

Goose Island Beer Company Beer Reviews
A Chicago based brewery founded in 1988 with two brewpubs. Now owned by AB InBev.


Goose Island Night Stalker Imperial Stout
On 5/15/11 I read the date on the bottle “02/19//10”. Over one year this wonderful stout sat in the darkness of the cellar and grew–matured. My first impression–heavy mellow. Everything is heavy and mellow after 15 months. This is another...
Goose Island Pepe Nero Belgian-Style Farmhouse Ale
Pepe Nero! The name and presentation are the best parts of this beer. I was all excited by the packaging but disappointed with the results. The color was nice and black in keeping with the “mystery” of the bottle. It poured a little brown head that lasted...
Goose Island Rare Bourbon County Brand Stout
Goose Island BCS Rare! The last of three special BCS beers released in 2010. What makes this beer different is that it was aged for two years in Bourbon barrels that had previously been filled with spirits in 1985 and emptied in 2008. I was lucking enough to get a few...
Goose Island Bourbon County Brand Vanilla Stout
Tom: When Goose Island announced that they were going to release variations of their famous Bourbon County Stout in 2010 I’m sure a lot of craft beer fans around the world got excited. Surprisingly, it did not produce a wellspring of emotion (positive or negative)...