Sampled from 0.33 l bottle at FDDB 2017. Minimally hazy, golden yellow with a medium large, frothy, slowly diminishing, white head. Sourish, herbal-spicy and a bit fruity aroma of lots of cucumber, lemon, coriander and some rhubarb. Slightly sweetish, moderately sourish, herbal-spicy and a bit fruity taste of massive cucumber, lemon, rhubarb, wheat and coriander, followed by a short, slightly tart and a bit salty finish. Thin to medium body, smooth, slightly creamy and a bit effervescent mouthfeel, soft carbonation. Nice and refreshing!

BKL2017. Dill Pickles. Cloudy yellow, low head. Medium light body foamy, sparkly. salty dill pickles , light. Really Fun

Gose made with actual gherkins, sampled at RBBWG in Antwerp. Thin and loosely structured head, off-white moussy rim, cloudy ochre blonde robe with greenish hue. Aroma teems with raw non-pickled gherkins (of the large variety I remember my grandmother cultivated) laying on top of sour-sweet piccalilly, fresh cucumber cubes, silverskin onions, raw ribbed celery, white bread, soap, Japanese green seaweed salad, green olives - in general, probably the most vegetable-like aroma I ever encountered in a beer, but this time not coming from pasteurization or other off-flavours, but from actual green vegetables, fascinating and not unattractive at all. Pure raw gherkin flavor (cucumber-like, but this is really the same plant species), even some spoiled cucumber turned yellow, soapy wheatiness very apparent from the start, softish carbo, lovely salty side flavour (fresh green seaweed - salt and umami), sour yoghurt-like tartness drying the palate, spicy green bell pepper notes, seaweed and gherkin lingering in the aftertaste with some saltiness and ongoing drying tartness. Very weird beer, with the basic sourness and saltiness of a Gose matching exceptionally well with the added gherkin - reinforcing each other, leading to a feast of umami, salty and ’green’, very pure vegetable flavours; if ever there was a beer style suitable for making vegetable beer, Gose must be it. In anticipation of the first real Sauerkraut-flavoured Gose, this is among the most delicious examples of this acquired style I have encountered so far - and very refreshing after many hours of intense tasting and rating... Yet very clearly a beer that will sharply divide opinions, this is something you’ll only like if you are into raw vegetables and ’vegetative’ umami effects.

Sampled at the RBBWG 2017. Thnx for sharing, everyone ! Pours unclear blonde, no real head. Smell is very intense, herbal, cucumber. Taste is mildly sour, cucumber, mild bitter. very herbal. OK . Not my thing at all.

Imported from my RateBeer account as Hopfmeister / Hertl Gurken Gose (by Hopfmeister Braumanufaktur):
Aroma: 7/10, Appearance: 2/5, Taste: 5/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 10/20, MyTotalScore: 2.7/5

25/II/17 - 33cl bottle, shared @ RBBWG (Beerlovers Bar, Antwerpen) - BB: XII/29/16 (wtf? US notation) (2017-266) Thanks to D. Geers for the bottle!

Cloudy amber to beige beer, small to practically no head. Aroma: lots and lots of cucumber. MF: soft carbon, lots and lots of cucumber. Taste: sourish, lots of gherkins, bit acidic, cucumber. Aftertaste: more gherkins, cucumber, sour. Weird, but not half as bad as I had feared!

Bottle pours out golden topped with a white head. Nose is amazing cucumber watermelons some salt and a sour tartness. Taste is more of the nice salty cucumber wow this is fun.

Tap. Hazy orange color with white head. Aroma is cucumber, just fresh cucumber. Taste is cucumber, salt, bready, a bit peppery. Very refreshing. Tastes like a nice cucumber sandwich. Great for what it is.