Time for a review
of a ruttin good microbrew in the Midwest, Goose Island Brewery out of Chicago,
Il makes numerous decent to great beers. You don’t mess with the Midwest on
beer. They come from hearty stock mostly from eastern Europe, my wife reminds
me the Midwest is full of folks of Polish, German, and Scandinavian decent, as
well as numerous other decent. However, the point is they come from long lines
of soddin brewers and beer drinkers. Hoppy, heavy, tasty ruttin beer drinkers.
Goose Island does not fail on that end. Most of the beers they make are ales,
and lagers cloudy enough you can’t see through them.
Sixth Day is the
company’s season ale. So it you want a ruttin bottle hurry up and get it. Its
already disappearing off the shelves, and may be gone by the time this gets
posted. The bottle is less than remarkable, brown glass with muted Christmas
colors and a goose with a Santa hat on. An ugly bottle does not kill a beer,
Red Strip being the perfect example. The beer though. Damn is it a good beer.
It is a dark cloudy amber that smells of holiday spices. It pours well, and
looks ruttin good in a Nonic pint glass.
Rating: 4/5
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