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Goose Island 1800 Demolition Ale (Strong Golden) 3.55 443

Goose Island 1800 Demolition Ale (Strong Golden)

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4433.56/5.03.55/5.0Winter6.7%76Trappist 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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 jazz88 (2239), San Francisco, California, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/515/20
Dec 21, 2006  
Bottle. A hazed golden color with a laced white head. A lightly spiced flavor with malts, butterscotch, and caramel. Mildly sweet with a spiced finish.


 BigBeer45 (711), Michigan, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/105/513/20
Dec 16, 2006    Updated: Nov 6, 2009
Bottle-dated: 7-22-04, poured golden honey with orange, creamy bubbles on top, sweet orange citrus, candy sweets, little pear aroma, slight bread, fruit, faint pepper, slightly chewy on the palate, little hop bite at the end, hops come out more as the ale warms, alcohol in the nose as it warms up, and lots of lacing.


 Dogbrick (2907), Columbus, Ohio, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/516/20
Dec 13, 2006  
This beer is a hazy amber-orange color with a medium thick and creamy ivory white head. Thin, spotty lacing. The aroma is fruity (mostly citrus) with a touch of spice and yeast. Medium-bodied with citrus, hops and bready malt flavors. Doesn’t taste very "Belgian" but as far as Golden Ales go it is pretty good. The finish is dry with a peppery hops aftertaste. Pretty good.


 redlem (1155), Illinois, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/514/20
Dec 8, 2006  
One of those I just dont get. Kind of sweet kind of hoppy but it just did not work for me. An odd mix that kept getting worse as this warmed up.


 undsioux7 (561), Cologne, Minnesota, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/515/20
Dec 8, 2006  
Pours a hazy gold with a small white head. Aroma of hops, lemon, orange, yeast and malt. You can tell this is going to be sweet from the aroma. Taste is pretty hoppy but not as sweet as the aroma would have you believe. Finishes pretty dry.


 Sammy (4064), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/103/516/20
Dec 2, 2006  
Golden, some head, good aroma of more hops than yeast. Good mouthfeel for a very hoppy beer, nice selection of hops. cross-style very hoppy Belgian. I think I got this bottle from jpm30, I may have picked this up myself in a huge order in Ohio.


 tbookman (618), Ephrata, Pennsylvania, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/58/104/514/20
Dec 1, 2006  
Light brown - very thin head. Aroma is sweet & fruity. Flavor is fairly rich, lots of citrus, notes of pumpkin, spices. Texture is fairly light and silky and kind of bubbly.


 dkoonce (899), People’s Republic of Athens, Ohio, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/516/20
Nov 25, 2006  
Golden brown, hazy with almost no head. Rich fruity aroma, I can smell oranges and perhaps some malt. Heavy, with a full, smooth mouth feel. Very little of the alcohol is present. But, the sweet malt is present. Very nice. Much better than I expected.



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