Gösser Beer (Export)

Brewed by Gösser (Brau Union)
Style: Pale Lager
Leoben, Austria

Clear yellow colour with a white head. Malty, light fruity aroma with a vague hoppy note. Malty, fruity flavor with a light grassy finish.

500 ml can By no means an exceptional beer, but its sweetness and surprisingly well-balanced malts place this one downright acceptable. Typical Euro profile, but still enjoyable.

Bottle. Clear golden with a short-lasting medium white head. Malty aroma, with some hops. Flavor is sweet, malty, a bit grassy with a bit of hop bitterness in the finish. Light-bodied.

Clear yellow with white foam. Aroma has hay/grass/straw. Thin grainy light hoppy taste. A bit sour with a dry end. Discount in every aspect!

On tap at Bulldog NE. Pours very bright pale gold. Nice sweet and malty aroma with a hint of bready sweetness. Grainy and slightly sweet flavor. Minimal hops, but a nice amount of sweet malt. This isn’t horrible stuff. I could drink quite a lot in one sitting.

Can 500ml). I remember drinking this when I was underage (15) - I am very tall and could get away with buying under age, but I had no idea what to buy - I vaguely remember thinking this was very skunky and is one of the reasons I didn’t drink much beer for years once I was "legal" Clear pale gold, solid creamy-fizzy white lasting head. Quite sweet, very lightly toasty grainy malt, soft fresh grassy/floral hops. The taste is extremely light - sweet, floral, slightly mint/pungent in the finish - very refreshing actually. Thin body, decent astringency, very soft, almost creamy carbonation and mouthfeel, with alcohol emerging a wee bit in the finish (no aftertaste). I’m surprised, this is a decent can of hot weather brew, I’d buy it for my golf bag (if I still golfed).

Bottle. I like Gosser, I think it’s a fine example of a Helles and it’s fine out of the bottle. Sweet and malty with a enough subtle bitterness that it still tastes like beer. This is definitely on my regular buy list.

I don’t really understand why the rating is so low for this one. It’s not so bad, geez. I guess they can’t make the claim it’s "Austria’s Finest Beer", but it’s better than the alternative slogan, "Hey, at least it’s not skunky..." This is actually a very fine beer. Classic soft Helles feel to it with just the right amount of subtle malty goodness defining the flavour throughout. Nicely crisp when fresh and oh-so refreshing! At the price this is a very good product.