A Gose Discussion
One of my favorite beers from the Great Taste of the Midwest this summer was a Gose brewed by Kevin Blodger from Gordon Biersch-Bollingbrook.
Id be smiling too if I had one of those in my hands
The fest was very hot and after drinking massive one off beers for the entire day Nate and I were wiped out. Our palette spent. After talking to Doug from Metropolitan Brewing(great people, great beer) he strongly suggested we walk over to the GB tent and try the Gose.
It was amazing.
Sour but not puckering.
Dry yet full.
Refreshing.
It may be the perfect summer beer. Its also a beer that is rarely brewed anywhere, although it seems to drawing favor by Craft and Homebrewers alike.
Today Stan takes a look at the style and talks about how it is brewed and more importantly how it is pronounced. Personally its on my brewlist for late winter. Most likely just before the St. Patrick’s Day Party.
I had Kevin’s Gose in Boilingbrook and even took a growler home. It was excellent. He swapped locations recently with a brewer in the northwest (Oregon?). The Oktober Fest was his last seasonal beer in Illinois. I met him and talked to him. He’s real nice and seems to love his job.
Thanks for the comment, Im pretty sure that Kevin ended up in at the GB in Rockville MD. He is the head brewer out there.
bk