Gose

Gose is an Belgian and French Ale beer style. Brewers Association category: Contemporary-Style Gose. It typically presents as usually straw to medium amber and can take on the color of added fruits or other ingredients such as darker malts..

Notes: Contemporary-style Gose may be brewed with malted or unmalted barley, wheat, and oats. Contemporary examples may also contain other grains. As in traditional examples, low level salt (table salt) and coriander additions may or may not be present in Contemporary Gose. Attributes from the use of a wide variety of herbs, spices, flowers, fruits, or other ingredients not found in traditional Leipzig-Style Gose may also be present and in harmony with overall flavor profile.

ABV: 4.4%-5.4%
IBU: 5-30
OG: 1.036-1.056
FG: 1.008-1.012

Alcohol & Bitterness

ABV:4.4%-5.4%

ABW:3.5%-4.3%

IBU:5-30

Perceived Bitterness:

Not present to medium

Color & Appearance

Color:

Usually straw to medium amber and can take on the color of added fruits or other ingredients such as darker malts.

Clarity:

Clear to hazy. Haze may or may not result from yeast

Gravity & Body

Original Gravity:1.036-1.056

Original Gravity °P:9-13.8

Final Gravity:1.008-1.012

Final Gravity °P:2.1-3.1

Body:

Low to medium-low

Flavor Profiles

Malt Profile:

Malt aroma and flavor is not present to very low

Hop Profile:

Very low to low

Fermentation Character:

Horsey, leathery, or earthy aromas contributed by Brettanomyces yeasts may be present but at low levels as these beers do not undergo prolonged aging. Contemporary Gose may be fermented with pure beer yeast strains, or with yeast mixed with bacteria. Alternatively, they may be spontaneously fermented. Low to medium lactic acid character is present in all examples expressed as a sharp, refreshing sourness.

2026 Brewers Association Beer Style Guidelines used with permission of Brewers Association .

No beers have been reviewed in this style.