Verloren
Samuel Adams in Boston, Massachusetts, United States 🇺🇸
Gose Series Out of Production|
Score
6.53
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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
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7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6
Cloudy tinged gold from bomber. Zesty smell. Lemon citrus with spicesbut could have used more IMO
Tried
on 20 May 2025
at 01:21
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
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.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Mar 2025
at 04:31
4/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Nov 2018
at 17:58
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 6
Bottle pours out hazy straw color topped with a white head. Nose is wet wheat some tart citrus notes and spice. Taste is more of the wheat notes some spice and a little bread.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 May 2018
at 15:08
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
16.9 ounce bottle. Hazy copper color. Firm creamy beige head with nice clinging lace. Sweet malty nose has hints of coriander and white toast. Interesting subtle sweet malt flavor upfront. Notes of caramel, butter and coriander spice. Some saltiness and grassy hops in finish. Different.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Dec 2015
at 21:20
7/10
Tried
on 16 Oct 2015
at 09:59
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
On tap at Mellow Mushroom St. Mathews. Hazy golden with small white head. Aroma is light tart, medium body, low carbonation, and little lacing. Taste is mineral water and some tartness.
Tried
from Draft
on 19 Sep 2015
at 20:31
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
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.
Tried
on 07 Apr 2014
at 22:12
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
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.
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.
Tried
from Draft
on 24 Mar 2014
at 19:15
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
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.
Tried
from Draft
on 28 Dec 2013
at 21:43