A Resurrected Classic
Before the Wall came down, the most serious beer-hunters vaguely knew of only two or three local specialities that survived in East Germany. Leipziger Gose was news to almost everyone. A beer flavoured with salt sounded as though it would first promote thirst, then quench it. In fact, it contrives to be stingingly refreshing yet flavoursome, with plummy notes. Further flavouring with coriander seems less German than Belgian.
Like the lactic wheat beers, the Leipzig speciality is offered straight or with various sweeteners, ranging from cherry liqueur to the local Allasch, a sweet, almond-flavoured version of Kümmel. The combination of the sourish, salty beer with a spicy, sweet liqueur is surprisingly lively. It’s now made at a specialist Gose brewery, with a pub, beer garden and restaurant, called the Bayerischer Bahnhof (Bavaria Terminal), a former railway station (Platz 1, +49 341 1245 760).
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