Põhjala / To Øl Ginie (In a Bottle)
Gin-inspired gose brewed in collaboration with To Øl. This mildly sour beauty of a beer is spiced with pink Himalayan rock salt, coriander seeds, juniper berries, spruce tips, rose petals, rosemary and ginger.
3.3
152 reviews
Tallinn, Estonia
Community reviews
Aroma is sour, fruity and flowery, you can definitely smell the rose in there as well as the herbs. Taste goes from salty to sour and finishes quite sweet. It’s crisp and light with plenty of carbonation. Overall it’s a very nice and refreshing beer.
Bottle from Biernavigatie. Aroma is tart fruits, lemon, herbal, juniper, floral, rosemary, wheaty malt. Flavour is tart and moderate sour, as well as mildly salty and light bitter. Body is light. Nicely fruity and floral with a good tart sourish salty flavour.
Bottle shared with friends. Hazy golden beer, small head. Aroma is juniper, roses, rosemary, tart/sour. Taste is the same, some salt taste in the end. not bad.
Bottle at Leighton’s, thanks to Fergy. It pours cloudy golden - orange with a medium white head. The aroma is soft, sweet - sour, peppery juniper, floral, salted cracker and lemon peel. The taste is crisp, dry, tart, juniper, pretty, salty, cracker, lemon peel, gin vibe, lactic with a dry finish. Medium body and fine carbonation. Pretty quaffable stuff.
Bottle shared in London - thanks to Fergus. Pours mostly clear gold with a bubbly, white head. Juicy citrus in the nose, some lime zest, dry wheat. Light sweet flavour with spritzy acidity, some lemon, further zesty notes. Light bodied with average carbonation. Pretty clean in the finish, further lemony and wheaty note, some salty kiss. Refreshing.
Bottle shared at Leightons place, 29/12/2016. From Brewdog online. A translucent golden peach coloured pour with a lasting halo of loose white head. Aroma is crisp pale grains tangy lemon rind, Juniper, salty. Flavour is composed of lemon rind, tangy citrus, salty tangy green underripe berries, . Palate is sour, tangy, moderate carbonation, . Some subtle spices. Decent.
Draught @ Fermentoren, Halmtorvet 29 c, Copenhagen, Denmark 1700.
[ As Põhjala / To Øl Ginie (In a Bottle) ].
Clear medium orange color with a average, frothy, goodr lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, fruity malt, caramel, moderate hoppy, juice - fruit juice, gin - juniper - coriander. Flavor is moderate sweet with a average to long duration, fruity juice, gin, pale malt, sweet malt, juniper - coriander - spruce - spicy. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20160515]
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Bottle at the Sitting Room in Saltburn. Slightly hazy blond with a fw white suds. Mild floral aroma of rose petals. Teh taste is tart with lemon curd, a little spice, light herbs and a salty finish. Nice.
Gose particolare e molto unica per l’aggiunta tra l’altro di rosmarino, zenzero e petali di rosa. Birra molto aromatica e con un sapore deciso e speziato, nota di gin in effetti. Buona nota salata e complessa con punte pepate. Carbonazione medio bassa e corpo leggero. Non eccezionale ma si fa notare.
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Disappointed not to find any juniper here, only some pine...
330ml bottle @La Braña, Torrelavega.
In short: herbal salty beer.
Pours dark golden with nice white head, Short head retention, poor lacing. Parfume like nose, herbal, flowers. Light body, average carbonation oily texture. Taste is a weird mix of salty flavours and herbal ones.
Cloudy gold, very weak head. Aroma: lots of lactic acid, juniper, ginger, corrainder. Light body, medium to heavily sour. Quite clear falvour, some ginger and corrainder noticable. Salty, very short finish.
Botella @El Lúpulo Feroz, Oviedo 25/11/2016.BBD:05/05/17
Color rojizo, sabor frutal, notas agrias, cuerpo ligero.
Clear copper-coloured beer. Weak head.
Smell is rather flat. Some hoppy bitterness and peels. Salty. Very subtle wood and vanilla.
Taste is quite watery with subtle bitter sourness. Refreshing but not terribly interesting.
Bottle from Biervana, Munich. Pours lightly hazy gold with a medium, frothy and fizzy white head, short retention with good lacing. Aroma is rosemary, salt, coriander, spruce, juniper, rose petals and light cracker and earthy wheat malt. Flavor is lactic acid, earthy cracker and wheat malt, rosemary, salt, spruce, juniper, roses, coriander and a dry finish. Light body and medium carbonation.
