Goose Island Kilgubbin Red Ale
This ale pays homage to the Irish who settled on Kilgubbin, or Goose Island, in Chicago over a hundred years ago. In the Irish tradition, red ale gets its rich reddish color from roast barley and chocolate malts. Ours adds a subtle spicy finish from a touch of malted rye, to make Kilgubbin Red Ale perfect for St. Patty's or any special occasion
3.1
278 reviews
Chicago, United States
Community reviews
Bottle. Amber color with a small white head. Sweet hop aroma and has a smooth malty taste.
12oz bottle acquired from Unclemike...pours copper with a beige head...light sweet malt aroma with a cereal like smell...in the mouth, light sweet malty flavors also...not a whole lot happening except for malt...I don’t love it or hate it
Bottle. Pours amber with almost no head. Very well balanced beer. Aroma is malt and sweet hops. Taste is very smooth and malty. Decent beer
Starts with a very balanced feel between the fresh hops amber malt. Actually seems to be more of an amber in most categories other than appearance. This is balanced; however, this balance is perfected partially through means of low ingredient usage, meaning the beer is a touch weak, but nice.
Bottle. Pours deep amber with a thin crispy head. Smells malty sweet floral and some roasty smoke. Tastes malty sweet. Hints of roasted malts, smoke. Balanced by some hops and has an excellent finish. A very good example of its type. Drink slowly and enjoy.
From bottle. Poured a dark amber with thin head. Typical Irish red. Decent choice vs. Killian’s, etc.
Pours a great copper color with a great head that looks like a good root beer float thickness. Aroma is very heavy of caramel maltiness. Flavor follows the aromas queues. Starts off with stronger hints of chocolate at the beginning with some roasted tones following it. Flavor moves into a a sweeter finish with not a lot of "spicy" hints. A good beer and would like to try it on tap instead of from a 6 month old bottle.
Pretty standard stuff here. Well done though, sufficient amount of hops with good malt character-some grainy malts, bready, with some caramel, even a bit of chocolate but nothing sweet or too pronounced. They put in a tiny amount of pizazz "spice" but nothing very interesting. Too carbonated making the quaffability (what should be it’s main goal imho) suffer. Got better as it sat out and warmed.
Bottle. A fairly typical Irish Ale, somewhat bland. Nothing too extreme about this beer, but well balanced and very drinkable.
Murkey rust brown color with a medium head that dissipates rather rapidly. Fruity nose with floral notes and just a hint of wood. Taste of wood with subtle notes of fruit. Bitter finish of wood and hop.
This poured a dark anber with a malty flavor and a rich robust finish,it was your typical irish ale and not to bad.CHEERS!
I knew this tasted more like an ESB than an American Amber. Pours clear red, with a medium beige head. Aroma is nutty and mild. Flavor is mild with lots of toast, biscuity malts and more nuttiness. Mouthfeel is pleasantly thick for the style. A solid, but not outstanding ale.
Bottled. Slightly hazy amber with a diminishing beige head. Aroma of spicy rye and an undertone of roasted barley. Tastes of roasted barley and a subtle hop bitterness. I can even find the chocolate malt. However, all of this along with the spiciness from the rye is easily washed away by the watery, light body that abruptly carries away the nice flavors.
Pours hazey reddish mahogany colour. Head is decente sized tan colour. Aroma is a little smokey with some roasted malts. Taste is a little watery initial but strengthens in taste all the way through the palate.
Very slight caramel aroma, pours a somewhat hazy reddish, with a thin tan head. Taste is subdued sweetness with a touch of bready yeasts and a kiss of roast. Easy drinking, and decent finish. Nothing extraordinary, but a good session beer.
12 oz. bottle from John’s Grocery (Iowa City, IA). Pours a nice copper color with a tinge of red. Has a decent not quite white head that dissipates a little. A weaker malty aroma that is pleasant, albeit a little dissappointing. Initial tastes are mellow yet plesant. Notes of caramel malt and a bread/biscuity feeling. Gives way to some toasty elements and a smooth finish that has a small sweetness to it. A bit of a bitter aftertaste. A pleasant brew.
Pours a reddish-brown copper with a lasting white foamy head. Aroma is understated: grainy with faint notes of smoke and spice and a toasty/bready overtone Smooth and easy on the palate malty sweetness balanced... not too sweet Light toasted character..some fruity flavours with a subdued citric finish. Mild and malty scotch ale with a wisp of peat smoke.
BOTTLE: 46F. Nice dark red pour with fabulous thick beige/white foamy head and light lacing. Aroma is pleasant malt, flavor is a little weak but very good actually. Finish is extremely quick. I like this one!
Amber with a wispy off-white head. Aroma of roasted malts and caramel. Smooth palate and lightly flavored with flavors of caramel and light hops. Slightly sticky and a little nutty. So-so.
Light Malty aroma, some light orange citrus. Tea brown colors with off white foamy head. Flavors of roast malt and light rye bread. Light creamy palate. Not bad but lacks umph. Light bitter duration that leaves a slight dryness.
12oz bottle, bottled on 1/18/08. Pours a filtered fiery orange with a small white head. Low carbonation, good lacing. Aroma is cotton candy, beery, with a malt sweetness underneath and a slight vomit characteristic though it is not off-putting. Taste is mild but spicy, malty and watery with a fairly quick finish. It tastes nice and malty up front but then just kind of dies. Medium to light bodied. Fairly drinkable though the flavor is certainly lacking. I wish this were more assertive. Conway Irish Ale is significantly better than this.
Pours a clear amber red brown with a light tan head that dissipates. Aroma is of burnt caramel and malts. Flavor is almost grassy hops and hints of caramel. Okay beer.
Bottle. Pours a hazy red amber color, with a nice tan head that fades away. Aroma and Taste is of roasted malts and caramel. Though it is tasty, it is also pretty smooth and easy to drink. Overall, this is a pretty enjoyable beer.
Draft at GI Clybourn. Poured a clear medium orange color. Head was thin and off white. Aroma was of grassy hops and biscuit with whiffs of caramel and brown sugar. Light bodied and dry. Grassy hops came out again in the flavor along with some biscuity malt and a hint of molasses. So so.
Nice red ale with a hint of scottish ale malt flavor. Distinctive dry finish from rye malt matched well with the "grassy" hop flavor described by others.
Bottle, happy St. Patty’s Day (a day late): Bronze hue with a frothy head and good lace. The aroma has notes of caramel , pear and apricot, chocolate, rye bread and grassy hops. Restrained malty sweetness balance by a moderate acidic and herbal hop bitterness. Not very complex but sessionable.
Bottle: Pours an unassuming light amber with a small white head. I really think the rye malt in this overpowers everything else...some slight notes of caramel and some grassy aspects but for the most part it’s all rye. Flavor pretty much follows suit. Drinkable but pretty forgettable.
Pours with an amber brown, I’m pouring from a bottle and I’m not seeing any red color at all. has a small off white head. I really enjoy the aroma very sweet caramel, roasted malt. Taste was rather average. very carbonated. overall it’s not bad.
Pours a nice brown...couldn’t really see much red. Very minimal off white head. Smells of coffee and a little chocolate. Taste is a slightly bitter coffee/nut flavor with a spicy aftertaste. Medium body with minimal carbonation.
Ok as far as reds go, but they are not trying to paint a masterpiece here. Has a little bit of a sweat taste and smell, but it works. Would be nice if they had a version with more to it, and more rye. Good for if you just want a beer thats a step up from a macro.