Downwinder Gose
Athletic Brewing Co.

This beer is utterly remarkable for being only 0.4% abv! Light funk, bright tartness, mild brine/salinity, good body, and nice, effervescent carbonation! For what it is I am absolutely blown away!

 

 

Didn't pour any foam but has some fizz on top. Medium gold color. Smells likes citrous or limes.
Taste is light, a little bit sour and tangy. There is a mild beer grain after taste. Overall a satisfying drink when trying to avoid alcohol for a while.

Can. White head. No lace.

Honestly tastes like a real gose, sour. Salty, citrusy, lightly tart. Good summer beer. Lemon line. Margarita like. Light and refreshing.

 

 

L: Hazy straw body with an impressive head. Excellent retention.

S: Tart lemon and orange

T: Follows the nose. I can tell this is a NA beer, not because it’s bad but it doesn’t taste quite like a gose.

F: Feel is spot on to a real gose—light, crisp, salty

O: Very good like everything from Athletic.

Poured from a can at fridge temp. Pours an opaque orange with white head. The nose is lemon, orange, grass, wheat, and a nice sourness. The taste follows the nose. Very refreshing and crisp. Oranges, lemons, grass, honey, wheat, moderate sourness, and a light leathery note. Mouthfeel is light and fairly dry. Overall, a fantastic NA beer.

 

This is a perfect, refreshing gose that I wouldn't be able to identify as non-alcoholic in a blind taste test. The nose brings something of a peppery bite to go along with the wheat, funk and brine. Slightly tart citrus rules the day on the tongue. Light and effervescent body is perfectly suited to warm Summer days. This stuff is going to make my mid-year dry-out a breeze. I've got at least a case in the beer fridge and will probably be getting more. It will taste just as good in August and well into September. Great beer!

 

Poured from 12oz can into a dimpled mug. Canned 11/18/21.

Appearance: light silvery-golden hue with a dash of haze and two thick fingers of frothy eggshell foam atop. I think it's very pretty indeed!

Smell: quite herbal/spicy in aroma; the coriander and lime seem to come through pretty strongly. There's a bit of tartness in the aroma as well; I like it, but the spicing overtakes the gose character a bit too much for my taste.

Taste: wheaty, tart, salty and just a little bit sweet, and absolutely refreshing. The lime and coriander are present, but are lower in the mix than in the aroma, and that is a good thing. It's a solid gose and I would never pick this out of a lineup as being NA.

Mouthfeel: medium body with a nice carbonation and creaminess. Perhaps even creamer than maybe a gose should be! But I personally quite like it. I don't know what Athletic's magic proprietary method is, but boy does it make for satisfying mouthfeel.

Overall: a very refreshing beer, and a good example of a gose even outside its status as NA. The spicing in the aroma is a bit much, but otherwise, a darn fine beer!

12 oz can poured into a pint glass

A- A slightly hazy golden copper with a two finger white head

S- Tart, lemons, some herbal tea, touch of salt, coriander, touch of wheat. Honestly smells like a gose

T- Tart, lemons, wheat, touch of salt, hints of coriander, some herbal tea. Taste is good but weaker than the nose.

M- Smooth, crisp, light body.

O- A good non-alcoholic beer, definitely come off as a gose, just a little weak

Appearance: Fairly cloudy straw-yellow color with a modest sized white head that quickly faded.

Smell: Mild malty aromas come through along with faint grain aromas.

Taste: Moderate salty notes countered very nicely by moderate citrus notes. The two elements nicely complement each other in the taste profile. The tartness and citrus notes linger in a mildly sweet finish.

Mouth-feel: Medium bodied with a moderate level of carbonation.

Overall: A good Gose period, regardless of alcohol content. A very good N/A offering, tasty and refreshing.

Pours slightly murky, gold in color with 1/4 inch head. Taste is wheat, lime, and a decent amount of salt. High carbonation, slightly salty, and light bodied. Wow. This is a great gose. Nice salty taste. Would have no idea this is an alcohol free beer. I need to get this again.