Gose Gone Wild
Stillwater Artisanal Ales

The beer pours out into a Duvel glass a slightly hazed light yellow color with a 2" fluffy white head that recedes slowly leaving scattered patches of lacing on the sides of the glass. Sipping both cleans the side of the glass and leaves behind some tiny speckles of lacing. Even halfway through the beer there is still some foam on the surface of the liquid, but by the end of the beer all the foam and carbonation have disappeared.

The aromas include a faint musty smell that has some lemon, salt water and cracker all mingled in.

The flavors include some tart citrus (lemon-lime) riding on a backbone some cracker and sweetness from the malt that is lighly salted. (Almost like a low sodium Saltine Cracker.) There's also a faint earthy funkiness that pokes it's head up once in a while.

The mouth feel is on the light side and slightly prickly and clean with the moderate small bubbled carbonation that lasts for much of the beer. The finish begins as the tartness and sweetness turn slightly dry with the tartness moving to the back of the palate while the sweetness simply disappears. The other flavors also soon fade leaving behind the lightly salted pucker-up tart feeling that takes a fairly long time to disappear.

Overall I'd say this beer shows well compared to the other Goses I've tried and seems quite well made. It goes down easily and is enjoyable to drink. I certainly would be willing to have it again. But that said, I'm not fond enough of tart beers to make a special effort, pay a lot, or go out of my way to find another bottle.

 

 

I got this as an extra in a trade with not2quick. It’s actually my first beer from Stilleater and I’m excited. This has been a long time want of mine and is currently the highest rated Gose on the site. Let’s crack this open and see what it has to offer

Pours a cloudy deep gold with a finger of soapy white head that fades to thin cap and leaves minimal lacing

The nose here is sharp yet balanced. I’m picking up on aromas of lemon juice, lime zest, apple skin, crackery malt, sea salt, grassy hops, earthy wheat, and light coriander

The brightness is turned up even more in taste, the brett really makes its presence known. On the front end of the sip I’m tasting lime zest, crackery malt, wildflower honey, earthy wheat, grassy hops, pineapple juice, apple skin, and stone. The swallow brings notes of lemon juice, wet hay, crackery malt, stone, wildflower honey, lime zest, apple skin, sea salt, and a touch of coriander

A light medium body pairs with gentle carbonation, resulting in a crisp and zesty beer. Finishes mostly dry and damn refreshing

This is absolutely deserving of its #1 spot. I’ve never had a Gose more refreshing and complex at the same time. I could crush these all day, I gotta find a way to get more

 

Drinking straight from the can. I was a bit worried because the initial aroma came off as refermentation. One sip and my concerns were assuaged. The off notes were certainly just from the Brett, and the taste was actually very pleasant and even unlike a brew that typically has the addition of funky brett notes. The hops were mellowed out significantly especially for something double dry hopped. This makes it a very smooth beer to drink though I would not have minded the pilsner like hop spice bite typical of dry hopping.
It's slightly tart but not even very sour, with just a hint of lactic flavor on the initial sip, with an almost lemongrass characteristic given the tart and brett notes intermixed with the herbal quality of the hops. It's a very nice beer between the mellow lactic, funky herbal hay aroma, and well rounded refreshing smoothness.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

22 oz bomber into a pilsner glass

So, I've had this brew in my mini-fridge for years now. Like, years. I'd sampled it before I bought it and had asked my bottle-shop friend if he had any more; he didn't, so I kinda horded it away. Anyway, I figured it was now or never, a brew with this low a gravity just can't age forever, no matter how cold its maintained. And generally speaking, that's truth, but in this case I seemed to have happened upon an anomaly - I'm drinking this beer as I type this, and it's as delicious as i remember it.

Golden straw-yellow in appearance, a sudsy head forms on an easy pour. Tart, crisp, grassy bouquet with subtle suggestions of unripe berries. More sour on the palate than in the nose, lemony nuances compliment the brew's oaky dryness, with bittering hops ushering in one of cleanest, shortest finishes you'll experience in a brew. Eminently refreshing. Now I might be regretting not leaving this thing in the fridge for another few years or so. Oh well.

This is a fun and interesting beer. It has a lot of similarities to other Stillwater sours like moneytree and hopvine bling. The shell is very fruity with berries, melon, lemon, and also some hay. The taste is tart and refreshing. I thought the Brett would add more funk but it comes through with more fruity flavors. There is a subtle hint of rustic barnyard in the background but you have to look for it. Overall very rewarding and delicious. yb

I got a late start on this past Sunday's NBS (Week 774) & I did not finish up my DelMarVa (+ DC) adventure as planned. 8=( Further, I have promised that next week's NBS (Week 775) will be dedicated to the wonderful beers sent to me by @jkblr who seems to have a real handle on my drinking habits. CANsparency is key in these things! As a result, I am going to CANcentrate over the next few days on eradicating everything that would have CANbined to form the finale of the DelMarVa (+ DC) adventure. Sit down, strap in & hang on. It's gonna be a wild ride!

Speaking of Wild, thanks to staying with BAL & MD, I now have a Leipzig Gose as my next beer! If this keeps up, I'm going to get my status as a hophead in good standing revoked! 8=(

From the CAN: "Dry-Hopped Sour Wheat Ale fermented with Brettanomyces".

I did some light in-CANgitation before Crack!ing open the vent on this one. I wanted to ensure that any flocculation that may have taken place in the interim was now back in suspension. Following the Crack!, I went with a hard, aggro Glug into the awaiting glass. This led to the formation of just over a finger of fizzy, foamy, rocky, bone-white head with low retention, quickly falling to wisps. Color was an oh-so-faintly-hazy Straw-Yellow (SRM = > 2, < 4). They must have gone light on the Brett since although I could smell it, I also got a really pleasant whiff of salt! Mmm. I love the smell of salt! Mouthfeel was thin-to-medium, not watery, but not far removed, either. The taste had the funkified taste of Brett, but not in an over-the-top way. Instead, it was lightly tart, not at all sour, with a lemony saltiness that I really dug! Dang, this was a recent purchase (yesterday) simply because I am immersed in Stillwater Artisanal beers at the moment & I am really digging it! What a find. Finish was dry, of course, but not puckering or unpleasant as some have been. Yum! YMMV.