I have long admired Anderson Valley's Briny Melon Gose albeit an expensive beer here in SC...maybe transport costs? I bought a case recently and paid $52 for 24 cans, 12 oz each. $11.99 six pak plus tax.
What the heck...I am going to brew my own:
50/50 wheat/2 row base. Low IBU of around 8 using Saaz. Kettle soured wort with lacto from Omega Labs, then boiled after hitting a ph of 3.25 in 18 hours. Coriander and salt at end of boil. Fermented with big starter WLP029 at 64F, cooled to 34F, racked to keg fined with gelatin. Next day dry hopped (24 hours) with 1 oz hibiscus (color) and added 16 oz watermelon concentrate. Concentrate: freeze 1/2 G fresh watermelon juice in milk jug, frozen juice upside down lid off on mason jar. Let melt and collect 32 oz concentrate. Ice block melts last allowing concentrate to drip out first. Freeze this concentrate again and repeat collecting 16 oz.
In a blind taste test, 2 family members picked MY Gose over the commercial brand. I like it better too but I am biased of course. My 5G keg cost me a total of $30 since the melon, lacto pak and fresh yeast added up. In the end, my beer was 56 cents for a 12 ounce pour and the AV Gose was $2.12 for the same size serving.
What the heck...I am going to brew my own:
50/50 wheat/2 row base. Low IBU of around 8 using Saaz. Kettle soured wort with lacto from Omega Labs, then boiled after hitting a ph of 3.25 in 18 hours. Coriander and salt at end of boil. Fermented with big starter WLP029 at 64F, cooled to 34F, racked to keg fined with gelatin. Next day dry hopped (24 hours) with 1 oz hibiscus (color) and added 16 oz watermelon concentrate. Concentrate: freeze 1/2 G fresh watermelon juice in milk jug, frozen juice upside down lid off on mason jar. Let melt and collect 32 oz concentrate. Ice block melts last allowing concentrate to drip out first. Freeze this concentrate again and repeat collecting 16 oz.
In a blind taste test, 2 family members picked MY Gose over the commercial brand. I like it better too but I am biased of course. My 5G keg cost me a total of $30 since the melon, lacto pak and fresh yeast added up. In the end, my beer was 56 cents for a 12 ounce pour and the AV Gose was $2.12 for the same size serving.