Who Is Keyser Gose? Blueberry Lemon
Merrimack Ales
- From:
- Merrimack Ales
- Massachusetts, United States
- Style:
- Gose
- ABV:
- 4.1%
- Score:
- +8 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 4.27 | pDev: 1.41%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Inactive
- Rated:
- Apr 27, 2018
- Added:
- Jul 18, 2017
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 1
NO SCORE
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This bright & tart German sour ale is brewed with rotating two fruits, producing a refreshing and fun beer. Light and easy drinking with a tart backbone. Seasonal Creep happens when we do any of the four varietals.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by ichorNet from Massachusetts
4.33/5 rDev +1.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.33/5 rDev +1.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Went out on my lunch break at work today to a local deli joint (one which just so happens to make bomb sandwiches, I'll have you know), and stumbled upon this fun little beer being sold in single 16 oz can servings. Of course, when I checked out, I had to grab one, along with a four pack of yet another new Merrimack beer I've not yet had or even heard of. Talk about a solid place to grab a bite to eat! Just finished the other half of my lunch and cracked open this one, so let's get into it!
Pours an almost "cranberry juice"-like color with a quickly-fading head that leaves behind no lace whatsoever. That said, this is a quick sour so I pretty much expect very little due to the presence of lacto, which usually negatively affects head formation and retention. Great, deep color, however... some slight particulate matter floats throughout the beer but it mostly bears a consistent haze.
Nose is blueberry, blackberry, raspberry and the distinct tangy lemon peel note of a lacto-influenced, modernized gose-style ale. I almost get some yeasty funk, too, but it doesn't seem much like Brett so I don't think this has an issue in that regard. It's probably just the way the berries, citrus and base beer interact or something. Loving how rich and present the berry element is here, even with such a small beer. Just really solid.
Flavor is even more on-the-mark, with stemmy blueberry, jammy raspberry and tart cranberry-like notes all vying for attention as the bright lemon peel and semi-chewy wheat beer base steer the palate quite handily. Quick burst of sourness during the transition to the middle of the tongue. Dry and yeasty finish; lightly sweet with more black raspberry-like jam as each sip closes. Super refreshing, perfect body and very drinkable. A very successful fruited gose ale and, I believe, the first canned quick-sour from these talented up-and-coming brewers. I find Merrimack pretty underrated and I hope to be able to find more cans of this so I can stock up for the dog days ahead. Excellent effort!
Jul 18, 2017Pours an almost "cranberry juice"-like color with a quickly-fading head that leaves behind no lace whatsoever. That said, this is a quick sour so I pretty much expect very little due to the presence of lacto, which usually negatively affects head formation and retention. Great, deep color, however... some slight particulate matter floats throughout the beer but it mostly bears a consistent haze.
Nose is blueberry, blackberry, raspberry and the distinct tangy lemon peel note of a lacto-influenced, modernized gose-style ale. I almost get some yeasty funk, too, but it doesn't seem much like Brett so I don't think this has an issue in that regard. It's probably just the way the berries, citrus and base beer interact or something. Loving how rich and present the berry element is here, even with such a small beer. Just really solid.
Flavor is even more on-the-mark, with stemmy blueberry, jammy raspberry and tart cranberry-like notes all vying for attention as the bright lemon peel and semi-chewy wheat beer base steer the palate quite handily. Quick burst of sourness during the transition to the middle of the tongue. Dry and yeasty finish; lightly sweet with more black raspberry-like jam as each sip closes. Super refreshing, perfect body and very drinkable. A very successful fruited gose ale and, I believe, the first canned quick-sour from these talented up-and-coming brewers. I find Merrimack pretty underrated and I hope to be able to find more cans of this so I can stock up for the dog days ahead. Excellent effort!
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