APFELGOSE ~ REVEL CIDER CO

What a wonderful marriage! This is cider made using brewing techniques from the traditional German style gose beer. The cider was soured for four months with lactobacillus and Brett Q (from the Niagara Escapement Yeast Labs) and finished with sea salt and coriander seed. It is the first in their “Brett Series.” Revel uses all locally sourced Ontario apples from local orchards.
It  poured a slightly hazy very pale yellow. The nose was light and perfumy with hints of tart apples and a grassy funkiness. The taste had a dry sweetness, almost like wine. There was both sweetness and tartness to this beer. The coriander was subtle but added spice. There was almost a nuttiness in this, reminding me of honey-salted nuts. There was a familiar flavour I couldn’t quite put my finger on either. The cider ended with a dryness and a sea salt after taste. The cider was both light and flavourful. A really good merge, I look forward to tasting more from this series.

7.7% from Hamilton, Ontario

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FALLEN IDOL ~ INDIE ALE HOUSE

Fallen Idol is a sour wit, made with rhubarb.  The beers pour an opaque gold with a hint of a peachy hue.  Lemon, herbal notes, and wheat dominate the nose, with a touch of sourness.  Taste is sweet wheat with lots of lemon and other citrus with herbals flavours, with a pleasant Brett-y/lactobacillus sourness.  The beer has some depth, really well done, highly drinkable, and thirst quenching.

The beer so far has only been made once and is available on draft.   “Fallen Idol” was actually made by accident, when rhubarb was added to their wit beer, it turned out really well and Indie Ale house will be attempting to recreate the accident

5%  from Toronto, Ontario    25 IBU
Key Ingredients: Lactobacillus, Rhubarb

CORIOLIS EFFECT ~ BAR HOP & SAWDUST CITY

Coriolis effect  is a Berliner weisse made in collaboration with Bar Hop, a bar in Toronto.  Bar Hop cuts the sourness of the beer with homemade raspberry or woodruff syrup.  I had this mouth puckering-ly sour beer by itself.  It pours a light hazy straw colour with a white head.  Nose is sour with notes of lemon, wheat and tart fruit.  Finish is tart, sour and a little bready. The beer is made with Lactobacillus Brevis (lactic fermentation) from Guelph's own Escarpment yeast bank. (Who knew there is a Yeast bank?)

BTW…In physics, the Coriolis effect is a deflection of moving objects when the motion is described relative to a rotating reference frame. In a reference frame with clockwise rotation, the deflection is to the left of the motion of the object; in one with counter-clockwise rotation, the deflection is to the right....also slang for a hang over.

 3.2% from Gravenhurst, Ontario
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GOSE ~ LOCAL 7

My favourite summer beer!  Gose beer is a Belgian style wheat beer.  This beer originated in the 16th Century, made with coriander seeds and a hint of salt.  revived in Goslar in the 1980′s and adopted by many North American craft breweries.  This Gose is made from Gose is a wheat ale, 60% malted wheat, and 40% Pilsner malt.  Lactobacillus Brevis  which is used after fermentation, produces the refreshing sour lemon tartness.  Very refreshing. -beer 12-

4.2 % from Toronto, Ontario