TABLE OF CONTENTS

Foreword

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chapter 1: The History of Gose

The Legend of Gose

Goslar: The Town and Its Beer

Gose in Goslar

Gose Out of Goslar: The 1500s Through the Early 1900s

Leipzig

Eutritzsch and the Gosenschänke

Gose in Post-War Germany

Without a Concern

Enthusiasm for Gose Grows

The World Discovers Gose

Chapter 2: Flavor Profiles of Gose

Acidity and pH

Perception and Titratable Acidity

Gose in the Contemporary Period (mid-1900s to Present Day)

Specifications of Contemporary Gose

Flavor Profile

Gose in the Modern Period (1600–1900)

Specifications of Modern Period Gose

Flavor Profile

Gose in the Middle Ages (950–1400)

Specifications of Middle Ages Gose

Flavor Profile

Published Descriptions of Gose

Chapter 3: Ingredients

Water

Malt

Barley

Oats

Wheat

Adjuncts

Hops

Hop Selection

Yeast

Terminal Acid Shock

Wild Ferments and/or Spontaneous Fermentation

Spices

Hot Side Additions

Cold Side Additions

Coriander

Gruit

Spruce

Fruit

Color, pH, and Astringency

Hot Side Fruit Additions

Cold Side Fruit Additions

Salt

Types of Salt

Salts of the World

How Much Salt?

Adding the Salt

Souring Agents

Bacterial Souring Agents

Lactic Acid Bacteria

Hop Tolerance

Foam Degradation

Haze

Attributes of Common Lactic Acid Bacteria Strains of Lactobacillus

Chapter 4: Brewhouse Operations

Milling

Detour 1: Sour Mashing

Mash-in

Vorlauf

Lautering and Sparging

Detour 2: Kettle Souring

The Boil

Kettle Hops

Whirlpool and Heat Exchange

Souring the Beer

Souring Mash

Kettle Souring

High-Acidity Brewing

Conclusions to Using Bacteria as a Souring Agent

Some Non-Bacterial Souring Options

Lactobacillus and Mixed Fermentations

Cleaning and Sanitation

Cleaning

Sanitation

Chapter 5: Cellar Operations

Yeast Pitching

Fermentation

Level of pH During Fermentation

Secondary Fermentation

Additions

Aging and Conditioning

Carbonation

Chapter 6: Packaging and Service

A Historical Perspective on Gose Packaging

Service

Pub Mix-Ups

Food Pairing

Chapter 7: Gose Recipes

SeaQuench Sour

“Strong English” Gose

Haarlemmermeer “K”ose

Yuja Gose

Ruben’s Gose

Tiny Bubbles

Guimas Gose

Bullpen Hijinks Sunflower Seed Gose

Geisterzug Gose

Gose Long

Gosaic (100% Mosaic Dry-Hopped Gose)

Keypunch Gose

(Frehmten) Bestekrug Gose

Gruit Gose

Moroccan Preserved Lemon Gose

Heretic & Fuller’s Collaboration Blackberry Gose

Yuzu Isuzu

Supermarket Gose

The Traveling Plum (Li Hing Mui-Inspired Gose)

Blood Orange Gose

Water Chopper Gose

Salvation Mountain Gose

The Kimmie Gose

Hard Case Gose

Deep End Gose

Lemonaze Gose

Otra Vez Prickly Pear and Grapefruit Gose

Bibliography

Index