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Goose Island Brewery Clyborn Review
Posted on 2/2/15 at 10:06 pm
Posted on 2/2/15 at 10:06 pm
Clyborn is the micro-brewery. It used to have a relationship with the Fulton street brewery which is the main Goose Island brewery, but now, they are separate entities from what I understand. So let's jump right into it.
You can reserve a spot on the tour or you can reserve a table. We reserved a spot in the tour. It cost $10 dollars. That $10 will get you 5 different types of beer to taste and a Goose Island glass. We fricken forgot our glasses there though. :banghead:
The tour itself is extremely short. The tour guide was funny and charismatic. He actually did marketing and events for the company so he a little more invested in the tour than your average tour guide. Like 15 minutes. We were taken into the brewing room and the tour guide gave a quick explanation. Pretty generic and he knew that half of the audience didn't give a crap about water to malt ratios, etc so it was pretty fast.
The one thing I found interesting was them talking about the barrel aging process. I'm not going to try to repeat. Sorry.
Then we moved to the tasting room. Each person was given 5 beers to taste. But we were blessed with 4 no shows at our table. The tour guide told us we could have the beer of the no shows. And me being with all chicks, I got the vast lion share of it.I got drunk. The tasting ranged from all types of flavors. I don't remember specifically because I was drinking 20 extra samplers.
Also, I finally won my longstanding argument about the difference between IPAs and APAs.
They did tend to hurry people out of the tasting area for the next tour. We were in the tasting part for 30 minutes but that didn't feel long enough.
Afterwards, we got a seat and had bar food. I also got a drink I've never had before. It was a mix of whiskey, beer, and juice. It tasted like lemonade. The food was good.
5/5 Experience
You can reserve a spot on the tour or you can reserve a table. We reserved a spot in the tour. It cost $10 dollars. That $10 will get you 5 different types of beer to taste and a Goose Island glass. We fricken forgot our glasses there though. :banghead:
The tour itself is extremely short. The tour guide was funny and charismatic. He actually did marketing and events for the company so he a little more invested in the tour than your average tour guide. Like 15 minutes. We were taken into the brewing room and the tour guide gave a quick explanation. Pretty generic and he knew that half of the audience didn't give a crap about water to malt ratios, etc so it was pretty fast.
The one thing I found interesting was them talking about the barrel aging process. I'm not going to try to repeat. Sorry.
Then we moved to the tasting room. Each person was given 5 beers to taste. But we were blessed with 4 no shows at our table. The tour guide told us we could have the beer of the no shows. And me being with all chicks, I got the vast lion share of it.I got drunk. The tasting ranged from all types of flavors. I don't remember specifically because I was drinking 20 extra samplers.
Also, I finally won my longstanding argument about the difference between IPAs and APAs.
They did tend to hurry people out of the tasting area for the next tour. We were in the tasting part for 30 minutes but that didn't feel long enough.
Afterwards, we got a seat and had bar food. I also got a drink I've never had before. It was a mix of whiskey, beer, and juice. It tasted like lemonade. The food was good.
5/5 Experience
Posted on 2/2/15 at 10:13 pm to athenslife101
What was your argument about apas?
Posted on 2/2/15 at 10:15 pm to athenslife101
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Also, I finally won my longstanding argument about the difference between IPAs and APAs.
Elaborate. I don't see what the conflict might be.
Posted on 2/2/15 at 10:16 pm to athenslife101
Did you go to half acre while you were in the neighborhood?
Posted on 2/2/15 at 10:17 pm to Tiger Ryno
I said the distinction between APAs and IPAs was important. My friend said that all that mattered was that it was a pale ale. I asked the guide and he went into the history of it but simply, IPAs are pale ales on HGH, and APAs are pale ales on fricking bull shark testosterone.
Posted on 2/2/15 at 10:24 pm to Tiger Ryno
Yeah. I'm with Ryno on this one. Um. Okay.
Posted on 2/2/15 at 10:24 pm to Tiger Ryno
It was not a huge deal. Drunken wheel spinning. This board has given more thought into the issue than either of us have. By longstanding, I mean two minutes the night before at a bar.
This post was edited on 2/2/15 at 10:28 pm
Posted on 2/2/15 at 10:31 pm to athenslife101
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It was a mix of whiskey, beer, and juice. It tasted like lemonade. The food was good.
Sure it wasn't tequila? They make great beeritas there, tastes just like lemonade but has a good bit of alcohol in it
I used to go to the location by Wrigley all the time for after class/work food and a beer. Closed it after the season for good
Loved the siracha chicken tenders and poutine
Posted on 2/2/15 at 10:32 pm to athenslife101
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I got drunk.
It's pretty apparent.
Posted on 2/2/15 at 10:38 pm to athenslife101
What'd they have in the tasting room? The typical GI lineup or some of there seasonal and barrel aged stuff?
Posted on 2/2/15 at 10:51 pm to TheChosenOne
Clyborn doesn't share any beers with the fulton brewery which is the one that produces beer for sale so I doubt you'd have tried it. I don't remember any of the beers in particular (see drunk) but no barrel aged stuff. It was all seasonal though. Pretty much every beer they make is seasonal because the brewery is so small.
Posted on 2/3/15 at 1:43 am to athenslife101
Was there over a St. Pat Day, and the spigots were all decked out in hats...lol.
Posted on 2/3/15 at 5:26 am to Degas
I tried to go for the 4th and got all the way there and they were closed.
Posted on 2/3/15 at 4:40 pm to CHEEEEESE
Has anyone on this board been on other local Chicago brewery tours? I'm living up here temporarily and want to try some out. I heard that it is really hard to get into the Half Acre tour.
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