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A List Of Beer At The End Of The Year: Here’s What We Liked In 2011

All the cool kids are doing year-end lists, so we’re jumping on board this particular train as well. You may recall we recapped our Top 5 Beers after a year of being in existence, but we have a few notable brews floating around in our brains that are worth mentioning. True, we spent most of [...]

From The Cellar: Goose Island Bourbon County Stout 5 Year Vertical 2006-2010

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Goose Island says:

Brewed in honor of the 1000th batch at our original Clybourn brewpub. A liquid as dark and dense as a black hole with thick foam the color of a bourbon barrel. The nose is an intense mix of charred oak, chocolate, vanilla, caramel and smoke. One sip has more [...]

312 Heads East; We Get Mad, Then Calm Down (Somewhat)

Image used with permission from Jeff Cagle.

KARL: Goose Island is reminding me more and more of that documentary about Wilco, because it’s like they are trying to break our hearts. The graphic our friend Jeff mocked up in the hours after the GI/A-B announcement in March is looking more and more prophetic, isn’t [...]

Review: Goose Island Bourbon County Vanilla Stout

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Goose Island says:

“Bourbon County Brand Stout spiced with fresh vanilla beans.”

Goose Island Bourbon County Vanilla Stout Imperial Stout, 13% ABV

Sayeth the Guys:

Karl: It’s a shame that Goose Island doesn’t plan on making any more of this, because I’d love the chance to bust out a vertical of [...]

1 Year of GDB: Karl’s Top Five Beers Thus Far

Karl: Lists!  Everyone loves ‘em.  And as such, we figured that with one full year of Guys Drinking Beer reviews and coverage in the books, we’d go back and take a look at the 5 beers that are still yanking our heartstrings.  Beers that we wish we were still drinking at this moment, and forever [...]

Sparging The News: Sam Calagione of Dogfish Head Discusses Goose Island Sale

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Carly Fisher of The Feast tweeted this at us this morning, and we thought it interesting enough to pass it on to you, Constant Reader.  Sam Calagione of Dogfish Head (who you may remember from a little show called Brewmasters, which he discussed with Karl here) was at an event last night where The Feast [...]

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