gurken gose

We like to chop cucumbers into salads, stir them into tzatziki and - if we’re feeling particularly fancy - we also like to throw them into our cocktails. Anyone who thinks that this is already experimental doesn’t know David Hertl!

Hertl, head of the Bamberger Bierothek® and brilliant master brewer at the Hertl brewery, has a lot of nonsense on his mind. And cucumbers. In a fit of genius, he threw huge quantities of the latter into the brewing kettle and created an extraordinary beer specialty: the Gurken Gose. David brewed this sour beer with salt, coriander and cucumber in a team with Collaboration Brew, thereby redefining a historic beer style. However, their masterpiece was not allowed to be brewed in Germany because, thanks to the cucumbers, it deviates somewhat from the Bavarian Purity Law. The Czech Republic is a bit more open and warmly welcomed the crazy brewers and their pickles.

Anyone who fears that David’s creation is a pickle in beer form is wrong. Fine aromas of lettuce and pickled cucumbers are already present in the nose. So it’s a cucumber, but the highlight is yet to come. When drunk, the cucumber notes mix with fruit, spice and malt aromas in a sophisticated flavor combination. With a light four percent alcohol content, the Gurken Gose is a wonderful summer beer that is incredibly refreshing.

David’s Gurken-Knaller is the first beer of its kind and is therefore only available in limited quantities. So if you want to give yourself the full blast of cucumber, you have to be quick or drink from the pickle jar.