A hazy golden yellow beer with a white head. Aroma of tart white grapes, brett, apples. Taste of sour apples, brett, white grapes, easy to drink.

Gose flavoured with coffee - but not just coffee, no: this one carries a combination of green coffee and cascara (the dried husks of the coffee beans)... A bold choice for sure, but then it comes as a collaboration between two of Wallonia's new generation, globally oriented craft breweries, even named after both ('Borinage' plus 'Misery'). Thanks to tderoeck for sharing. Thin and open, off-white ring of bubbles dissolving completely over a misty golden robe with vague apricot tinge. Aroma of wakame, salted anchovies even, Sauerkraut, wheat flour, pumice, sourdough, gherkin, cucumber, green onion and indeed green coffee beans, but not actual coffee, if you see what I mean. Softly tart onset, salted tomato and cucumber notes, some lime sourness, medium carbonated; slick, soapy wheatiness, sourdough effect with salty edges as expected from a Gose (green seaweed-like in this case) but remaining fairly low in the green coffee effect I was promised, even though an odd, green herbal effect rules the finish - not too coffee-forward in fact, just very herbal, almost more green tea-like... Salty green seaweed, soapy wheat (also supporting the overall tartness) and a drying 'yoghurtiness' nevertheless dominate, so that in the end, the finish feels very classically Gose-like. Maybe a bit more of that green coffee - and especially that cascara, which is all but unnoticeable - would have really distinguished this one, but I am admittedly uncertain if such a distinction would be for the better...

15/III/25 - 44cl can @ 4 hombres tasting, ElManana’s place, BB: 17/VII/25, 0313, BOR2024 055 056 (2025-281) Thanks to Tom (?) for sharing the can!

Clear light orange to gold blond beer, practically no head, just a small creamy off-white layer of bubbles, unstable, non adhesive. Aroma: sweet impression, fruity notes, caramel malts, a hint of tropical fruits, juicy, spicy, earthy, grains,, some coffee indeed, some white grapes. MF: soft carbon, medium to light body. Taste: sourish start, very fruity, peaches, apricots, pretty lemony, a bitter touch, some acidity, berries. Aftertaste: acidic, a little watery, more peach, gentle roast, acidic, berries, soursih, red berries, earthy, nice. Surprised about how much I liked this beer, since I don’t like coffee. Feels like it’s made with either unroasted or very lightly toasted coffee.

Draft sample @ Misery taproom.
Claire/blonde, pas de col.
Arôme est frais, finement sur le café - et je m'attendais à plus, léger côté grillé avec une acidité-citrique qui arrive en rétro-nasal. Peu d'impact minéral de la gose - je suppose que du sel a été utilisé,
Palais est finement épicé venantn du café, plus que la caractère classique généralement ressenti avec du café torréfié - cela donne un fini presque léger épicé. Le sali de la gose est aussi léger et pas spécialement forcé. A cela s'ajoute un léger fruité d'agrumes. Il faut déjà un fin palais pour reconnaitre le cascara. Correcte mais je m'attendais à mieux - en gnéral ce côté café léger fonctionne aussi bien avec une IPA.