Salty Señorita
Situation Brewing

16oz glass at the brewpub - actually known as the 'Salty Senorita' here. So, Bud Lite Lime rendered more or less properly, then? And still no reasonable explanation proffered as to why I can't take a howler of this stuff home?

This beer appears a clear, medium copper amber colour, with one finger of weakly foamy, puffy, and bubbly bone-white head, which leaves a bit of remote islet lace around the glass as it quickly blows off.

It smells of tame earthy tequila, plain lime flesh, grainy pale malt, salty crackers, and a bit of leafy, weedy, and grassy green hops. The taste is zesty lime rind, earthy agave (so not really tequila), grainy pale malt, a touch of caramel sweetness, more white saltine crackers, and a bit of leafy, weedy, and floral hops.

The carbonation is pleasantly robust in its aggressive frothiness, the body a solid middleweight, and mostly smooth, with a wee airy creaminess arising as things warm up a tad. It finishes off-dry, the citrus and chewy Mexican plantation notes presiding.

Overall, this is an appropriate simulacrum of what a Gose mixed with a lime margarita must taste like - subtle lime and 'tequila' notes, indistinct salty essences, and not much else. And don't take this the wrong way, but the management ethos/service here (from the base, all the way on up), could still use a whole lot more, um, refinement.