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Last week we finished up our series of Surly Anniversary beers from Four to Eight! This week we take a trip back to sour territory with Goose Island’s Madame Rose 2012. This bottle was donated by Keith Brady from his cellar for our enjoyment! Goose Island Madame Rose 2012
I’ve already discussed my love-hate relationship with Goose Island in my previous post about Bourbon County Coffee Stout, as well as my recent vitriolic post about AB-Inbev and their lack of understanding of craft beer fans. So I won’t go into that stuff again here.
Madame Rose is described thus on the Goose Island web page: “Madame Rose is a crimson colored Belgian style brown ale fermented with wild yeast and aged on cherries in wine barrels. Layers of malty complexity, sour cherry, spice and wood notes make Madame Rose an ideal beer to suggest to Bordeaux enthusiasts and beer drinkers fond of Belgian Kriek and Flanders Brown Ales.” Made with 2-row, wheat, carapils, special B, and chocolate malt. The web page al
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Source: JABlog: A Minnesota-Centric Beer Blog
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