Tanker Truck Sour Series: Persian Lime Gose
Two Roads Brewing Company

Light... nice balance of lime...

 

 

 

 

Decanted from a 16 oz (473 ml) can into a Sam Adams Perfect Pint glass; canned Feb 23, 2020.
A: Pours a cloudy, golden color with slight grey-green caste, a short-lived, but two to three finger, white head, short retention to a rim, and virtually no lacing.
S: Slight acrid with that hard to describe grainy, wet hay, barnyard aroma common to Gose when opened. Aromas lime, sea salt and maybe a little caramel.
T: Semidry and nicely tart. Flavors definitely lime with strong salt presence.
M: Light bodied with moderate carbonation. Clean, if salty finish.
O: A nice, lime based Gose. Lime Gatorade® Plus! Perfect after a run.

A: crystal clear; pale gold in color; 1 finger finely pored white head that receded to a thin collar; no lacing;

S: nice lime with a hint of salt in the background;

T: tart lime from start to finish - quite tart; a hit of salt from the middle through the end;

M: light bodied; moderate carbonation - a little tingly; moderately dry finish;

O: nicely done;

This is yet another beer from the incredible woodychandler. Poured from a 16 oz. can. Has a straw color with a 1 inch head. Smell is bursting with limes. Taste is of limes, fairly salty, desert levels of dryness. Feels medium bodied in the mouth and overall is a pretty good beer.

Pours a hazed out yellow with a nice white cap, lots of particulate floating around

Smells rather bland, some citrusy funk and biscuity malt, maybe a bit of salinity

Taste is more of the same, the lime comes on more heavily here, with a lemon rind character too. Pretty consistent throughout the sip with salt coming through at the end

Finishes light and spritzy, nicely carbonated

Just a run of the mill gose, I liked the plum one better, but this went well with Mexican food and went down easy

Had on tap. Pours hazy, bright yellow in color. Taste is big lime..almost key lime pie quality with plenty of pie crust. Light bodied, sweet, high carbonation. Great dessert beer. Would get again.

 

I got a late start last after winning at bar team trivia, but I managed to at least get in a Two Roads / Lawson's Finest Liquids collaboration. Tonight, I plan to be a little more productive in moving along The CANQuest (tm), but still focusing on Two Roads.

From the CAN: "Tanker Truck Sour Series"; "Souring In Progress"; "Soured in Our Tanker Truck"; "Here's to taking the road less traveled, in life and in beer!"; "Two Roads is driving down the road less traveled with this Persian Lime Gose [pronounced GO-zuh]. We kettle soured this ale in our own tanker truck trailer a former milk tanker [like the one on the front label] - that's parked right on the grounds of our brewery!"; "We source the freshest persian lime [Citrus latifolia] juice through a local craft juicery and blend it into a classic Gose brew with an added twist -- flaked rye! The result is a strikingly vibrant fresh lime aroma and flavor that shouts refreshment!"

I did some, NO, a LOT of in-CAN agiCANtion before Crack!ing the vent to ensure that any flocculate was back in suspension. My C-Line Glug was rather heavy-handed, letting rather free-flow from the CAN & into the the awaiting glass. This caused the brief formation of two-plus fingers of fizzy, foamy, rocky, eggshell-white head with modest retention that finally became wisps. Color was a deeply-hazy/lightly-cloudy Yellow-Gold (SRM = 4 - 5). Nose smelled like someone had added salt to Sprite. Yes, it was primarily lime in terms of its citrus, but the kettle-souring also seemed to have lent it a lemony citrusiness. Mmm. I am not usually a Tart/Sour guy, but I like the saltiness of Gose which reminds me of being out on the open sea. I am a retired U.S. Navy sailor & Goses make me reminisce about having coffee on the fantail. Mouthfeel was thin, kind of watery, which is par for the course in the style. The taste was lime & salt, like a lime margarita. Mmm. I am not much of a cocktail guy, but I'll drink the occasional margarita, especially for its saltiness. The lime was definitely the star in this one, but the salt came in a close seCANd. I liked this one just a wee bit more than the Passion Fruit version since the lime & salt seemed like a more natural CANbination. Finish was citrusy, tart, salty & dry & quite refreshing at the beginning of Fall as Summer has not given up yet. YMMV.

 

 

 

 

Clear pale gold with a good head that patiently fades to a short collar.

This is really puckeringly limey with lesser accents of lemon. The spritzy effervescence turns the overall experience into straight up Mountain Dew, finishing tingly and semi-dry.

Very easy drinking.

 

A: pane yellow in color, lightly hazy, with a white head that rapidly settles out.

S: slight funk, with line zest, and a touch of ocean spray.

T: tart and interesting. Targeted with a hint of line and get coves out first, perhaps a hint of cucumber or mint. A light saltiness round our the finish.

M: light,crisp, bubbly, and dry.

O: overall petty darn good, I could do with a little more salt.