A.B. Kilbourn Grist Mill
Hogback Mountain Brewing

Tasting as part of a flight at the brewery.
Pours a clear golden orange with a small head.
Smells somewhat of damp socks.
Poor mouth feel.
Ack! Doesn’t taste like a beer.
Really another sour abomination.

 

A: The beer is a bit hazy light pale yellow in color and has a light amount of visible carbonation. It poured with a short white head that rapidly died down, leaving just a narrow collar around the edge of the glass.
S: Light aromas of blood oranges are present in the nose along with hints of sourness.
T: The taste is somewhat sour and notes of blood oranges along with hints of lemon-like yogurt.
M: It feels light-bodied and faintly tart on the palate with a moderate amount of carbonation.
O: This beer is very refreshing and goes down exceptionally easy.

Serving type: can

This was poured into a pokal. The appearance was a subtle hazy burnt crisp yellow to orange color. Quickly dissipating finger’s worth of head. No lacing. The smell started off with sweet blood orange with a sour-ed wheat meshing in underneath. Low salinity. Slight citrus, subtle grass. The flavor combines all of the previously mentioned flavors with a slight sticky sweet to sour aftertaste. A tad more wheat comes in as it warms, and not necessarily so sour (I don’t mind, but different, definitely). Leans dry sour on the finish. On the palate, light to medium bodied with nice saline content providing an ample amount of balanced sweet to sourness. Overall, good gose for the most part, but part of me wants to say the wheat portion of this wasn’t fully sour-ed.