Goose Island Harvest Ale

Goose Island Harvest Ale
Type of beer: Extra Special Bitter (ESB)
Container Type: 355 mL bottle
Alcohol by volume: 5.7%
Country of origin: United States
Rating: 79% (see below)
Number of times I've had this beer: 1st
Cost: $1.15
Tasted on: 10/17/09
Colours of label: Orange/Black/Red
Drank From: Glass
Label Reads: "Serve Harvest Ale in a Willi Glass"
website: www.gooseisland.com
Best for: Flying South
Ratings:
Taste: 16/20
Flavour: 17/20
Buy again: 16/20
Aroma: 7/10
Satisfaction: 8/10
Complexity: 8/10
Intangible: 7/10

Handwritten notes: For some reason I have brought back with me all kinds of new styles of beer from the US. Well, in name only. The Goose Island website calls this an "American Extra Special Bitter". You could have called it an Ale (perhaps even a "harvest ale") and I wouldn't know any different. The first sensation from this beer is a very bready smell. The taste begins with the familiar and pleasant punch of American grapefruit hops, followed by a round caramel flavour. I tend to find that American beers tend to taste like grapefruit, even when attempting styles that are not a Pale Ale/IPA. This is no one-dimensional beer, though. The sweetness and bitterness are in oppositional harmony, like a fat man french kissing a female midget. Beautanimous.

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