Goose Island 1800 Demolition Ale (Strong Golden)

Brewed by Goose Island Beer Company
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Chicago, Illinois USA

bottle, bright golden color, eggwash foam, fruity grape and sugar aroma, flavors of bready sugar, cantaloupe rind, herbal finish

Cask Stillage from the Jug at the GABF, Colorado Convention Center 24/09/2009 Floral fruit aroma. Small white head. Clear golden coloured fruity banana flavour. Strong in alcohol with a crisp dry and bitter malt finish.

BOTTLING DATE: 04-29-05 A very nice amber/honey color. Creamy white two-finger head that leaves a thin film with moderate lacing. Sweet malty dominance along with yeasty bread-like scents. Something sweet and fruity. Banana toffee, maybe. Tiny bit of alcohol smell. Much like the nose, the malts are front and center taste-wise. More of the yeasty doughiness here, too. Little banana and melon flavor. Very slight spicy bite of hops. Feels good in the mouth. Creamy and smooth. Little bubbles. After three years of aging, I have to say that this is still quite a tasty, drinkable bottle. Glad I’ve still got a couple more downstairs.

22oz bomber courtesy of FlssmrBrewAlum poured into a tulip. Pours a bright hazy golden yellow with a big creamy white head that stays on as a small cap and leaves only specks of lacing along the sides. The aroma is sweet and fruity with apples and pears featuring prominantly. There is some light candi sugar and some spiciness from the Belgian yeast as well as a light lemony hop presence. The taste doesn’t seem quite as fruity as the aroma. The sweetness takes on more honey and the finish is fairly spicy with a bit of pepper and plenty of earthy yeast flavors and lemongrass on top. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with lots of carbonation and slightly dry in the finish. It’s a solid Belgian pale that is refreshing with the lemony hops but takes on a bit of an earthy character with the Belgian yeast.

Bottle of the 2007. Pours a hazy straw gold with a medium sized white head. Slightly cheesy, caramel, ocean, sweet. Medium bodied, somewhat empty with some light oxidized notes. Somewhat sweet and faded. Finishes with a light ginger flavor and some faint bitterness.

22oz bomber from Whole Foods LP. A GI beer that I had avoided just cause I havent had the money to buy this at $7 but knew eventually I’d have too try. This poured a nice golden crisp looking color with lasting medium off white head on a light amber, hazy body. Floral and grassy hop aromas w/ some solventy alcohol at first. Creamy body with loads of sweetness. Almost perfect carbonation.There is a tantalizing sweetness, good spices and yest balance with a pleasing aftertaste.

On draft at the Dayton Ale Fest. Pours a nice golden yellow with a thin white head. Aroma is sweet malts, yeast, and spice. Notes of banana, lemmon, chamomile, cinnamon, clove, and honey come out. On the palte there is a bit of carbonation dancing around as it goes down. The taste brings the banana and sweet malts. It finishes rather dry. Very interesting beer, not a favorite by any means, but worth trying again.

Pours a brilliant honey color with a medium sized frothy white head. Nose: honey suckle, clover, spice, corn polenta / cornbread, lemon. Taste is chamomile tea, lemon, bergamot, and green peas. Mouthfeel is little bubbles, with light to medium weight in the mouth and an off dry, yet slightly sweet finish.