Goose Island Brewery

Goose Island Brewery

Infobox Brewery
name = Goose Island Beer Company


caption = Goose Island Brewery building in Chicago, Illinois
location = Chicago, Illinois United States
owner =
opened =
production =
active_beers = brewbox_beer | name=Honker's Ale | style=English-Style Bitter brewbox_beer | name=India Pale Ale | style=India Pale Ale brewbox_beer | name=Nut Brown Ale | style=Brown Ale brewbox_beer | name=Oatmeal Stout | style=Stout brewbox_beer | name=Kilgubbin Red Ale | style=Amber/Red Ale brewbox_beer | name=312 Urban Wheat | style=American Wheat brewbox_beer | name=Harvest Ale | style=ESB brewbox_beer | name=Summertime | style=Kolsch brewbox_beer | name=Christmas Ale | style="Winter Warmer" Ale
seasonal_beers =
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Goose Island Brewery is a brewery located in Chicago, Illinois, opened in 1988 by University of Iowa MBA alumnus John Hall.

Goose Island produces several year-round and seasonal styles of craft beer, the best-known of which is Honker's Ale. Goose Island also offers Root Beer and various sodas including Orange Cream and Grape soda. In addition to distributing beers into 15 states, the business operates two brewpubs in Chicago, one in Wrigleyville and another in Lincoln Park.

tyles of Beer

Goose Island focuses primarily on traditional English-style ales and produces five year-round beers available in both bottles and on draft. The flagship brew, Honker's Ale, is a traditional English Bitter style beer. The other four year-round beers include the Nut Brown Ale, India Pale Ale, Oatmeal Stout, and 312 Urban Wheat. Goose Island also produces four seasonal beers. These include Summertime, a German Kölsch-style beer produced in the summer, Harvest Ale, an Extra Strong Bitter style beer produced in the fall, Christmas Ale, a Winter Warmer-style beer produced in the early winter months, as well as Kilgubbin Red Ale, an Irish Red produced from late winter through early spring. Goose Island also produced several limited-availability beers available during select times of the year. These include Pere Jacques, Demolition, Matilda, Imperial IPA, and Bourbon County Stout.

Tours

The brewery conducts tours on Sundays at the Clybourn Brewpub or by special arrangement. Tours are popular and reservations are recommended.

External links

* [http://www.gooseisland.com/ Goose Island Beer Company Company Site]
* [http://www.bevx.com/bow/bow_31 BevX.com - Goose Island Matilda]


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