Anderson Valley Blood Orange Gose Returns In Bottles & Cans

Boonville, CA (September 16, 2015)   Anderson Valley Brewing Company announced today the

highly anticipated return of their Blood Orange Gose. Slated as a seasonal release from October

through March, shipments of Blood Orange Gose draft as well as twelve-ounce cans will begin

making their way to wholesalers across the nation in mid-September.  In addition, they will

offer twelve-ounce bottles for the first time to select markets across the country.

Using the base recipe of their 2014 breakout success The Kimmie, The Yink, and The Holy Gose,

the brewery adds copious additions of blood orange puree during fermentation, imparting

tangy citrus notes and a slight sweetness to complement the salinity and tartness in this

refreshing session wheat beer.  Historically brewed with salted water, coriander, and hops, gose

was fermented with both brewer’s yeast and lactobacillus bacteria, giving the style its signature

tangy sourness.  However, unlike traditional versions made popular in Leipzig, Germany,

Anderson Valley adds lactic acid to the kettle before boiling, followed by additions of sea salt

and their proprietary yeast strain into the fermentation tank.

“Not long after the initial release of our Holy Gose, some of our employees began

experimenting by adding a splash of orange juice to their gose during Sunday brunch and

camping trips, effectively creating a beer mimosa, or ‘migose’ as we like to call it,” said Andy

Hooper, Director of Brewery Operations.  “So we decided to offer them in the tasting room the

morning after the 2014 Boonville Beer Fest; they sold out in a matter of hours. That’s when we

knew we were on to something.”

In the months that followed, the brewing team tried dozens of different fruit additions:

pineapple, grapefruit, cherry, passion fruit, even lychee. “The gose style lends itself well to

flavor additions,” says Brewmaster Fal Allen. “But it was the blood orange that stood out

among the others; it has a raspberry-like citrus character that just works well with the acidity

and salt character of our Gose.  We’re excited to bring it back again, it’s truly one of our favorite

beers around here.”

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