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GoseBier
Anyone ever heard of Gosebier? Its a german beer style not a brand. Its a wheat based beer brewed with salt and corriander (I think, maybe its lemon zest).
I had some at the Golden City Brewery in Colorado last september, and I loved it. I am working on a recipe, but if anyone has one, or ideas on the balance of salt and corriander, let me know.
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Hey Brewchez.....I was googling around and they have a Gosebier recipe in the Radical Brewing book.....I don't have that book but someone who does might be nice enough to post it.......hint hint!!!!
Four Peaks Brewing in Tempe, AZ makes a Gosebier....not sure if they would, but you could ask them for some info, or possible a recipe too........
This is from their website....
Gosebier A cross-cultural constant is that water, whether it comes from the Colorado, the Ganges or the Seine, can just get so -- I don't know -- boring? That's why beer has been a favorite beverage since the heyday of Ancient Egypt, and why -- somewhere between then and now -- some creative beer drinkers in Liepzig and Goseler, Germany decided to add to the usual hops, barley, yeast and water two interesting ingredients: coriander and salt. The result was "Gosebier," which became hugely popular, especially in Liepzig. It also became popular to add different fruit and nut-flavored extractions to this tart, refreshing and somewhat acidic wheat beer. Raspberry and almond-flavored Gosebier joined the plain version at tables all over Germany, and there was much rejoicing. Unfortunately, Gosebier was literally knocked out of existence around the year 1516 with the amalgamation of Eastern Europe and the adoption of the German Purity Law, which demanded that beer only be brewed using variations on its four base ingredients. History seems to illustrate that even basic good beer can get boring, and eventually the desire for different flavors overtook the German purity law. Gosebier began to make a comeback. Just as this unique beer was regaining popularity, however, the Communist Party took over East Germany. People had a helluva lot more to worry about than, "what neat, fun ingredients we can throw into our bier now?" Four Peaks is glad to report that, since the dissolution of Communism in that part of the world, Gosebier has certainly made its comeback in Liepzig and even in Goseler -- and that it has finally arrived at our brewery. Brewmaster Andy Ingram -- who was the source for all of this information -- describes the Four Peaks Gosebier as a combination of a Belgian white beer (wittbier) and a Berliner wheat (weisse) beer. "The Gosebier is a wheat beer with a mild spiciness from coriander and a tartness from yeast and lactic acid," said Ingram. "It's refreshing. Many people can get turned off by the idea of adding salt," he said, "but in this case, the addition of salt in just the right quantity does what salt is supposed to do -- enhance the flavors of the beer and give it a big, round mouth-feel." The upcoming beer dinner in March will also feature the three different, traditional Gosebiers as part of the dessert course: raspberry, almond liquer-flavored and regular. Four Peaks Gosebier, which is on tap now at the brewery, weighs in at a light, drinkable 4% alc./vol. Ahh . . . just in time for Spring drinking. Prost!
i didnt think germans could add lemon or coriander?
vinyalwhl wrote:
i didnt think germans could add lemon or coriander?
Ahhh, smart guy. They can't but there are a couple german brewries that solely brew Gosebeir under special permits. Or something like that, I'll have to revisit the history of Gose.
i may be wrong here, but i think the purity law is bavarian isn't it?? does it nesessarily cover all of germany? Gemany wasn't even a whole country until many, many years after the law come to be.
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