatmiser sweetness.
D: Absolutely worth making the drive down there to try this. Wonderful.
May 02, 2010A: Served a cloudy light brown with an obvious red tint. A thin yet exceedingly creamy, 3/4 finger, off-white head stuck around for quite a while but left minimal lacing.
S: Sweet, malty Wheatmiser shines through with back up from a fantastic tart red wine and oaky barrel aroma.
T: See above. As it comes up to temp, an excellent mixture of vanilla, caramel, and (of course) red wine step out. Awesome!
M: Smooth with near perfect amount of oaky dryness that really helps cut back the standard Wheatmiser sweetness.
D: Absolutely worth making the drive down there to try this. Wonderful.
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