Samuel Adams Verloren
Samuel Adams continues to expand their Small Batch Series in 2012. On the schedule is Verloren, and gose. There aren’t a lot of U.S. brewers making a gose, especially a brewery as large as Boston Beer. That’s probably why they dubbed it “Verloren” or “lost” beer . (It’s Dutch.) The style originated in Goselar, Germany in the 18th century. Gose became very popular the adjacent city of Leipzig, Germany due to a lot of local breweries brewing the style. Gose all but died out during WWII due to brewery closings. Expect this beer to have a touch of sourness, with notes of lemon & salt.
A link to the ales of Saxony that had all but vanished, Gose is a peculiar yet captivating brew. With a base of an unfiltered wheat ale, it’s vivid and refreshing yet also has a softness to it. The flavor is brought to life by an unexpected touch of salt for a mineral quality, and coriander for a peppery spice. The result is an unusual and delicate brew that’s full of flavors to discover. Batch #1
A link to the ales of Saxony that had all but vanished, Gose is a peculiar yet captivating brew. With a base of an unfiltered wheat ale, it’s vivid and refreshing yet also has a softness to it. The flavor is brought to life by an unexpected touch of salt for a mineral quality, and coriander for a peppery spice. The result is an unusual and delicate brew that’s full of flavors to discover. Batch #1
3.3
281 reviews
Boston, United States
Community reviews
Draft to taster. Looks solid; a fairly transparent gold with foamy eggshell head that steadily dissipates into lacing. Smells yeasty with mild notes of lemon and salt. Tastes like it smells with an average mouthfeel. A little bland for the style, but not bad.
So this is weird. Aromas of bread, salt,cardboard, some unidentifiable ingredients... Maybe coriander. Salty flavors, bready.. Some herbal notes. Not sure I can finish the whole bottle. Not bad.. Just weird.
Draft at rustico, pours yellow with medium white head. Aroma is ligth bread and sweetness. Taste is maily sweet lager style, no salt or tartness to speak of. not good
Lemon and tartness on the nose. Citrus and a bit of wheat on the palate initially, finishing tart. Not much in the way of spice even though that is what the description says.
On tap at East Nashville Beer Festival 2014. Golden orange color. I believe the keg was being kept too cold which killed a lot of the flavor. The spiciness is nice and overall refreshing. The style is difficult and almost bland by design. Sam does a good job of respecting the style and making it just interesting enough.
Draft at Moriartys. Very hazy orange pour with a frothy off-white head. The saltiness jumped out at me before I knew to look for it. Lots of expected wheat beer notes but it is the odder ones that distinguish it. A lot of hard minerals. Some funky citrus happening here as well. Unusual, but cannot help thinking that someone poured a Margerita in my beer.
Murky light orange pour with a light beige head. Aroma is spice. Taste is wheat, little peppery in the finish. Didn’t get much salt. Heavier finish than the only other gose I have tasted. Tasty none-the-less. Nice lacing.
I don’t get much from the aroma, a slight wheat malt nose with a little spiciness. Pours golden orange with a small head that is gone quick. Nice flavor, kind of sweet and sour with a mineral accent. Fruity and spicy, very crisp and refreshing. Light body, creamy texture, lively carbonation, and clean, somewhat sour finish. This is the first gose that I’ve had, would like to explore other brands. I like it as well as witbier, it is similar to that style.
500ml fake me out bomber. Glowing orange body. Thick, steady off-white head. The aroma is nice and true to style, a hint of wheaty funk, salt, lemon. Seems like it is fighting a rugged battle with the Sam Adams base ingredients and wins, kudos to the brewer. Unique, querky. The salt is noticeable, drying out the still present banana wheat tones. Not quite crisp enough to be considered authentic, some medium malts hold it back from that. Enjoyable enough, but doesn’t have a crisp, sharp, clean bite like you might hope for.
Pint on tap. Lightly hazy amber with a lasting ring of foam. Mild aroma of toast and a hint of lemon. Mild flavor of toast, lemon and lightly salted gum. Light body has high carbonation and a nice balance.
Reviewed from notes.
The appearance had a cloudy golden color and gave a one finger white foamy head that dies fairly quickly to a half finger. Minimal lacing lasts for about ten seconds before sliding into the body. No carbonation is seen rising due to a cloudy body.
The smell had some coriander up front with some buttery malty/caramel thing going on, interesting.
The taste was sharp and salty bringing back the coriander and that buttery malty/caramel thing.
The palate sat about a medium to heavy with nothing sharp on the tongue.
Overall, since this is my first gose, I’m not quite sure what to say about how to compares to other "goses," but this is at least do-able for me, average at best, and would probably only seek again on tap or growler just to get a fresher look at this one.
