Light tasting for a gose but reasonably well balanced and some interesting and subtle plum infusion. Pours light blonde with good head and lacing. Some hay and a little salt. Finishes with light sourness. Tap at Daikaya.

Keg at Taps beer bar, Kl. It pours cloudy pale orange with a decent fizzy white head. The nose is earthy, spicy, salty, wheat, grainy, light funk and plum skin. The taste is crisp, tart, salty, minerals, plum skin, minerals, umeboshi, lactic, decent acidity, light alcohol and citrus peel with a drying finish. Medium body and prickly, effervescent carbonation. Complex, tart and intriguing. In a bar in Malaysia drinking 7% sour beer by the pint and watching Wimbledon on tv. Fuckin awesome all round.

Tap at Molto as Plum Sour Ale. Cloudy golden color, fine rock head. Tangy, salty nose, umeboshi. Salty ume flavor, lightly sour, crisp and refreshing. Interesting and original beer, a bit strange for sure, but fun. More than umeboshi, tastes more like the sweet, salted plums you get in Taiwan or China.

Tap at Capitol Beer in Sacramento, CA. Pours dark gold with a white head. I think there’s a plum aroma. Med body or nearly. Flavor is salt, plum, slight sour. Not a whole lot of plum. salty, fruity, sour is sort of accurate description. Rather different. Fair to call it gose. Works well with salty pretzels.

Tap at The Jeffrey as I was running errands. Pours cloudy orange with white head. Nose is salty and fruity. Tastes of tart underripe plums, sea salt, popcorn, earthy, wheat and some pepper. Interesting but a touch of odd sweetness and not enough tart to be really good gose.

12oz draft at Bangers and Lace in Chicago. Very cloudy muted gold color, low clarity. Small but strong head. Aroma is a beauty with strong bretty lactic character. I consider this funk with horseblanket hues. Floral brettiness is strong with this one. The flavor is milder, with a muted Brett but a nice bright finish to the flavor. I think this would function better as a Brett beer instead of a wannabe gose. I maybe get salt and a muted finish of lactic acid. A faint bretty plastic and maybe a bit of salt. I have a very high tolerance for salt so its hard for me tell. A light body but a heavy Brett flavor, so its a bit mismatched. Again, I like the beer but they should have bulked it up and went bretty instead of Gose-y. I don’t taste plum, nor do I believe plum would be evident if just thrown into a beer. This seems like it would be great bottled and aged for a year.

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On draft at Churchkey during their Sour Session volume 9 event. Golden yellow color, slight haze, medium sized white head. Aroma was some light alcohol, grain, some light tartness. Flavor was some grapefuit notes, plum, and some sweet notes, touch of salt.

The Diamond, Brooklyn tap: Pours orange with a white head. Aroma is plum and plenty of it with some light funk. Taste is somewhat sweet, ever so slightly sour, and a tad bit salty. Interesting beer. I don’t know if I would have called it a gose, but it was tasty.

Draft. Hazy golden yellow color. Aroma is slightly boozy, unusual for this style. Taste is earthy citrus and subtle grapefruit.

On draft at Churchkey DC. Pours a clear gold with an off white head. Fruity bread dough nose. Flavors of cherry and plum. Delicate mouth feel. Smooth clean finish.