Blood Orange Gose
Anderson Valley Brewing Company

 

 

 

Color looks like if someone were to take a Busch and pour in a dash of a hazy IPA into it. Citrusy, light, and refreshing in a disgusting sour beer kind of way. I’ll never understand why someone would drink these.

Style: Gose | Tap/Can/Bottle: Can | Abv: 4.2% | Rating: 1.5

 

12oz can. Can bottom stamp is '21288 8443/4'.
Cloudy, orange amber colored body. Brief lasting off white head, which later is an interrupted cap and very thin ring. No lacing.
Aroma of citrus orange over the lactic acid.
Taste is tangy and sr. Citrus orange is there for the full profile. The salt is also present and mixes well with the sourness. Aftertaste just continues ouwith the main flavors.
Medium mouth feel. Salt on the lips is drying. Quiet carbonation.
Salty and sour, with the addition of orange. Seems to be thirst quenching.

 

Slightly dark yellow pour with a good amount of head that dissipates relatively quickly. Nose is typical gose with notes of orange and citrus. A solid beer with traditional gose flavor backed up by good orange notes. Mouth feel is a bit sharp at first and then smoothes out. If you like a gose, this is a good beer.

 

 

Typical medium to light golden amber color of a gose with a brief flash of a white head.
Tangy somewhat citrusy notes. More orange juice or Sunny D than citrus hops. Still decent, nothing I'd have again.

(12 oz can, 21207; purchased single off shelf at State Line a couple days ago... poured into a St. Bernardus chalice)

L: lightly-hazy, light amber liquid; quite tight white foam on the pour, crumbling to a thin, wispy cap in seconds... no lacing

S: pithy at first, with the coriander mildly apparent, I swear some orange flesh soon emerges, soft as it is; the fruit and spice make for a confectionar-ily floral scent... faint floury grain note, not malty or bready in any sense

T: certainly some orange tinge to its now wheaty, brightly-spiced foundation; craving a bit more saline and sour... aftertaste is delicately doughy, while the getting slightly more salty in the aftertaste as it goes

F: light-bodied and lifting across the palate, a bit airy on the floor, with some subtle simmer on the roof... wishing it had a bit more tart attack

O: not entirely dead at this age, but it's clearly lost some of its expressivity... popped more with bigger sips; would probably be quite nice swilling from the can in hot summer weather (2057)

Poured moderately hard from a can into a snifter glass, forming a ton of foamy white head that soon fades. Smell is citrus. Pale orange color. Taste is pretty intense citrus, not quite blood orange I think. Pretty strong bite of carbonation. Not really my thing, but good if you like citrus.

A solid gose that is on the better side. Slightly orange color without much head. It has a strong sour taste with a noticeable bit not overwhelming orange flavor. A nice aftertaste as well.

 

 

 

Pours a clear, orange-tinged yellow color with white head and good lacing.

Taste is a bit tart and sour, but not overly so. Flavors of sour blood orange, lemon zest, salt, coriander, earth minerals, saltine cracker, green grape. A bit of a white wine or champagne quality.

Feel is light and bubbly, somewhat dry finish.

Overall not bad; strikes me as something that champagne-loving Europeans would drink.