Goose Island 1800 Demolition Ale (Strong Golden)

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

2007 Vintage. 12 oz. bottle. Pours a cloudy dull orange gold with a moderate off-white head that faded to a sloppy, soapy film after a quarter of the glass. Aroma of malt, honey and some grassy hops. The flavor is light malt with some bitter grassy hops at the finish. Light-medium bodied. This is a mild, timid beer that I don’t think was intended to be so. Probably not something I’d revisit.

bottle 2006: pours a thick hazy cooper brown witha thin line of white head. aroma is sweet and earthy, toasted grain and sticky caramel. flavour is a grassy earth flavour along with a caramel sweetness the falvour are not real bold and seem a little thin the finish is more of the earth flavours.

bottle marked bottled on 2/22/07 poured into a trappist glass has a golden apple cider color and a thin white head that fell immediately. light slow carbonation is present and the aroma has sweet malt, pear, sweet fruit, muted grassy hops, and nice slightly spiced yeast. bottle is aged one and a half years and it has muted the aroma a bit. flavor has lost most of the hop, sweet with light fruit, grass, touch of honey, and yeast that has become the main attraction. light flower hits and some drying bitterness finish off. age shows on this one but still pleasant to drink.

Pours with a deep golden body topped by a thin head with some lacing left on the glass. It’s grassy from the hops with a slight malty sweetness and a little spice. Medium bodied, highly carbonated and a touch dry.

2006 bottle shared by JCB. Pours a golden orange with a small white head. I did not write any notes about the aroma, but remember it being sweet and yeasty with a just a faint touch of the hops. Flavor had a nice spicey hop and yeasty flavor, with some sweet malts in the finish. Pretty good. Thanks for bringing this Jason!

Shared by Jason. Bottled in 2006 and it shows it. Pours a hazy peachy amber with an offwhite head. The nose is subdued with age, earthy, yeasty, no alcohol, hops have been lost. The flavor is earthy, shows no alcohol, a lightly grassy hop flavor, feels like most of it has been lost to age. Malt begins to show through a lot as well, basement feel and a light Belgian character. Feels smooth in the mouth with no carbonation. Like to try this fresh.

2006. Clear golden orange with small white head. Great aroma of some sweet fruit pastry lovingly baked. Flavor to match with a nice taste of alcohol. There is a nostalgic flavor I struggled to name. Maybe of some old relatives fruit cake, or some ancestral delight like fruit soup. . . no wait, horehound stick candy! Well balance hops, a bit of bitter with the sweet. All in all an enjoyable and distinctive drink worth sharing with friends sometime.

2006 Bottle in Trappist glass. Aroma is sweet and fruity. Head was white and frothy. Color is a beautiful amber with orange hues. This beer tastes of hops, fruit and spice. The amount of carbonation seems just right. This is a delicious beer, only wish I had more.