The Maestro
Goose Island Beer Co.
- From:
- Goose Island Beer Co.
- Illinois, United States
- Style:
- Maibock
- ABV:
- 7.5%
- Score:
- +7 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.9 | pDev: 11.28%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Jan 17, 2013
- Added:
- Jan 19, 2012
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
NO SCORE
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Aged in an Evan Williams Single barrel.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by MasterSki from Canada (ON)
3.46/5 rDev -11.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
3.46/5 rDev -11.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
Part of a taster flight at the Clybourn brewpub.
A - Half-finger of white foam settles to a thing ring and spotty lace. Lightly hazed golden-brown body.
S - Hefty bourbon aroma, with notes of butterscotch, and a bit of fruitiness from the base maibock. There's also an apple note - acetaldehyde? Potent nose. As this warms up there's a bit of acetone as well.
T - Taste is extremely sweet, with large amounts of butterscotch, vanilla, caramel malts, and again a bit of that tart appleskin flavor. Finishes with an oak and lightly sour bourbon bite to it.
M - Medium-full body, chewy texture, lower carbonation, and a mildly tannic finish. Light warming alcohol is present, but consistent with the listed ABV.
D - Not sure this Maibock needed to go into a bourbon barrel, but I'm not overly impressed with the outcome. It also smells and tastes boozier than you'd expect for a 7.5%. This isn't an experiment that I'd repeat in the future.
Jan 19, 2012A - Half-finger of white foam settles to a thing ring and spotty lace. Lightly hazed golden-brown body.
S - Hefty bourbon aroma, with notes of butterscotch, and a bit of fruitiness from the base maibock. There's also an apple note - acetaldehyde? Potent nose. As this warms up there's a bit of acetone as well.
T - Taste is extremely sweet, with large amounts of butterscotch, vanilla, caramel malts, and again a bit of that tart appleskin flavor. Finishes with an oak and lightly sour bourbon bite to it.
M - Medium-full body, chewy texture, lower carbonation, and a mildly tannic finish. Light warming alcohol is present, but consistent with the listed ABV.
D - Not sure this Maibock needed to go into a bourbon barrel, but I'm not overly impressed with the outcome. It also smells and tastes boozier than you'd expect for a 7.5%. This isn't an experiment that I'd repeat in the future.
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