Cucumber Lime Gose
Arbor Brewing Company - Plymouth Taproom

 

 

 

 

 

One of the best goses I ever had and only one of its kind. Smella like pickles with tastes of cucumber lime sourness with a touch of salt. Very well done.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This cloudy gold beer smells slightly cucumber but moreso pickles yet taste is phenomenally refreshing with its cucumber sour flavor. A damn good gose.

 

12 ounce bottle into tulip glass, bottled on 6/28/2017. Pours lightly hazy pale golden/yellow color with a 1 finger dense white head with good retention, that reduces to a thin cap that lingers. Light spotty lacing clings on the glass, with a light amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of huge cucumber; with some lemon, lime, pear, apple, wheat, cracker, herbal, and yeast earthiness. Nice and pleasant aromas; way too strong on cucumber, but not offensive. Taste of big lightly tart lemon, lime, cucumber, pear, apple, wheat, cracker, coriander, sea salt, herbal, and yeast earthiness. Light-moderate fruity/lactic tartness and light yeast/coriander spiciness on the finish. Lingering notes of tart lemon, lime, cucumber, pear, apple, wheat, cracker, coriander, sea salt, herbal, and yeast earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Great complexity, robustness, and balance of fruity/acidic yeast, coriander, salt, cucmber, lime, and moderate pale malt flavors; with a great malt/tartness balance, and zero puckering flavors after the finish. Lightly increasing dryness from tartness. Light-medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, moderately bready/grainy/acidic, fairly saline, and lightly sticky balanced mouthfeel that is great. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 4.4%. Overall this is a delicious gose. All around nice complexity, robustness, and balance of fruity/acidic yeast, coriander, salt, cucmber, lime, and moderate pale malt flavors; very smooth and refreshing to drink with the mellowly tart/acidic/drying finish. Really well balanced classic gose and fruit/vegetable flavors; very flavorful for the low ABV. If the nose was more balanced, I’d have no complaints. A very enjoyable offering, and very nice style example.