Wilder
Goose Island Beer Co.
- From:
- Goose Island Beer Co.
- Illinois, United States
- Style:
- Wild Ale
- ABV:
- 4.3%
- Score:
- +6 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.62 | pDev: 10.22%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 3
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Jan 19, 2012
- Added:
- May 15, 2011
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
NO SCORE
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Wild in character, dry in body and complex enough to make you come back. Wilder takes an english wheat ale and brings it to the wild fields of Belgium with Brettanomyces bruxellensis to produce the horsey, leathery aromas.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by sidetracked from Illinois
3.48/5 rDev -3.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3
3.48/5 rDev -3.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3
On-tap at Acre for the Goose Island Invasion. Listed as Wilder - Sorachi.
A cloudy pale yellow-orange with a little off-white head. Little head retention.
At first there is some nice floral and citrus/lemon hoppiness in the aroma. The brett becomes apparent as it warms and makes for an interesting smell. It has a light sourness, but it doesn't achieve the horsey, leathery aromas they describe.
Upfront taste is citrusy, floral and lemony. A malty, wheat flavor comes through in the middle to follow through to the finish where it mingles with the hops. Slight bitterness and a little sourness at the finish.
Light body with little carbonation. Clean finish.
At first I really enjoyed this beer as it seemed like a hoppy wheat beer with a slight twist. After drinking about half of it it became boring and the brett just made it kind of odd. It's not bad, but not what I expected either.
5/18/2011
May 20, 2011A cloudy pale yellow-orange with a little off-white head. Little head retention.
At first there is some nice floral and citrus/lemon hoppiness in the aroma. The brett becomes apparent as it warms and makes for an interesting smell. It has a light sourness, but it doesn't achieve the horsey, leathery aromas they describe.
Upfront taste is citrusy, floral and lemony. A malty, wheat flavor comes through in the middle to follow through to the finish where it mingles with the hops. Slight bitterness and a little sourness at the finish.
Light body with little carbonation. Clean finish.
At first I really enjoyed this beer as it seemed like a hoppy wheat beer with a slight twist. After drinking about half of it it became boring and the brett just made it kind of odd. It's not bad, but not what I expected either.
5/18/2011
Reviewed by kbutler1 from Minnesota
3.07/5 rDev -15.2%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3
3.07/5 rDev -15.2%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3
Draft. Served at Pracna on Main for the 2011 MN Craft Beer Week. Poured into a snifter a cloudy yellow color with zero head. Aroma of slight florals and apricot. Light mouthfeel with zero carbonation. Soft floral Brett flavors but then dominated by a mild wheat note. Really wish that had more carbonation to help it "pop" a little more.
May 16, 2011
Reviewed by mothman from Minnesota
3.92/5 rDev +8.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
3.92/5 rDev +8.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
On tap at Pracna
This is a brett aged wheat.
Pours very little head. Color is a pale hazed straw yellow.
Aroma: Floral, earthy, and grassy. Brett flavors with oak and some wheat.
Aroma: Matches the nose identically. There isn't anything I could distinguish between the two.
Mouthfeel: Kind of still-like. Clean and refreshing. Lighter bodied with really low carbonation.
Overall, other than it being a little flat, I thought it was really solid. Really easy drinking and really refreshing. I would like this on a hot summer day.
May 15, 2011This is a brett aged wheat.
Pours very little head. Color is a pale hazed straw yellow.
Aroma: Floral, earthy, and grassy. Brett flavors with oak and some wheat.
Aroma: Matches the nose identically. There isn't anything I could distinguish between the two.
Mouthfeel: Kind of still-like. Clean and refreshing. Lighter bodied with really low carbonation.
Overall, other than it being a little flat, I thought it was really solid. Really easy drinking and really refreshing. I would like this on a hot summer day.
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