Harborside
Night Shift Brewing

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From:
Night Shift Brewing
 
Massachusetts, United States
Style:
Gose
ABV:
5%
Score:
89
Avg:
3.98 | pDev: 11.06%
Reviews:
24
Ratings:
214
Status:
Active
Rated:
Nov 19, 2019
Added:
May 23, 2014
Wants:
  8
Gots:
  31
Gose-style sour ale brewed with coriander and oysters from Island Creek Oysters.

**We recommend that those with shellfish or oyster allergies don't sample Harborside**
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Ratings by msondel:
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Rated by msondel from Massachusetts

4.36/5  rDev +9.5%

Oct 11, 2014
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 3.75 by Iski100 from Massachusetts

Nov 19, 2019
 
Rated: 3.75 by atlbravsrno1 from Maine

Sep 06, 2019
 
Rated: 4.25 by paulish from New York

Aug 18, 2019
 
Rated: 4 by EatonHops from Massachusetts

Nov 18, 2018
 
Rated: 4.12 by Manfrombelmonty from Massachusetts

Nov 05, 2017
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Reviewed by StoutElk_92 from Massachusetts

4.61/5  rDev +15.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
750ml bottle dated 6/27/2016

Pours foggy hazy pale yellow gold with a dissipating creamy frothy white foam head. Smells like sweet tangy wheat, tart lemon, green apple, oyster brine, coriander, with floral earthy herbal grassy pine. Tastes like sweet tangy wheat, sour acidic lemon, green apple, oyster brine, coriander, with floral earthy herbal grassy pine. Feels medium bodied, creamy and smooth with moderate carbonation. Overall a really nice gose with coriander and Island Creek oysters.
Oct 24, 2017
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Reviewed by jlindros from Massachusetts

3.75/5  rDev -5.8%
look: 2.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
no real head, crystal clear pale watery color

Nose mild spices, coriander, little tart lemony passion fruit, little yeasty raw bread dough, little seaweed like salty briny thing

Taste tart little sour lemony gose, hint of salt and briny seaweed, oyster like thing going on, hint of coriander spice, plenty of bread dough wheat creamy, little flemmy finish

Mouth is medto light bod, plenty of fluffy carb

Overall interesting.
Sep 18, 2017
 
Rated: 3.75 by Sweffin from Wisconsin

Aug 27, 2017
 
Rated: 3.8 by DrewSnyc667 from Massachusetts

Aug 25, 2017
 
Rated: 3.88 by GregSemenza from Connecticut

Aug 23, 2017
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Reviewed by drinkbeernoth2o from Massachusetts

4.19/5  rDev +5.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Drinking the 2015 variety in a NS snifter, clocking in at a whopping 4.1% ABV. Lovely nose with the salt - and oysters? - coming through. Tart throughout, but mostly on the finish. A little too sour, with it coming up into the back of my nose. However, very palatable and pleasant. I'm going to make sure to get a 2017 version and "cellar" it for a couple of years. Excellent gose.
Aug 20, 2017
 
Rated: 3.81 by PhineasMcClintock from Massachusetts

Jul 28, 2017
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Reviewed by tallape from Massachusetts

3.75/5  rDev -5.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Drinking my first bottle of the 2017 release, following an 80 mile bike ride. Harborside has been one of my favorite beers over the last 3 or 4 years, and I always make a point to pick up a case or two. It's particularly nice after a workout or something like that. My review is biased a little by comparing with past releases, apologies for that.

L: hazy gold, with a pure white head that fades pretty quickly. Prior years generally had a bit of a reddish tint, doesn't seem to be present here.

S: very slight sour nose, but the salt and coriander are restrained or missing altogether.

T: very tasty, but on the sweet side for a gose (let alone one with oysters. The past editions of this beer have been heavily briny, this one tastes much more restrained. There's an interesting fruit note as well, almost peachy.

F: smooth drinker, well carbonated.

O: still tasty, but not as good as prior editions in my opinion. In the past, drinking Harborside was enough to make me feel like I was sitting in Wellfleet or Duxbury. That's not true this time around. It's still good, just not a multi case beer for me any more.
Jul 16, 2017
 
Rated: 4.16 by chriswjr from Massachusetts

Mar 27, 2017
 
Rated: 4.04 by alcohline_trip from Pennsylvania

Feb 16, 2017
 
Rated: 3.75 by PA-Michigander from Pennsylvania

Jan 22, 2017
 
Rated: 3.4 by ScottP from New Hampshire

Jan 18, 2017
 
Rated: 4 by ArtZan from New Jersey

Oct 28, 2016
 
Rated: 3.94 by jaydoc from Kansas

Sep 16, 2016
Harborside from Night Shift Brewing
Beer rating: 89 out of 100 with 214 ratings