spinner

Goose Island Big John

Goose Island Big John

Rated 3.700 by BeerPals
No Image Available

Brewed by Goose Island Beer Company

Chicago, IL, United States

Style:  Imperial Stout

11.5% Alcohol by Volume

60 International Bittering Units

Availability of this beer is unknown


Sign Up to Participate:



Inspired by the epic skyline of Chicago, Goose Island’s brewers set out to craft Big John; a tall, bold slugger of a stout that stands out vividly against the little soft beers out there. Epic amounts of roasted malt and an addition of cacao nibs give Big John a massive chocolate flavor and aroma. With a body as substantial and black as the building to which it pays homage, Big John is sure to inspire a sense of awe with every sip.

ID: 43195 Last updated 12 years ago Added to database 12 years ago

Key Stats

98
percentile

0

Drunk

5

Reviews

0

Likes

0 Member Photos

No photos yet. Show us yours!

Sign up to share your photos

Beeributes

Most noted beer attributes

None to date - be the first! Beeributes help BeerPal predict what beers you'll love.

Sign up to participate

Statistics

Overall Rank1068
Overall Percentile98
Style Rank198 of 2434
Style Percentile91.9
Lowest Score3.3
Highest Score4.5
Average Score4.120
Weighted Score3.700
Standard Deviation0.476

Rating Distribution

Beer vs Style

5 Member Reviews

Recent | Card View | Table View
  • GGRUMET 311 reviews
    rated 4.2 11 years ago

    Aroma: 10 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

    This produces a pour that is top tier - midnight black with a deep, thick, mahogany head that caps nicely. Damn, it's pretty. Heavy aromas of bitter cocoa and licorice. Heavily flavored with chocolate, cocoa, licorice, molasses, brown sugar, and faint dark fruit notes - cherries and figs. As this is overly sweet it took quite awhile to drink but I really enjoyed this brew.

  • SIGMUND 6605 reviews
    rated 4.5 12 years ago

    Aroma: 9 | Appearance: 9 | Mouthfeel: 9 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 9

    Bottle, kindly shared by gunnar. ABV 11.5%. Pitch black colour, moderate brown head. Nice roasty aroma, notes of coffee and cocoa, hints of leather. Fairly sweet and malty flavour, strong roasty coffee and cocoa notes. Lovely! Has "much of everything", but is not too extreme. Well balanced.

  • SUDSMCDUFF 3781 reviews
    rated 3.3 12 years ago

    Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 6

    Pours a deep thick black .. . medium foam .. light lacing .. . tons of tar, with oil and sweet roasty molasses .. . needs a couple of years to be great, i'll revisit .. . . this is outrageous, get me the mayor!

  • SLOWRUNNER77 5682 reviews
    rated 4.4 12 years ago

    Aroma: 9 | Appearance: 9 | Mouthfeel: 10 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

    batch from 3/11. pours dark as night pitch black w/eventual thick brown head. aroma is a little roast, chocolate, and lots of dark fruit, licorice. flavor is sweeter than expected, with a bit of alcohol, little hops and the cocoa only really comes out close to room temp. the feel..."this is what an imperial stout should drink like". you can almost chew it...reminds me of Zhukov. when the cocoa comes out the aroma and flavor get even better. still not what i expected but a really nice sipper.

  • LENUSIK 2067 reviews
    rated 4.2 12 years ago

    Aroma: 10 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

    I can't believe I'm the first to rate this beer......it's a very good beer. A nice jet black pour with a creamy brown head. Lots of coffee, chocolate, and roasted malt in the aroma. A nice bitter complexity of the coffee and chocolate is balanced out by sweet molasses tones on the tongue.

Discuss This Beer