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Goose Island Honkers Ale 3.25 954

Goose Island Honkers Ale

Percentile
71
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bottled
common

on tap
common

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
9543.25/5.03.25/5.05%92English pint, Shaker
Commercial Description:
Named one of the best beers in Chicago, our Honker's Ale combines a spicy hop aroma with a rich malt middle to create an exceptionally balanced American Pale Ale. Craft brewed in small batches with pure filtered water, Midwest malt, the best hops and our own special yeast, Honker's Ale brings fine English-style brew to your mug.
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 CelticBrew (713), The Crystal Coast, North Carolina, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/103/512/20

Oct 3, 2009  
Compliments of Doboy (Thanks ED !), poured from 12 oz bottle, a nice clear light coppery hue, forming a large foamy head. Aroma of light earthy notes with hops, malts, and spices. Flavour much of the same, as sweet malts dominate and the hops come in to balance out the spring like water. I’m not a fan of the style, but this is very decent EPA, I like it.

Zymurgeist2 (20), San Francisco, California, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/103/513/20
Dec 29, 2009  
In an imperial pint glass at a hotel in chicago. Pours a clear, copper color with a full lingering white head that clings to the side of the glass. Aroma is nice malts well balanced with notes of suble hops. Well-rounded full mouthfeel but it it is fleeting. The beer has great malt flavour that unfortunately does not follow through as long as I hoped, the hops were not very pronounced.


 lithy (1825), Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Dec 29, 2009  
Golden orange, whitish foam. Aroma is citrusy, pine hops, caramel. Taste is more hoppy, bitter pine, spicy finish.


lobonator (6), San Juan, Puerto Rico
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3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/105/56/102/514/20
Dec 26, 2009  
A nice beer. Aroma promised good things ahead and the beer delivered. Notes of sweet fruit and hops. Appearance was dark amber with lasting head of generous foam. Taste was caramel, hops, candy, and malt. Some slight butterscotch was apparent and possibly purposely so. Biggest factor was the dry palate and high bitterness. Perhaps too much so. This is a bitter beer. Bitterness was somewhat astringent and harsh. Overall, a good beer but be prepared for bitterness.


 blipp (1738), Newark, New Jersey, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Dec 25, 2009  
Bottle. Pours amber orange with a fluffy white head. The aroma has floral and herbal hops with some crackery malts. The flavor is well balanced, with crisp floral hops and pale malts. Tasty.


 Lalli (165), Helsinki, Finland
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/102/513/20
Dec 19, 2009  
35,5cl bottle. Murky orange color with rather little head. Malts, vegetables and hops in the nose. Flavor is malty with a nice hoppy touch to it. Solid brew.


 yobdoog (1523), Woodridge NY, New York, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/513/20
Dec 16, 2009  
Light amber color with a small head. Aroma and flavor are well balanced. Drinkable leaning towards a bitter finish. Some pilsner aspect with some caramel malts and light bitter hops. Crisp and simple but flavorful.


 shadey (1501), Rochester, New York, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/57/103/516/20
Dec 5, 2009  
On draft at MacGregor’s in Henrietta. A very nice mild that we easy to drink with just enough caramel and bread to mark it as a great mild (at least in my book).


 tlind2 (605), Helsinki, Finland
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/513/20
Nov 26, 2009  
Bottle. Slightly cloudy deep golden color, white head. Malty aroma with citric notes. Malty flavor with a reasonable hop balance and some fruity notes. Medium-ligh body, medium-light carbonation.



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