Goose Island Fleur:
Hello all and welcome to a day of geese.  Yes, today we dip our toes into the waters off Goose Island and sample a delightful brew from there stable of beers (or is that a coop of beers?).  The beer, Fleur, is a part of the vintage line- from which Sophie and Matilda come from- and really, compared to those two, it’s not much in the line of taste and body.  While the aforementioned ladies are flavorful and unique, this beer is rather middle of the road and, dare I say it, forgettable.  The beer pours a nice golden color with a bit haze to it, not much head  and a nice nose of malts with a hint of floral notes.  The beer itself is steeped with hibiscus flowers which, in theory, should lend a unique flavor to the beer but in reality leaves it just an unfilled potential.  The beer tastes like a entry level Belgium with a bread and honey base flavor and a hint of floral. While nothing flavor wise is standout, one thing does distinguish itself with this brew: the weight of the beer.  Usually, Belgium’s aren’t heavy but their not usually ethereal isn’t what one thinks about but this beer turns near vaporous on the back-end with the floral notes sticking around.  So that being said, it’s not a bad beer, just way different then anyone would expect.