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4 Hands Brewing Co.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On tap. Poured a straw-yellow color with pinkish highlights and a small, white head of foam. It smelled of hibiscus, cucumber and wheat. Strong cucumber flavor with hints of hibiscus.

This was surprising, and I liked it more than I thought I would. The fresh, crisp cucumber really comes out, even more accentuated by the salt (which is not strong or overwhelming). The hibiscus comes in a adds a floral note and some sweetness, not to mention the pink/red color. In some ways it works, but sometimes it seems like the hibiscus is interrupting and clashing with the cucumber and salt. Good, but with some minor tweaks, may be great

 

Unusual enough that some may not have taste for it while others love it. Cucumber forward and salty at the end. Light and crisp. Well carbonated and just tart enough to know it's a gose. Like that the list of additives on the can is exactly what you taste.

A real interesting beer here, but with a mixture like this how could it not be. Poured from the 16 oz can, this ones that dark pinkish color that hibiscus always leads to, crystal clear and a stream of bubbles flying to the top. There was a finger of slightly pink head that fizzed away after a blink of the eye. Smell is mostly salty, with cucumber coming after and hints of floral and wheat scents kicking in the back. Taste is a super salty cucumber, slightly tart like a lemon was nearby when this was brewed. The hibiscus is veerryy subtle, same with the wheat, both just serving as a nice balance. It's very crisp and refreshing to drink, leaves a bit of salt on the lips. Good stuff

 

 

a bizarre gose here with cucumber and hibiscus, and a lot more of the former than the latter, you have to like cucumber in your beer, but if you do, this one is pretty swell. its nice to have the clean tart lacto here with it, like lemon cucumber water you find in the lobby of a hotel trying to look more upscale than it is, incredibly refreshing when ice cold, dry and tart, with a really fresh and natural cucumber complexion, i enjoyed this a lot. the wheat malt is really light, way less it seems than in their preserved lemon gose, and the hibiscus is kept really mild too, it never turns perfume forward or anything, and adds a delicate nature to this. i love how crisp and bright it is, how fresh the cucumber tastes, and how its not too sour to drink a lot of, its just puckery enough to make the mouth water for more, and the salt with the cucumber exacerbates that. it doesnt warm up as well, so drink it cold and quick, but these flavored 4 hands gose types are really nice. this is very inventive and well executed, super summery, and highly drinkable. fun beer here!

edit: the new pint cans (actually i have no idea how new they are) look super heady, almost new wave seltzer-esque, but it works. the beer still rules, natural cucumber forward, bubbly, with some floral tang at the end. lots of beers in this category right now but this one leads the way for me. love it.

 

Smell is very strange, but the taste is good. Very pretty beer. Very salty.