Leipzig – Beer Search Party

August 3, 2013September 10, 2018

Review – Ritterguts Original Gose

Like the spooky top hat dude on the label and the hard to read font too on this new to Los Angeles Gose from Brauhaus Hartmannsdorf in Borna, Germany. And it goes excellently with my book on the spies and royal court of Elizabeth the 1st “The Watchers” (even though Spain plays a bigger role here than Germany).

Pours a medium orange color. The aroma is in the ballpark of a Berliner Weisse with some Belgian funk added but the taste is really, really dry. Puckery but not sour. I get a touch of salt but I actually taste more cinnamon for some reason. After that a touch of white wine acidity creeps in. Quite a complex beer.

If you haven’t tried this (thankfully) resurrected style from Leipzig then give this one a shot and get the Bayerischer Bahnhof version and then try to find the Upright Brewing one as well for a trio of Salt & Coriander goodness.

August 23, 2010September 12, 2018

Ireland or Germany? – Brauhaus an der Thomaskirche

We return, again, to the former East Germany and the Thomaskirche Brewery and restaurant. Great and beautiful churches abound in Germany and it is great to have a beer out on the patio and gaze upon the imposing church walls.

Just sit back and enjoy the traditional German varieties of pils, weissbier and schwarzbier.

February 14, 2009August 27, 2018

Favorite Beer – Gose

gose_glass Bayerischer Bahnhof Original Leipziger Gose
A Traditional Ale brewed by
Gasthaus & Gosebrauerei Bayerischer Bahnhof
Leipzig, Sachsen, Germany
Leipziger Gose is a top-fermenting wheat beer {60% wheat, 40% barley malt} with coriander, salt, and lactic acid bacteria added in the boil. As the name implies, the Gose originates from the city of Goslar. It is a 4.6% alc/vol eclectic beer whose name evokes a close relationship to the renowned Lambic/Geuze breweries in Belgium. Only the short supplies in the German Democratic Republic put an end to the exotic beer. Surprisingly the Gose had its renaissance before the German reunification and has been brewed at the train station in Leipzig since 2000. I had this beer on tap in 2006 and it was spectacular. Bottles in the states are easier to come by but have not been as good. It is too delicate a beer to travel.