Goose Island Brewing
Goose Island’s New Fulton & Wood Beer Based On Fig Newtons [Video]
Brewers Patrick O’Neill, Timmy Seldon, and Gopal Balakrishnan create the 3rd beer Goose Island’s Fulton and Wood Series. Black Mission Abbey Style Ale is a Belgian-Style ale brewed with Black Mission Figs and lactose sugar. Loosely based on the Fig Newton cookie.
New Artwork: Goose Island Christmas 2012
New artwork for Goose Island’s 2012 Christmas Ale. The brown ale is released seasonally in November.
Every year to celebrate the holiday season, we brew up our Christmas Ale, and with each year we change the recipe slightly so that you have something special to look forward to. Traditionally, our Christmas Ale is a complex brown ale that develops well in the bottle for up to five years.
Style: Brown Ale
Availability: 12 oz bottles, Draft
7.3% ABV
Even More Wine Barrels For Goose Island [PIC]
Goose Island Brewing (Chicago, IL) runs the largest barrel aging program in the United States. Today, they received 200 more barrels for aging various beers – like Matilda, or Sophie.
Goose Island On Summertime Kolsch [Video]
What is a great summer beer?
A German (or German style) kolsch. Yep. Goose Island’s got one. Brian Taylor, the head cellarman gives a little backstory.
Goose Island Brewing’s Bourbon County To Be Year Round
This little nugget appeared in the Chicagoist today:
The calculated risk of innovation has been a hallmark of Goose Island throughout its tenure as Chicago’s largest brewery, and was the driving force behind the development of the brewery’s coveted Bourbon County Stout. The recent lease of a new barrel warehouse on AB’s dime has allowed Goose Island to double the size of its barrel program and will soon lead to Bourbon County Stout being made available available year-round.
Big news BCS Lovers.
Goose Island: 1 Year Later
It has now been about a year since Anheuser-Busch purchased Goose Island. Pretty big deal to a lot of people, especially when a big beer company purchases small brewery like GI. Check out the Chicagoist break down, 1 year later. [HonkHeardRoundTheWord]
Now Shipping: Goose Island Juliet
Goose Island’s Juliet just left the brewery. Juliet is brewed with wild yeast, and aged in cabernet barrels with blackberries.
Taste Expectations: (Per GI) Juliet is a tart, fruity, complex ale. Notes of wood, tannin, dark fruit and spice make Juliet an ideal beer to suggest to Pinot Noir enthusiasts and beer drinkers who are fond of Belgian sour ales.
Style: American Wild Ale (Barrel Aged, w/ Blackberries)
Hops: Pilgrim
Malts: Pale, Rye, Munich, Rye Flake
Cellar? Yes, up to 5 years
Availability: 22oz bottles
6.7% ABV
