Gose | Draught House Pub & Brewery

4.01/5  rDev +10.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

From notes when I had it on tap a couple of months ago.

A - Hazy golden yellow with an egg shell white head. Head is about 2 fingers thick and has excellent retention. Very active carbonation.

S - Strong yeasty esters with hints of bananas and a touch of musty old socks. A touch off-putting but as you get used to it it becomes a rather inviting aroma. Spent wheat comes through a bit as the beer warms.

T - A touch of citrus fruits, especially lemon. Wheat malt comes through as the primary backbone throughout and there is just a touch of sourness underneath. Saltiness comes through in the finish with a mineral water like taste.

M/D - Crisp carbonation and a touch dry. Very easy drinking and certainly refreshing.

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3.82/5  rDev +5.5%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Gose? Real gose? With actual salt? Absolutely! A finger's worth of bone white head with great retention. Color was a hazy golden-yellow. Nose had a mild banana overtone. Mouthfeel was medium with a muted banana taste in the mouth. Finish was dry, slightly salty, but nothing having to do with bananas. Wow!

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3.75/5  rDev +3.6%

3.73/5  rDev +3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4

On-tap at the Draught House in Austin. My first Gose!

Pours with a dusty goldenrod color, hazed by yeast and wheat malt. Lots of carbonation trails on the rise to supply a thin tuft of creamy eggshell-white head. Smell is a funky and musty, like homebrewed hefeweizen yeast in mid-fermentation. Wheat malt and lemon zest in the background with a briny, salty edge.

The salt doesn't stand out too strongly in the flavor; rather, it nicely complements the refreshing nature of the wheat and pale malts. A bit of citrus fruit and mineral water mid-sip, while the finish is tangy with a kiss of salt. Mouthfeel is bubbly and light on the palate--perfect carbonation level and consistency for a hot July day in Texas. Definitely a drinkable, interesting beer. And so it Gose. Verdict: recommended.

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3.68/5  rDev +1.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

This beer is now called Sunshade Gose.

The beer pours a hazy yellow color with a white head. The aroma is coriander, wheat and citrus. The beer smells a lot like a traditional Belgian white with a little bit of funk. The flavor is more of the same with a lot of orange and lemon plus the addition of salt. The beer is pretty good overall and is very drinkable. Medium mouthfeel and medium carbonation.

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2.7/5  rDev -25.4%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 3

Light yellow cloudy pour. Smell was very witbier like to me, as was the flavor. Kind of creamy mouthfeel, with no noticeable salt, although I understand it is brewed with it. Good if you like hefeweizens or wits, but just not my preferred style, and very similar to them.

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