Goose IPA

themandan6611

So this fantastic IPA was a nice 5.9% with a real kick, now following Budweiser's purchase of the brewery its a not so great 4.3% ...

slayerking

Goose Island IPA is now 4.3%?? :eek:

Seriously???

Not that ABV means a whole lot but they must have drastically changed the recipe!!
I've a bottle in the fridge, I better cherish it if this is true!!

Edit: Are you sure?!!!

mayordenis

Balls.

themandan6611

slayerking wrote: »

Goose Island IPA is now 4.3%?? :eek:

Seriously??

Edit: Are you sure?!!!

yes i have drank 6 and its an average of 4.3% :-(

thank god i have an O'Hara's IPA at a proper 5.2%.

slayerking

themandan6611 wrote: »

yes i have drank 6 and its an average of 4.3% :-(

thank god i have an O'Hara's IPA at a proper 5.2%.

Where did you get the bottles?

I got one in drinkstore this evening at its still 5.9%!!

Edit: I dont mean to be so doubtful!!! Its just a great IPA, one I regularly enjoy!!

themandan6611

got them in Lilac Wines in Fairview.

You can see by the time on this post I am up really early, wouldn't normally happen with the higher strength bottle

but seriously, the watering down of this beer (for the mass market) is a terrible move for beer lovers - damn you Anheuser-Busch

noby

themandan6611 wrote: »

slayerking wrote: »

Goose Island IPA is now 4.3%?? :eek:

Seriously??

Edit: Are you sure?!!!

yes i have drank 6 and its an average of 4.3% :-(

thank god i have an O'Hara's IPA at a proper 5.2%.

What do you mean by an average of 4.3%? What does it say on the label(s)?

themandan6611

noby wrote: »

What do you mean by an average of 4.3%? What does it say on the label(s)?

Alc. 4.3% Vol

noby

And are you sure it's not Goose Island Honkers Ale or something, because I would imagine a change like that would throw up more than this thread on a google search.

slayerking

Cant find a reference of this anywhere online.

Even Beeradvocate has reviews up from today from guys in the states and theres no mention of any change in abv..

Strange!

Silly question... but what colour is the bottle?!!

themandan6611

its the usual green label - India Pale Ale

Saruman

themandan6611 wrote: »

So this fantastic IPA was a nice 5.9% with a real kick, now following Budweiser's purchase of the brewery its a not so great 4.3% ...

Any chance of a pic of the bottle?

Does it actually say 4.3%ABV on it? If not it might be ABW on your bottle.

noby

Saruman wrote: »

Any chance of a pic of the bottle?

Does it actually say 4.3%ABV on it? If not it might be ABW on your bottle.

That still doesn't tally though.

themandan6611

will try and get my webcam working on the laptop later to take pic.

BaZmO*

I'm intrigued by this. Doesn't seem to add up.

I absolutely adore Goose Island IPA, and I'd very disappointed if they changed the recipe.

Does the bottle look like the one on the left or the right?

noby

It seems a small number of bottles have the honkers back label on them by mistake.

themandan6611

BaZmO* wrote: »

I'm intrigued by this. Doesn't seem to add up.

I absolutely adore Goose Island IPA, and I'd very disappointed if they changed the recipe.

Does the bottle look like the one on the left or the right?

lol, i have been drinking it long enough, its on the right - Noby's subsequent post may be the answer.....

JnarF

noby wrote: »

It seems a small number of bottles have the honkers back label on them by mistake.

Thank God, was worried there for a minute!!

BaZmO*

themandan6611 wrote: »

lol, i have been drinking it long enough, its on the right - Noby's subsequent post may be the answer.....

But the back label on the Honkers is red.

So are you saying that the IPA you had, had a Green label on the front and a Red label on the back? Surely if you've been drinking it for long enough you would've noticed?

themandan6611

BaZmO* wrote: »

But the back label on the Honkers is red.

So are you saying that the IPA you had, had a Green label on the front and a Red label on the back? Surely if you've been drinking it for long enough you would've noticed?

the label on the back is black not red or green

BaZmO*

themandan6611 wrote: »

the label on the back is black not red or green

Sh1t, you're right. And I should've known that, I've drank enough of it!

ciaran76

Yep having a bottle now and back label is black and 5.9%

themandan6611

BaZmO* wrote: »

Sh1t, you're right. And I should've known that, I've drank enough of it!

to be fair we are normally admiring the quality of the ale rather than the label on the back

BaZmO*

themandan6611 wrote: »

to be fair we are normally admiring the quality of the ale rather than the label on the back

Very true.

Has anybody tried their Matilda? Picked up a bottle of it yesterday.

the beer revolu

Hopefully it will taste better now that you know it's a labelling mistake;)

themandan6611

BaZmO* wrote: »

Very true.

Has anybody tried their Matilda? Picked up a bottle of it yesterday.

unfortunately not - has a decent rating on beeradvocate.

Although issues with some batches ----

"Users have reported some infected bottles from these batches:

4/1/10 12oz
4/17/10 12oz
4/22/10 12oz
5/20/10 12oz
4/16/10 650mL
5/21/10 650mL

BaZmO*

10/20/10 so I should be ok!

the beer revolu

BaZmO* wrote: »

Very true.

Has anybody tried their Matilda? Picked up a bottle of it yesterday.

Sophie is a beautiful beer.