Sour
Gose
A salted, coriander-spiced wheat sour from Leipzig. The salt is structural: it rounds the acidity and makes the beer taste fuller than its gravity.
Vital statistics
Each bar is drawn against the full range of all 98 styles
Original gravity
1.036 - 1.056
1.036 - 1.056
Final gravity
1.006 - 1.010
1.006 - 1.010
Bitterness
5 IBU - 12 IBU
5 IBU - 12 IBU
Colour
3 SRM - 4 SRM
3 SRM - 4 SRM
Alcohol
4.2% - 4.8%
4.2% - 4.8%
Colour also 6-8 EBC
What goes wrong
Salting to taste in the kettle. Perception changes as the beer sours and carbonates, so it is easy to overshoot.
Commercial examples
Reference examples of the style, as listed in the BJCP 2021 Style Guidelines. Availability varies by market and year.
Vital statistics as published in the BJCP 2021 Style Guidelines. Checked against the published guidelines.
Brew it
A recipe on this site brewed to this style
Every figure below is computed from the ingredients and checked against the ranges above before the page is built.
Plan a batch to these numbers.