Mild Winter - Goose Island, Chicago
Style:
Rye Beer
Serving Type:
Bottle
Alcohol by Volume:
5.6%
Aroma:
Soft malt aroma, with a little piney hop spice
Appearance:
Deep copper, almost brown in color. Body is clear and head is medium sized.
Flavor:
Tastes like a mild Rye Beer with more malt and less bitterness
Mouthfeel:
Full bodied and smooth, texture is thinner than expected
When I first saw Goose Island's Mild Winter and read that it was brewed with rye, I was skeptical that it'd be anywhere near being considered mild. But, they pulled it off. Unlike other Rye Beers that I've had, which were spicy and bitter, this beer is mellow but still full of flavor. The Mild Winter smells like warm tortillas from a Mexican restaurant and it tastes like a dry filtered wheat with a and extra handful of salty and starchy grains thrown in. The rye in this beer retains on a fraction of it's signature bitterness because it's been balanced out by mild malts that bring in a hint of sweetness.
As a Winter seasonal beer, this beer doesn't really strike me as a great match for biting cold and cumulative snowfall... It's mellow and full bodied but the flavor is less sweet and more like grains and bread. There isn't anything wrong with the flavor of this beer, it's really quite good... but, it tastes more like a mild Oktoberfest than what I expect a Mild Winter to be...
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