Wheels Gose ‘Round
Left Hand Brewing Company

RB transfer

Fuscia, mildly opaque, decent white head with unimpressive retention and lacing. Nice raspberry nose, the lemon peel comes in second and isn’t the nicest scent but overall good. Surprised by the flavor, bland, lacking sweetness, almost tastes like a tea with a squirt of lemon juice and maybe infused with some dried berries. Not much body or finish. I see no reason to drink this again.

 

Can poured into a Mountain Rambler Brewery pint glass

A: Pours red-orange amber with a frothy pale pink head that settles to a light layer and leaves a little spotty lacing.

S: Raspberry, zesty lemon, lactic tartness, a little salt, slightly grassy, crackery malt, and faint wheat twang.

T: Pleasantly tart, lemon, soft raspberry, a bit grassy, a touch of salt, crackery malt, and faint wheat twang.

M: Light body, lively carbonation.

O: There's a part of me that wishes the raspberry was more pronounced, but there's another part of me that really appreciates the subtlety. You can tell the base beer was well thought out. This stands out as a crisp refreshing sour with some personality rather than potentially becoming another sweet fruited "sour".

 

12oz can poured into Duvel tulip. Picked up from grocery store as part of a $10 sixer mixer. BEST BY: 02/04/2022 printed on bottom of can. So this has another 5 months of freshness left in it.

Appearance - Small loose pinkish white head with low retention, patchy weak lacing and stick. Body is a deeply hazy to the point of opacity Koolaid red. 3

Smell - Very faint, thin red Koolaid. Very watered down. 2.75

Taste - Watery. Thin. Some slight tartness. Really does just feel like some Red Koolaid with some lime for tartness. Bland. But no off notes, just weak. 3.25

Mouthfeel - Light bodied. Watery and very little in the way of an aftertaste. Mostly clean finish. 3.5

Overall - Very light and unchallenging. Refreshing even though you can have a gose that's refreshing that has more of a kick than this. But I suppose that makes this a very sessionable gose, and easy for newcomers. 3.75

 

Reddish amber appearance, a little cloudy, with a small off white head and light lacing. You can definitely smell the raspberries followed closely by lemon. A few more spices trickle in. Crisp taste, more tart than sour. The aforementioned fruit stays prominent. Just enough salt to stay true to style. Aftertaste has pucker-power.

Best by 6/22/21

This looks to be quite the interesting one. Essentially a raspberry lemonade Gose, brewed with raspberries and lemon peel. This one grabbed my attention right away on the shelves as I haven't seen much like it before. Let's see what this one is all about

Pours a lightly cloudy pink/orange with 2 fingers of pink tinted with head that slowly fades to a cap and leaves minimal lacing

Everything in the nose is pretty subtle with this one, but it's quite nice for what it is. I'm picking up on aromas of tart raspberry, coriander, bready malt, and lemon zest

A bit more lively and bright in taste, though still light in body and abv. On the front end of the sip I'm tasting lemon juice, sea salt, orange rind, bready malt, and a touch of raspberry. The swallow brings notes of sweetened raspberry, lemon juice, light coriander, and light grassy hops

A light body pairs with mild tingling carbonation, resulting in a juicy and light tart beer. Finishes off dry with a mild sweetness

This was pretty nice and light, but nothing I'd actively seek out again. Wouldn't be bad for a hot day

 

Nice raspberry-lemon tart, salt, a bit thin, nice lingering mouthfeel and aftertaste. Overall I enjoyed it and is a good one for a hot afternoon on the deck.