What makes a beer a Gose?

What makes a beer a Gose?

Gose (/ɡoʊzə/) is a warm fermented beer that originated in Goslar, Germany. It is usually brewed with at least 50% of the grain bill being malted wheat. Dominant flavours in gose include a lemon sourness, a herbal characteristic, and a strong saltiness (the result of either local water sources or added salt).

Is Gose real?

Gose is a rarely brewed regional specialty beer from Northern Germany. A slightly sour wheat beer, it’s known for hints of coriander and a unique saltiness that is derived from the local water source. The result is a delightfully tart and refreshing beer to help you slug it out with even the hottest of Texas summers.

Who makes the best Gose?

Gose

NAME SCORE
1 Stillwater Gose Gone Wild 3.91
2 De Garde Citra Hose 3.88
3 Grimm Super Shine 3.76
4 Ca’ del Brado Zena 3.73

What is German gose?

The fact that gose (pronounced GO-zuh), a sour, unfiltered, wheat-beer style originating from Lower Saxony, in Germany, near the Gose River, evolved into its own category from its previously—and equally obscure—German-style Sour Ale category was both surprising and exciting for fans of the beer style.

What does a gose taste like?

A classic gose flavor, this beer is what you want to be drinking on a hot summer day. It’s sour, but not tart, and is not too heavy on the wheat flavor. Smooth, yet tart; citrusy and bright; loaded with lime. The addition of citrus juice makes this a go-to option during the warm months ahead.

Does gose have salt in it?

Its name comes from the river Gose and the town of Goslar where it was originally brewed. Though salt is now added to the beer to give the style its distinct salinity, that salty character probably originally stems from the natural saltiness in Goslar’s mineral-rich aquifers.

What is a good Gose?

Salty, Sour, and Sessionable: 11 of the Best American Gose-Style Ales, Ranked

  • Perennial Suburban Beverage.
  • DuClaw Brewing Gose O’s.
  • Lost Nation The Wind.
  • Captain Lawrence Tropigose.
  • Samuel Adams Raspberry Lemon Gose.
  • Destihl Wild Sour Blueberry Gose.
  • Transmitter W4.
  • Sixpoint Jammer.

How do you say Gose beer?

Proper Pronunciation: Gose-uh (rhymes with nose, adding “uh” to the end) Gose is a tart German wheat beer brewed with salt and coriander.

Is gose a kettle sour?

Kettle souring, also called quick souring, is a production method that gives us beer styles like gose and Berliner weisse, along with what we like to call Warhead beers — the quick-soured puckerers that tend to be as bright in color as they are in acidity.

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