This column reviews a beer based on aroma, appearance, taste and palate (mouthfeel). At the end of each review, we score the beer based on a five-star system (one star meaning you will likely regret ever drinking such a horrible concoction, five stars meaning it’s your new favorite beer, and two, three, and four stars falling somewhere in between).

Goose Island Brewery initially began as a single brewpub back in 1988. Founded by John Hall, the brewery is best known for its 312 Urban Wheat Ale and Honker’s Ale. In 2011, Goose Island announced that it would be selling its stake to the dreaded Anheuser-Busch InBev, provider of all things terrible in the beer world. Side note: I didn’t realize this last fact at the time that I was drinking Honker’s Ale, but, for what it’s worth, the anonymous mob of the internet has noted a difference in quality after…