The Albatross
Goose Island Beer Co.
- From:
- Goose Island Beer Co.
- Illinois, United States
- Style:
- American Stout
- ABV:
- 7%
- Score:
- +3 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 4.06 | pDev: 17.49%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Oct 26, 2014
- Added:
- Apr 01, 2013
- Wants:
- 2
- Gots:
- 1
NO SCORE
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Dark sepia color, spicy whiskey aroma, bitter chocolate flavor, medium-rich body.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by Jugs_McGhee from Texas
3.2/5 rDev -21.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 2.75
3.2/5 rDev -21.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 2.75
"American Stout." Served on-draught into a 10 oz cervoise at Goose Island Clybourn over St. Patrick's day weekend. Reviewed from notes. Expectations were high. Rittenhouse Rye barrel aged. 7% ABV confirmed.
A: Pours a one finger khaki colour head. Nice cream and thickness. Good (2.5+ minute) retention. Body colour is a dark solid nontransparent black. No yeast particles are visible. No bubble show.
Sm: Whiskey. Booze. Chocolate. Dark malts. Rye. Spice. Decent, but not great. A strong aroma.
T: Rye whiskey. The vanilla and oak notes are fairly timid but are a highlight of the flavour profile and work well here. Good dark malts. A touch of chocolate malt. Caramel. Not as boozy as the aroma, but there's noticeable alcohol here. Imbalanced; a bit messy. Not as complex as you'd expect given the style - especially given that it's a barrel aged beer from Goose Island. Lacks subtlety.
Mf: Badly dry. Smoothness feels off and unnatural. Quite badly executed, actually. Really works against the flavours, not for them. Carbonation is decent. Strangely bad coming from a brewery as renowned as Goose Island. Lacking.
Dr: Fails to hide its relatively modest (for barrel aging) ABV. I like it generally, but I wouldn't get it again. Underwhelming. Goose Island can do far better. Shockingly boozy for a 7% beer. Drinkable, though.
High C+
Jun 06, 2013A: Pours a one finger khaki colour head. Nice cream and thickness. Good (2.5+ minute) retention. Body colour is a dark solid nontransparent black. No yeast particles are visible. No bubble show.
Sm: Whiskey. Booze. Chocolate. Dark malts. Rye. Spice. Decent, but not great. A strong aroma.
T: Rye whiskey. The vanilla and oak notes are fairly timid but are a highlight of the flavour profile and work well here. Good dark malts. A touch of chocolate malt. Caramel. Not as boozy as the aroma, but there's noticeable alcohol here. Imbalanced; a bit messy. Not as complex as you'd expect given the style - especially given that it's a barrel aged beer from Goose Island. Lacks subtlety.
Mf: Badly dry. Smoothness feels off and unnatural. Quite badly executed, actually. Really works against the flavours, not for them. Carbonation is decent. Strangely bad coming from a brewery as renowned as Goose Island. Lacking.
Dr: Fails to hide its relatively modest (for barrel aging) ABV. I like it generally, but I wouldn't get it again. Underwhelming. Goose Island can do far better. Shockingly boozy for a 7% beer. Drinkable, though.
High C+
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