27th October 2016
Almost clear gold beer, tidy pale cream colour head. Palate is airy and pretty dry, decent fine carbonation. One of these yogurt soured beers, or tastes like it. LIght yogurt anyhow! Sourish generic fruits. Barely there gin botanicals, might not have spotted without the clue in the title. It feels a little half arsed but is okay.
330 ml bottle. Unclear pale golden to orange body with a small and fast disappearing off-white head. Aroma has juniper, fruit/berries in general and some spices. Flavor is a bit subtle, but complex with berries, fruit, spices, salt and medium acidic. Medium body and same complexity in aftertaste that ends a bit tart. Interesting and refreshing without beeing great.
Draft 0.15l at Craft & Draft Amsterdam, The Netherlands. 20.09.2016. Taste with Vlada and adamnowek. Pour it hazy orange color with medium white head. Aroma herbalish, salty, nice peppermint. Taste quite salty with juniper berries, sweet fruity on the back, finish with peppermint, strange and decent, medium body, slick feel, average carbonation.
Hazy Apricot color with small white head; aroma is slightly sour, yoghurt, some malt, very delicate aroma; taste is little sweet, salty, fruity, finish slightly tart with some funky bitterness and salt, very special; creamy mouthfeel with average carbonation; very special beer, I guess that’s a love it or hate it
Bottle from Skúli - Craft Bar in Iceland. Pale golden color, cloudy, light bubbles, not a lot of foam, disappearing very fast. We can smell a lot of lactobacillus. Medium fizzy feeling on the tongue. Sour taste, great acidity there, very salty, refreshing. Great Gose style!
From tap at Craftbeer Corner, Cologne. Light hazy golden orange color with white head. Malty and yeasty aroma, herbal, spicy, floral, light fruity. Sweet, light bitter and salty taste. Light thin to oily body with soft carbonation.
Bottle. Pours cloudy golden with an off-white head. Aroma of fruitiness, juniper, lemon and ginger. Flavor is sweet and sour with some ginger, juniper, floral notes and lemon. Medium body, average carbonation.
On tap. Pale golden with nice white head. Citric, floral and light spicy aroma. Sour and spicy taste. Overall, quite nice.
330ml bottle. Aroma is sweetness, there are spring flowers, honey, wheat, herbs, roses and ginger. Colour is pale-golden, white foam. Taste is salty all the time, lightly citrusy, juniper berries, coriander, low bittery and lime finnish. Herbal flavour stay after swallow.
Sensoric. Golden, light to medium hazy with small, white head. Poor head retention and lacing. Nice aroma of juniper and coriander, in the background lightly berries notes with marmalade. Taste is not as good as aroma, I’d say rather regular goes characteristics - salty, mild with acidic notes, well accented in the end. Light body, creamy, texture, average carbonation, finish is long lasting - salty with some berries notes.
Bottle at home. Pours clear golden orange with a thin white head. Aromas of citrus, herbs, juniper. Taste is more of the same. Slight hint of the rosemary. Solid, if not exceptional.
A 330ml bottle with a best before date of 12th July 2017, poured into a d’Achouffe tulip glass. It poured a hazy orange colour with a less than one finger white head that dissipated quickly and left only sparse lacing. Aromas of mango, lemon, lime, touch of ginger and floral notes. Tastes lightly salty, lemon zest, lime juice, berries and lightly spicy. Light bodied with low to moderate carbonation. Overall, this was a bit disappointing considering the last Põhjala x To Øl collaboration I tried (Taanilinn Cognac BA) was a stunner. Perhaps it was the high hopes… The fruitiness was nice but carbonation was too low for a Gose.
Tap @ Mig & Ølsnedkeren. Hazy golden with a white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, juniper and coriander. Flavor is medium sweet and light acidic. Sweet and light acidic finish with a hint of salt. 251016
Tap @ Mig & Ølsnedkeren. Nice head with good duration. Color is golden. Aroma and taste are salt, malt, fruits, hops, berries and has a light sour finish.
Draught @ Mig & Ølsnedkeren. Pours hazy pale dark yellow, no head. Aroma of wheat, light sourness, salt, light spice, light fruit, berries. Flavor is light sour, light bitter, wheat, little spice, berries, light sour fruit, lemon. Thin to medium body, average carbonation. Refreshing. 251016