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Goose Island Celebration Red Ale


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83
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An Irish Ale brewed by
Goose Island Beer Company

Chicago, Illinois USA

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373.51/5.03.48/5.0Special5.8%98 English pint P  Stats

Commercial Description:
Celebration was originally brewed for our Pub brewer’s daughter, Gabrielle, in honor of her first birthday in 2002. It is also brewed for American beer month, (July). The luscious red hue is obtained by using pure crystal malt. Plentiful Cascade and Centennial hops are then used to balance the rich malt sweetness.

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 General_Gao (2480), Iowa City, Iowa, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/514/20
Aug 6, 2008  
Draft at Clybourn. Poured a slightly hazy dark orange color with an off white head. Smelled of flowery/citrusy hops and a bit of graham cracker. Light to medium bodied and on the dry side. I tasted caramel, citrus fruits, and toasted bread. Decent enough.


 hopson (471), Williamsville, New York, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/515/20
Aug 4, 2008  
draft at brewpub- quite tasty- Irish ale? That’s weird, because it’s touted as a hoppy amber, and tastes fairly piney and citrusy. Nice dry hoppyness to the brew. A patron at the bar tipped me off to a nice little drink- a pint of the ipa topped with the celebration. Good beer.


 kseecs16 (533), Westmont, Illinois, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/104/514/20
Jul 28, 2008  
Draught at the pub. Cascade and centennial aroma, mild flavor of hops medium bodied. Very drinkabe with a dry finish. Big lacing thin off white head. Dry toasty malt body.


 pantanap (727), Chicago, Illinois, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Jul 26, 2008  
draft at GI cly....pours a medium slightly hazy caramel brown with a thin wispy white head.... decent intermingling of caramel malt and grassy ops. more of that crystal malt than hops...similar to the nose, a favorable balance of malt and a moderate degree of grassy bitterness in the finish.


 drewbeerme (1785), Chicago, Illinois, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/513/20
Jul 20, 2008  
on tap at GI LPB. pours hazy amber with white head. nose has some nice hop notes of citrus and melon, some biscuity malt coming through too. flavor is citrusy with toasted malts. chewy, and the crystal malt used becomes cloying. pretty hopped up but not something i could drink more than a half pint of.




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