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Goose Island 1800 Demolition Ale (Strong Golden) 3.55 442

Goose Island 1800 Demolition Ale (Strong Golden)

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RatingsAverageScoreSeasonalABVStyle PctlServe in
4423.56/5.03.55/5.0Winter6.7%75.8Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler
Commercial Description:
Brewed to honor the brave souls who kept our brew pub open in the early 90’s while wrecking balls tore down the mall around us. Dry and smooth, with a grassy, citrus aroma and a honey malt middle. Brew House notes Style: Belgian Style Golden Ale Alcohol by Volume: 6.7% IBU’s: 45 Hops: Saaz, Chinook Malt: Pilzen Cellarman’s Notes. Demolition will remain fresh 180 days from the bottled on date. Unfiltered, so a light chill haze should be expected. Some yeast may settle in the bottom of the bottle, decant gently.
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 TheBeerOrg (1589), Kentucky, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/513/20
Aug 11, 2007  
Pours hazy orangish golden with a fully receding off-white head. Aroma of oranges, sweet citric hops, Taste is hoppy and resinous, grassy, citric, and sweet. Some Belgian fruitiness is present, but it’s fairly subdued behind the hops. Mouthfeel is medium/full bodied with soft supple carbonation. Ends on a bitter and slightly reisnous hoppy note. Enjoyable beer, but not terribly impressed.


dra19 (89), holland, Michigan, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/103/514/20
Aug 9, 2007  
Pours golden color with a minimal white head. Aroma of malts and yeast. Good malt and yeast flavor with a good amount of hops. A solid Belgian, but definitly not a great one.


 mkofron (155), St. Louis, Missouri, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/516/20
Aug 7, 2007  
2006 - Hazy gold.. small disappearing head. Fruity... Solid easy to drink Belgian style. Good, but not great.


 kmeves (1081), Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/57/104/515/20
Aug 3, 2007  
Big grassy malty nose, Saaz, Belgian yeast, caramel and bread. Clear orange with medium carbonation, some lacing. Flavor leans towards the hop but a nice malty sweetness is there as well. Aftertaste is dry and doughy with some spice and bitterness.


 Jmichael (633), Asheville, North Carolina, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/516/20
Aug 1, 2007  
poured into a tulip. pours a cloudy golden amber with mild frothy white head that stays. fresh bananna yeasty aroma, with some pinapple citruss ascents. a mild beer, not too afronted, with a initial yeastie fruity presence. hoppy citruss is on back to finish. mild to full palate, a very good beer with its subtle complexity.


 kmweaver (2489), Sebastopol, California, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/514/20
Jul 30, 2007  
12oz bottle, courtesy of a trade from a while ago... Pours a clear, medium honey-orange color; off-white head with patchy lacing. Pleasant, candy sugar and doughy aroma; sweet and slightly fruity. Medium-to-full mouthfeel: relaxed carbonation, with pleasant herbal hops upfront; slightly chewy, citrus bitterness, coupled with a fruity and sugary malt profile; somewhat uninspired sweetness (especially for ~8%), but there’s at least a good, drinkable balance here with a decent dose of hops. Medium, fruity and sugary finish.


 jstraw (776), Chicago, Illinois, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/515/20
Jul 18, 2007    Updated: Oct 10, 2007
Cloudy orange with good creamy, off-white head / Simple, sweet malt nose / Medium, malty body with strong hops underneath / Sweet, malty flavors of orange, raisin, and honey, with pronounced pine finish / Well made but unremarkable.


 thenick (746), North Bellmore, New York, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/104/514/20
Jul 18, 2007  
Sample @ EBF, 2/2007. Pours an orange color with an off-white head. Aroma is malt with a definite pilsner/hop characteristic toward the end. Taste is sweet, with hints of yeast and caramel toward the end. Very hoppy throughout the entire beer. Not great, but not bad either.



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