#027 Canadian Sea Salt and Grapefruit Gose
Cowbell Brewing Co.
- From:
- Cowbell Brewing Co.
- Ontario, Canada
- Style:
- Gose
- ABV:
- 4.5%
- Score:
- +6 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.52 | pDev: 4.26%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 3
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jul 25, 2021
- Added:
- Jan 20, 2021
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 0
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Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by taxandbeerguy from Canada (ON)
3.32/5 rDev -5.7%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
3.32/5 rDev -5.7%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
473ml can served cold into a weizen glass. LCBO purchase for about $3.50.
Appearance - slightly hazy light gold colour with a small half finger of white head. Low staying power some bubbles and no lacing to speak of.
Smell- grapefruit some salt a touch of coriander and some light weedy hops. Not much else.
Taste- watery grapefruit flavour with hints of salt and coriander a slightly bready backbone that leans towards a sourdough.
Mouthfeel - light and crisp some carbonation and drying sensation to close.
Overall- rather bland and inoffensive gose, the grapefruit doesn’t quite pop neither does the wheaty and salty characteristics of a gose. Ok beer but definitely nothing spectacular.
Jul 25, 2021Appearance - slightly hazy light gold colour with a small half finger of white head. Low staying power some bubbles and no lacing to speak of.
Smell- grapefruit some salt a touch of coriander and some light weedy hops. Not much else.
Taste- watery grapefruit flavour with hints of salt and coriander a slightly bready backbone that leans towards a sourdough.
Mouthfeel - light and crisp some carbonation and drying sensation to close.
Overall- rather bland and inoffensive gose, the grapefruit doesn’t quite pop neither does the wheaty and salty characteristics of a gose. Ok beer but definitely nothing spectacular.
Reviewed by TerryW from Canada (ON)
3.52/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.52/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Pink under a moderate head that settles to a film, no real lace. Aroma suggests grapefruit and beeriness, but not really too forward a nose. Again, some grape fruit to taste, but not too pronounced. Just gently sour. Drinkable, but could start d more grapefruit presence. One of those beers you spend your time searching for what's supposed to be there as you go.
Jun 27, 2021
Reviewed by thehyperduck from Canada (ON)
3.73/5 rDev +6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.73/5 rDev +6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
473 mL can from the LCBO; dated Jan 14 2021 and served slightly chilled.
Pours a clear, pale straw yellow colour, graced with nearly an inch of foamy white head that vanishes within ninety seconds or so. A thin collar and a few filmy wisps on the surface are all that remains; looks about right for a gose. It smells of wheaty grain husks and cereal sweetness, with added hints of coriander, grapefruit zest, lemon and brine.
This is a passable gose, but the grapefruit presence is subtle at best. Grainy, wheaty pale malts, lemon and grapefruit pithiness at the forefront, followed by a light lactic acid sourness and briny salt note; this persists into a tart aftertaste of citrus and tropical fruit that fades. Light in body, with lively carbonation that prickles and prods the palate, resulting in a crisp, lively mouthfeel that suits this style rather nicely. I tossed back my glass easily enough, and wouldn't have minded another.
Final Grade: 3.73, a B grade. Cowbell's Sea Salt & Grapefruit Sour is alright, but the grapefruit presence is too subdued - a little bit more emphasis on that aspect would've really taken this soured ale to the next level, IMO. As it is, this is still a proper gose, albeit an unremarkable one with no specific strong or weak points to discuss - very middle of the road. I'd drink it again if I were in the mood, but it's not something I'd say is worth going out of your way for.
Feb 09, 2021Pours a clear, pale straw yellow colour, graced with nearly an inch of foamy white head that vanishes within ninety seconds or so. A thin collar and a few filmy wisps on the surface are all that remains; looks about right for a gose. It smells of wheaty grain husks and cereal sweetness, with added hints of coriander, grapefruit zest, lemon and brine.
This is a passable gose, but the grapefruit presence is subtle at best. Grainy, wheaty pale malts, lemon and grapefruit pithiness at the forefront, followed by a light lactic acid sourness and briny salt note; this persists into a tart aftertaste of citrus and tropical fruit that fades. Light in body, with lively carbonation that prickles and prods the palate, resulting in a crisp, lively mouthfeel that suits this style rather nicely. I tossed back my glass easily enough, and wouldn't have minded another.
Final Grade: 3.73, a B grade. Cowbell's Sea Salt & Grapefruit Sour is alright, but the grapefruit presence is too subdued - a little bit more emphasis on that aspect would've really taken this soured ale to the next level, IMO. As it is, this is still a proper gose, albeit an unremarkable one with no specific strong or weak points to discuss - very middle of the road. I'd drink it again if I were in the mood, but it's not something I'd say is worth going out of your way for.
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