From Anderson Valley Brewing:
Boonville, CA (September 16, 2015) Anderson Valley Brewing Company announced today the
highly anticipated return of their Blood Orange Gose. Slated as a seasonal release from October
through March, shipments of Blood Orange Gose draft as well as twelve-ounce cans will begin
making their way to wholesalers across the nation in mid-September. In addition, they will
offer twelve-ounce bottles for the first time to select markets across the country.
Using the base recipe of their 2014 breakout success The Kimmie, The Yink, and The Holy Gose,
the brewery adds copious additions of blood orange puree during fermentation, imparting
tangy citrus notes and a slight sweetness to complement the salinity and tartness in this
refreshing session wheat beer. Historically brewed with salted water, coriander, and hops, gose
was fermented with both brewer’s yeast and lactobacillus bacteria, giving the style its signature
tangy sourness. However, unlike traditional versions made popular in Leipzig, Germany,
Anderson Valley adds lactic acid to the kettle before boiling, followed by additions of sea salt
and their proprietary yeast strain into the fermentation tank.
“Not long after the initial release of our Holy Gose, some of our employees began
experimenting by adding a splash of orange juice to their gose during Sunday brunch and
camping trips, effectively creating a beer mimosa, or ‘migose’ as we like to call it,” said Andy
Hooper, Director of Brewery Operations. “So we decided to offer them in the tasting room the
morning after the 2014 Boonville Beer Fest; they sold out in a matter of hours. That’s when we
knew we were on to something.”
In the months that followed, the brewing team tried dozens of different fruit additions:
pineapple, grapefruit, cherry, passion fruit, even lychee. “The gose style lends itself well to
flavor additions,” says Brewmaster Fal Allen. “But it was the blood orange that stood out
among the others; it has a raspberry-like citrus character that just works well with the acidity
and salt character of our Gose. We’re excited to bring it back again, it’s truly one of our favorite
beers around here.”
https://avbc.com/anderson-valley-announces-return-of-blood-orange-gose/
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