Yup. It’s Friday. And you know what that means? Well, yes, it’s time for some of this. But it’s also time for another beer review from the folks at The Daily Caller!
This week, the TheDC tackled another duo of beers from the Boston Beer Company, and once again, these guys prove that they pay rules no mind. Sam Adams has delivered an interesting mix — one beer that is for tipping back on a summer day, and another in case you’re standing over smoldering ruins, toasting your latest Viking conquest.
Samuel Adams Verioren Gose
If you’ve never heard of Gose, don’t be shocked. Neither had we. Sam Adams describes the style as “nearly lost,” and even the brew’s name — Verioren — translates from German into English as such: “lost.”
The beer itself is a good one to get lost with on a hot summer evening. But bring a girl. Drinking alone in the heat just isn’t as iconic.
The first thing we noticed was an unfiltered-looking, bronze pour with a thick, foamy head. This beer pours well. When we went in for the smell, we picked up on a slightly sour, orange (not too unlike orange Pez, according to two of us) nose that really got us thinking — will this be too sweet? Too sour? It was neither.
The Gose (pronounced, we’re told, “GOES-uh”) has a sour taste at the tip of the tongue, but it quickly gives way to a lemonade-like, light sweetness with a hint of peach that doesn’t overpower whatever it is you’re doing (that’s none of our business).
The beer tastes like your basic wheat beer, but with the lemon and a hint of salt (don’t panic — a hint of salt is a good thing) already mixed in. And we are not at all opposed to that. At least if any of us were, they didn’t show it when they asked for — and received — seconds.
That initial sour you might notice, we think, is the first hint of that salt. And it all checks out — the gang at Boston Beer Co. began with “an unfiltered wheat ale base, brought to life by an unexpected touch of salt for a mineral quality and coriander for a peppery spice.”
The beer finishes off with that sour we thought we tasted on our first sip, as well as a lightly sweet feel on the tongue. It’s a light brew, but you can feel it in your cheeks.
Oh — and drink this one cold. We started out at a cellar temperature, and decided it was best to put this bad boy back in the fridge to cool down a bit. We, of course, were right.
This is not a beer that insists upon itself (What does it even mean to insist upon yourself? Think the first 30 minutes of Godfather III. Skipped that part? So did we.), and can really go with what you’re eating, so long as it’s light and summery.
No — ribs are not light. They’re just summery. Think fish. Maybe sushi, if you’re man enough (in sushi’s case, that’s girlfriend talk for rich enough). Or sip it while grilling those ribs.
Verloren is part of Sam Adams’ new Single Batch series, which is a series worth checking out even if only for the beautiful artwork on the labels. As such, it’s only available in 22 oz. It’s 6 percent alcohol and will run you $5.99 a bottle.
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