The Illinois | Goose Island Beer Co.
Brewed by:
Goose Island Beer Co.
Illinois, United States
gooseisland.com
Style: American Imperial IPA
Alcohol by volume (ABV): 9.00%
Availability: Rotating
Notes / Commercial Description:
The first Imperial beer of the year is The Illinois, a 9.0% ABV 95 IBU Imperial IPA that pushes the limits of hop flavor and aroma. Deep gold, complex citrus aroma, balanced clean bitterness, medium to full body.
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Ratings: 1,217 | Reviews: 164
Reviews by Norica:
4.34/5 rDev +10.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.25
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.25
More User Reviews:
3.96/5 rDev +1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Pours into a small tulip glass a kind of orange-light amber with a nice looking full one finger sticky white crown atop,good clarity and a good head.Sweet sugary aromas with tropical fruit-like hops coming into play,the sweetness is large and in charge here.Flavors are not as big and as sweet as I thought they would be,overripe citrus fruit-like hops and some sugary sweetness at the onset of the palate but a drying leafiness comes in late,but as I say that some sweet booze lets itself be known.More of your typical American DIPA in its sweetness but the hops are big and play a major role,not bad.
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look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Pours into a small tulip glass a kind of orange-light amber with a nice looking full one finger sticky white crown atop,good clarity and a good head.Sweet sugary aromas with tropical fruit-like hops coming into play,the sweetness is large and in charge here.Flavors are not as big and as sweet as I thought they would be,overripe citrus fruit-like hops and some sugary sweetness at the onset of the palate but a drying leafiness comes in late,but as I say that some sweet booze lets itself be known.More of your typical American DIPA in its sweetness but the hops are big and play a major role,not bad.
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2.29/5 rDev -41.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 4 | overall: 2
12 oz bottle, bottled on 2/7/14. Pours clear golden amber with a medium pillowy white head that retains well and leaves some lacing.
The aroma is subdued - sweet caramel malt, alcohol and a little grassy, piney, minty hops.
The flavor is sweet biscuity caramel malt, lots of sharp alcohol, a little fruit and a big green bitterness. The mouthfeel is medium to full bodied with smooth carbonation.
Overall, I'm not a fan. Too much predominant alcohol, overly sweet and biscuity, and not much hop flavor.
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look: 3.5 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 4 | overall: 2
12 oz bottle, bottled on 2/7/14. Pours clear golden amber with a medium pillowy white head that retains well and leaves some lacing.
The aroma is subdued - sweet caramel malt, alcohol and a little grassy, piney, minty hops.
The flavor is sweet biscuity caramel malt, lots of sharp alcohol, a little fruit and a big green bitterness. The mouthfeel is medium to full bodied with smooth carbonation.
Overall, I'm not a fan. Too much predominant alcohol, overly sweet and biscuity, and not much hop flavor.
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3.97/5 rDev +1.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Mild copper colored with excellent clarity. A good quarter inch thick layer of tightly knit light beige foam. Brussels lacing. Moderately intense pine hop aroma is what I get out of the nose. The front of the palate is sharply bitter pine hops with a saltine cracker light malt backbone,followed by a fairly sharp pine hop bitter finish. The mouth is thick and sticky.
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look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Mild copper colored with excellent clarity. A good quarter inch thick layer of tightly knit light beige foam. Brussels lacing. Moderately intense pine hop aroma is what I get out of the nose. The front of the palate is sharply bitter pine hops with a saltine cracker light malt backbone,followed by a fairly sharp pine hop bitter finish. The mouth is thick and sticky.
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The Illinois from Goose Island Beer Co.
Beer rating:
3.92 out of
5 with
1,217 ratings
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