Ritterguts Gose

Client Brewer in Borna, Saxony, Germany 🇩🇪

Established in 1824

Contact
Häuerweg 1, Borna, 04552, Germany
Description
In 1824 master brewer Johann Philipp Ledermann came to the small village Döllnitz near Halle and started brewing Gose at Döllnitz Manor. The brewery continued to brew gose till WW 2. After the war the manor brewey was dismantled and the original gose was brewed at several places up till 2015.

Since 2015 we brew our "Original Ritterguts Gose" in close collaboration with Brauerei Reichenbrand in Chemnitz. This small, classic family-brewery fulfills all the requirements necessary for the optimization of our very special brewing process -- in particular the availability of open-fermentation, which we consider a primary component in making a proper gose.

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8.2
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 7

Bottle at Beerselection. Deep clear pour, white head. Nose is low citric and lacto sourness, beautiful mineral-salty notes,. Taste is moderately sour, citric and lacto again, mineral notes, a faint malty touch. Light body, easy to drink, super refreshing. Lovely.

Tried from Bottle on 17 Mar 2025 at 12:02


7.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Pours an almost perfectly transparent dark amber, quite hazy and slightly murky when pouring the final inches. Low to medium sized, large-meshed white head, quite quick to recede, no lacing. Quite good intensity in the aroma at first, but almost vanishes quite quickly (strange): strong lactic, slightly citric sourness, citric notes are of orange (kind of candied orange) and lemonish, quite vivid spiciness (coriander most noticeable), a hint of saltiness, perhaps a bit of caramel sweetness foundation. Overall a quite interesting aroma, but not very precise/defined and as mentioned pretty quick to fade. Taste is brighter, much cleaner/well defined than the aroma suggested and decently intense. Some caramel malts foundation now clearly discernible, pleasant citric notes (tangerine, lemon/lime), delicate but obvious notes of spiciness (mainly coriander) and saltiness. Sourness is mainly lactic, lighlty citric; it's a delicate, relatively neutral sourness flavour-wise. This is a quite sweet beer, low bitterness, but very much well balanced; sourness cuts sweetness in a very nice way and it is definitely dry and clean enough. Slightly below medium bodied, pretty light, very delicate, fine-bubbled carbonation; feels very smooth, actually quite silky and much more drinkable than expected for the abv. A very nice mouthfeel. Overall: a bit hindered by a not too attractive appearance and by a muted-down aroma, but still very much enjoyable and well made; also more refreshing than expected for the abv.

Tried from Bottle on 10 Mar 2025 at 20:05


7.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Gold pour, with a small white head. Nice wheat Aroma, savoury, some salt and hints if herbs. Thin mouth feel, lovely soft carb. The finish is tart, but pleasant, not overpowering at all, nice saltiness, lots of lemon notes and soft herbs. Solid!

Tried on 28 Feb 2025 at 05:41


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle at home. Aroma is fruity and a bit spicy with lots of lemon and salty notes. Salty and medium sour flavour with a nicely dry finish. Body is light to medium. Crisp, refreshing and very drinkable classic Gose.

Tried from Bottle on 10 Feb 2025 at 04:51


7
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Draught at Frankford Hall: pours gold with white head. Aroma is sharp citrusy, acid, some mineral. No smoke that I can tell. Taste is citrusy, fairly tar, light smoke in finish.

Tried on 08 Feb 2025 at 22:46


7

Tried from Bottle on 13 Dec 2024 at 18:45


7.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle at the November DC Ratebeer share. Poured a clear golden yellow color with a small white head. Aroma was light lime, lemon, salty. I get the faintest amount of smoke on the nose, but it might just be there because I'm expecting it. Light grain, wheat, tart. I like it, but it's not all that smoky.

Tried from Bottle on 09 Nov 2024 at 06:22


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Tart finish. I don't get much smoke. Plenty of lime. Clear golden pour with decent head. Tart finish. Bottle.

Tried from Bottle on 03 Nov 2024 at 20:21


5.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

50cl bottle pours a clear gold with some white head. Nose has lemon, salty, wheat. Big lemon flavor, some grist. Salty and some seltzer. Dry, light on the palate.

Tried from Bottle on 03 Nov 2024 at 20:20


5.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Light hazy pale golden with a white head - Tart malt aroma - Tart malt body with hints of smoke - Tart malt finish - This was ok

Tried on 26 Oct 2024 at 10:14