Never Never Backdown Backdown
The Veil Brewing Company in Richmond, Virginia, United States 🇺🇸
Gose - Flavoured Regular|
Score
7.32
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The double fruited version of our apricot Gose Never Backdown. Clocking in at 5.1%, Never Never Backdown Backdown is conditioned on over two tons(literally) of apricot purée. Insanley bright, fuzzy apricots in your nose and mouth hole that keeps going and going.
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8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
16 ounce can into tulip glass, canned on 3/20/2018. Pours opaquely murky green color with a 1-2 finger dense and fluffy off white head with great retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of big juicy/lightly tart/tangy apricots, fruit skin/pits, lemon, lime, orange, peach, pear, green apple, melon, white wine, hay, straw, grass, sea salt, wheat, cracker, light lacto funk/pepper, and yeast earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of apricots, fruity/acidic yeast, and moderate pale/wheat malt notes; with great strength. Taste of big juicy/lightly tart/tangy apricots, fruit skin/pits, lemon, lime, orange, peach, pear, green apple, melon, white wine, hay, straw, grass, sea salt, wheat, cracker, light lacto funk/pepper, and yeast earthiness. Light-moderate fruity/lactic tartness, fruit tang, and light spiciness on the finish. Lingering notes of tart/tangy apricots, fruit skin/pits, lemon, lime, orange, peach, pear, green apple, melon, white wine, hay, straw, grass, sea salt, wheat, cracker, light lacto funk/pepper, and yeast earthiness on the finish for a while. Great complexity, robustness, and balance of apricots, fruity/acidic yeast, and moderate pale/wheat malt flavors; with an awesome malt/tartness and tangy fruit balance; with minimal puckering flavors after the finish. Light-moderate increasing dryness from tartnness, tangy fruit, and carbonation. Medium-high carbonation and medium-full body; with a very smooth, creamy/bready/grainy, fairly acidic/tangy/tannic, and lightly saline balanced mouthfeel that is great. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 5.1%. Overall this is an excellent fruited gose! All around great complexity, robustness, and balance of apricots, fruity/acidic yeast, and moderate pale/wheat malt flavors; very smooth and easy to drink with the mellowly acidic/tangy/tannic/drying finish. Not overly lactic or salty. Insanely enormous apricot presence; with spot on base style balance. A very enjoyable offering as expected.
Tried
from Can
on 28 Jul 2018
at 21:03
8.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Draught at Row 34, 3/30/18.
Pureed apricot juice milkshake with a thick, apricot-tinted white head showing good retention.
Nose is all apricot. Like the fruited lineages, and even more than De Garde's apricot gose. It's pure fruit goodness, but completely dominated by it. Maybe some wheat and salt as it warms and breathes, but even that's a stretch.
In the mouth it's thick, creamy and shows expansive, strong carbonation. Apricot flavor is full of enjoyable pit/skin-like leather and tastes more like dried apricots. Some dull, blanding wheat balances and dries the sweet base malt, keeping it from getting too sweet. Very soft with some salt and light tartness, but this is obviously no gose. The fruit is amazing though. No alcohol or flaw.
Pureed apricot juice milkshake with a thick, apricot-tinted white head showing good retention.
Nose is all apricot. Like the fruited lineages, and even more than De Garde's apricot gose. It's pure fruit goodness, but completely dominated by it. Maybe some wheat and salt as it warms and breathes, but even that's a stretch.
In the mouth it's thick, creamy and shows expansive, strong carbonation. Apricot flavor is full of enjoyable pit/skin-like leather and tastes more like dried apricots. Some dull, blanding wheat balances and dries the sweet base malt, keeping it from getting too sweet. Very soft with some salt and light tartness, but this is obviously no gose. The fruit is amazing though. No alcohol or flaw.
Tried
on 03 Jul 2018
at 17:00
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
10 oz pour on draft at Row 34. Murky yellowish orange with off-white head. Each sip leaves behind some noticeable puree. Aromas of apricot, stone fruit, peaches and peach puree. Tastes of apricot, stone fruit, tea, herbs, peach puree, tart acidic notes. Light body with a dry finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 26 Apr 2018
at 01:01
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Can thanks to Andrew. Pours a cloudy orange with frothy white head leaving sticky lacing. The aroma is strong apricot, peach, wheat, sea salt. Thin body, stone fruit, wheat, light salt, nice tartness, very nice.
Tried
from Can
on 22 Apr 2018
at 05:44
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Lots of apricot and some salt. Hazy orange pour with ok head. Thick and fruity like líquidos. Tap at churchkey.
Tried
from Draft
on 14 Apr 2018
at 02:06