An aroma of caramel, banana, wheat bread, and a hint of cotton candy. Appearance is orange-copper, nearly no head or lace. Taste is mild; mostly wheat followed by a saltiness I associate with margaritas. Palate is ordinary. Overall, I like this; this is my first "gose," I am intrigued and would like to try more.
From bottle. Clear, deep amber. Lingering milimeters of head. Thinnish mouthfeel. Savory nose? Tastes savory; the salt doesn’t seem apparent, and must serve to bring out the savory quality of the yeast. Bready. Very mild caramel in both taste and nose.
Bottle, shard with Parksy and Grippitis. Very hazy golden amber. Sweet malty caramel aroma with hints of orange. Caramel backbone with curious flavours of quinine and orange. Not especially yeasty. A little salt in the finish. Not bad, just not what I was expecting.
This is a solid beer, but nothing spectacular as far as Goses go. Aroma faint coriander and some salt. Taste and palate are easy and sweet with slight salt at the finish.
---AJ's Approval
Served at the Sam Adams Brewery in Boston.
Moderate head which dies to rim bubbles. No lace. Cloudy with golden color.
Fruity with a touch of caramel.
Sweet flavor up front. Good fruit and mild spice. The body is medium with a slightly elevated carbonation. The aftertaste reminds me of plum. Short lived.
The pour at first glance can be mistaken for a Pilsner, except for being a shade darker, and with more bubbles. As ordinary as the pour looked, the way the beer smelled was anything but. Even from an arm’s length, there was a sour, floral, and mineralized smell coming from the glass, which intensified when brought nearer. This was clearly not an ordinary Pilsner. The taste stayed true to the style, but was lighter than others of the type I’ve had, which sadly has been only a couple. This was a bit more tame in acidity and salt, and little sweeter. Not a bad taste at all, mind you, just not all that it should be. Light and crisp on the palette, but again softer, and lacking that Gose edge. I don’t mind having had this bottle, and it is certainly different than Sam Adams typical fare, but I much prefer the real German bottle, or that fantastic recreation by Westbrook more.
Bottle. Cloudy gold color with a medium head. Aroma is a touch of funk and not much else. Salty and slight sour almost lemony, not much spice though.
Bottle from ABC on Apalachee. Murky orange pour, thin tan head. Aroma is muted biscuits. Tastes are sweet cereal, coriander, orange, herbal, wheat. Slight tartness - wish it were more so. - 6.8
600 ml bottle. Pours a murky orange with a resilient white head. Aroma is coriander, oranges. Flavor is very salty, dry, malty, dusty, and corianderish. Finish is lime, lemon, lingering salt. Medium body, soft mouthfeel, average carbonation. Alright.
Draft at the Bier Baron in DC. Poured a slightly hazy orange color with a white head. Aroma was notes of light, watery malts, some salt, dishwater notes to it. Flavor was light water, touch of salt with some light bitter malts.
Meh....flaccid. Was hoping for more sour and less body. Fine beer, tasty even, but not as advertised.
poured into a trapist glass. Pours a golden color. I got a slight sour taste with this beer.
Clear amber with a large pillowy off white head. Aroma is salty with gingerbread, malt, coriander and some noble hops. Taste of middle of the road malts, salt, bready malts, mild toffee.
22 oz bottle. Poured a slightly unfiltered golden color with a nice white top and some great lacing. Taste of biscuit, grain, and banana. High carbonation, medium body. Cheers
batch 1 - maybe a tad old then. shared by VT, thanks dawg. pours hazy golden with a small white cap showing some retention and shy lacing. coriander-plenty, almost perfumey, plain and slightly sweet-ish caramel, honey, hint of salt, grass, hint of acidity - a non-rustic saison could easily be more acidic. average carbonation, light body, slightly boozy - why 6%, almost bland peppery-herbal-grassy finish. weak gose. DP.
Bottle at the lake house. Pours a hazed amber gold with a medium to large creamy white head. Smells a bit floral, with loads of coriander. Medium bodied, light salinity, coriander, wheat, light lemony sweetness. Finishes with some faint musk, some more salinity, but faint. Pretty easy drinking.
From a bomber into a tulip. Hazy gold with white head ... Aroma is honey and spice, flavors toasty bread and sweetness... Flavorful... Interesting !
Bottle 1 pt 6 fl oz, at Printz in Stockholm (Tele2 Arena) on October 26, 2013.
Marked with Batch No. 1 on the back label.
Cloudy yellow to orange color, fizzy white head that settles fast. Sweet, fruity, light herbal and very light salty mineral taste. Mineral and canned apricots aftertaste. Medium mouthfeel, low bitterness. Sweet, spicy, herbal, fruity, canned apricots scent.
Sampled as part of a Costco four bomber pack. Really well crafted. The malty base is nice and flavoring is super refreshing.