What is International Happy Gose Day?
Every year on November 17th, beer enthusiasts gather together to celebrate International Happy Gose Day. Gose (z) rhymes with Rosa instead of rhyming with rose.
Gose is a fermented sour wheat beer that originated in Goslar, Northern Germany, during the sixteenth century. Gose became more popular with Leipzig, Germany, in later years. The beer became so popular that it was given an exemption from the country's purity law, Reinheitsgebot, that was outlawed. This law stated that German beer could only contain water, barley, yeast, and hops. But Gose is also made with malted wheat and coriander. The Goslar River's salty water was also used, giving the drink a unique salty and tart taste.
The beer wasn't made until WWII. Gose went back for a while after the war but made a comeback in 1949. Friedrich Wurzler Brauerei is credited with saving Gose and continuing to brew the sour beer until he died. Guido Pfnister, his stepson, was given Guido Pfnister's Gose-making skills. He continued brewing the beer until the 1960s, but only a few pubs sold the fermented beer. Pfnister died in 1966. Gose did not come back to existence until 1986. Today, there are still 400 manufacturers of Gose, with a handful of them in the United States.
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Gose lovers will band together today on a day for Gose lovers to unite. Today is the perfect day to gather your friends and go out for a drink if you know of a brewery or pub that serves Gose. "Cheers" is allowed to say while you're sipping it, but you are not allowed to say, "Cheers." "Goseanna!" instead say, "Goseanna!" Make your best Gose by using this recipe if you brew your own beer at home.
