Pirate Life Lime Gose

Style
Lime Gose
ABV
4.9%

Kakadu plum and lemon myrtle. Lemongrass and ginger. Apple and guava. It's fair to say Pirate Life's brewers have been willing to look a little outside the box when selecting flavour-enhancers for some of their 2020 limited releases. It can make the arrival of Lime Gose seem rather sedate, in itself a reminder of how far the beer landscape has changed in the past half decade: a lightly soured beer featuring native finger limes, coriander and Murray River pink salt can be viewed as one with a relatively broad appeal.

In the flesh, it's also one with a Margarita like appeal, thanks to the opening hit of lime juice that first takes aim at your nose before streaking across your palate in the manner of a carpet-bombing mini-Zeppelin (limes look a bit like Zeppelins, right? Maybe? It's just me?). That said, there's a fluffiness too – a salt-enhanced softness – while anything you might tag as "sour" is kept on the low side, with the acidity from the lactobacillus melding with the lime zest in a manner that's summer-drinking-by-the-pool-refreshing more than Jesus-that's-cheek-sucking-puckering.

James Smith

Published October 14, 2020

Name
Pirate Life (CUB/Asahi)
Address

18 Baker Street
Port Adelaide
SA 5015

Phone
(08) 8340 1447
Open Hours

Sun to Thurs: 11am to 10pm
Fri & Sat: 11am to midnight

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