On tap at Taphouse 15, distinct soft-tongued gose brings watermelon-candied juiciness to the fore like no other beer before it. Light lemonade pucker resides directly behind lingering sea-salted watermelon taffy tartness. A sweet ‘n sour moderation that’s a Jolly Rancher alternative.
On tap at Ambulance, mild blood orange tartness gains salty peppered coriander spicing and oaken vanilla esters. Wispy mandarin orange and yellow grapefruit illusions suffice for placid blood orange adjunct.
On tap at George Keeley’s, vibrant “tropical fruit fiesta” given stylishly apropos lime salting to acidify lemony passionfruit and guava adjuncts. Sour cat-pissed citrus aspect reinforced by spiced-up kiwi, peach and gooseberry tartness as well as tangy orange peel respite and active carbolic spritz. Perfect briny fruited gose for the masses.
In a can, eye-squinting sea-salted lime souring gains bitter yellow grapefruit resonance and mild lemon-rotted pungency. Spritzy carbolics tickle the tongue as distant green grape esters turn lightly vinous and plain yogurt lactose underscore salty lime theme.
Approachable summertime lightweight (in a can) loses carbolic luster and sour pucker of draft version, but coriander-spiced saline spritz maintains crispness alongside lemony strawberry rhubarb tartness and lightly perfumed rosehips adjunct.
On tap at Plank Pizza, salty gose prickles tongue as sour lemon-limed tartness and light herbal tinge consume the front end above delicate white wheat base.
On tap at Taphouse 15, cautious gose not as stylistically dry as most. Hibiscus-flowered coriander seeds and slick sea-salted salinity pick up mildly soured strawberry adjunct as well as wispy cherry, mango and crabapple tartness for lightly acidic moderation.
On tap at Poor Henry’s, well-designed collaboration with Italy’s Birra Toccalmatto brings mineral-grained dried oats rusticity to the fore alongside brettanomyces-soured yellow grapefruit pith tartness. Salty herbal notion sharpens the finishing lemon twang.
On tap at Ambulance, mild apricot-infused gose allows salty lemon-juiced lime tartness and puckering green apple bitterness to nearly overwhelm fading apricot adjunct. Light citric acidity singes malted white wheat base.
On tap at Poor Henry’s, delicate floral-bound cherry blossom tartness and rice-dried salted spicing defeat ‘languid summer doldrums’ with lightly soured citric acidity as sour raspberry, oaken cherry and bitter lemon rind coerce balmy sea salting of light-bodied gose.
Stylish salted coriander template given minty-fresh eucalyptus adjunct and mildly acidic lemon pucker. Oncoming shandy-like lemonade tartness and dry lime spree beget light citric-soured scurry. Gose lovers unite!
World class gose combines briny sea-salted melon rind dryness with lightly acidic lemon lime pucker and brief cucumber-watered watermelon, cantaloupe, passionfruit, guava, kiwi and pomegranate pleasantries. Spritzy lemon-limed crisping retains sour fruit-brined acridity. A bit unspecific with its ‘melon’ influence, but lingeringly memorable.
