Golden City Goldener Gose

Brewed by Golden City Brewery
Style: Traditional Ale
Golden, Colorado USA

Serve in Dimpled mug, English pint, Stein, Yard

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GABF 2010, pale grassy pour. sweet & lighly tart. minerally. lime& lemon like citrus, salt? not sure. different & decent

Very cloudy, bottled off a new keg so considerable yeast and sediment. Pours a medium to thick head. Nose of citrus and coriander. There is salt added to this and it is definitely noticeable...not off-putting, not great, but definitely an interesting beer. Finishes only slightly sour. Tastes doughy and citrusy...very strong lemon flavors come through as it warms.

Draught. Good musk and light peachy fruit tones. Clear, golden, no head. Great flavor, low saltiness and good spice. Fruity but dry with a great texture.

Avery Sour Ale Fest. Made me thirsty for sure. Spicy and kinda funky, but since I read it had salt in it, that’s basically all I could taste. It’s alright.

UPDATED: DEC 7, 2010 Tap at GABF 09. Pours a mostly clear golden with a thin white head. Aroma is light coriander, zesty orange peel- but mostly just a light crackery malt backbone- toast, light yeasty hints and some dough- with some cobwebs and slightly salty. Flavor is more salt, mineral, light coriander, some pils malt doughiness, toast, light orange hint, some acidic hints in the end although not quite sour. Pretty good.

11th October 2008. GABF. Clear gold beer. Light fructose sharpness. A few saison and wheat beer characteristics.

22oz bottle, courtesy of acrdz. Thanks, Mike! Pours a hazy, golden-honey color; thin off-white head with patchy lacing. Solid aroma of Belgian sugars, cotton candy, and very light coriander; fruity overall and a bit sweet. Medium mouthfeel: chewy cotton candy, Belgian sugar, and lots of coriander present; not as dry or wheaty or salty as I would expect from a gose, but definitely shows a pleasant, drinkable cotton candy, estery belgian profile; probably more of a belgian ale than a gose; light carbonated; a touch of salt, very light. Medium finish: lightly toasted wheat, cotton candy, and a touch watery on the finish; bit of salt.

Sample at the brewery. Cloudy yellow with a fine-bubbled white head. Coriander is very heavy in the nose, comes across slightly soapy and floral but with considerable fresh fruit and citrus as well. Flavor is lightly tart and lightly acidic, the acidity resembles lemon juice at times, while the salt is quiet but noticeable, comes across quite crisp and refreshing with a medium dryness... though I’m not much of a fan of coriander and can only take it in small doses. Still, a very interesting beer, more brewers should make gose.

Draft at Falling Rock. A hazy golden beer with a thin white head. The aroma is sweet with notes of fruit and coriander. The flavor is sweet with primary notes of fruit - among them peaches, leading to a dry bitter and fruity finish.

Draught, Falling Rock. Head is mostly diminishing. Body is hazy light to medium yellow. Aroma is lightly malty (toasted grain), lightly hoppy (flowers), with a strong note of lime/lemon zest. Flavor is moderately sweet, lightly acidic, lightly bitter. Finish is lightly sweet, lightly acidic, lightly to moderately bitter. Light to medium body, watery texture, lively carbonation. Not as salty (in the nose or mouth) as the Bayerischer Bahnhof, nor could I detect any coriander, but it’s a pleasant beer. Had it not been named as a Gose, I might have just thought it was an American wheat. Quite lemon-limey in the nose (though not very tart).