Name: Golden Goose
Brewery: The Mussel Inn
Style: Pale Lager
ABV: 4%
Source: Depot Eatery
By Jingo, By Crickey, I think I’ve found it – finally a lager to love!
I mean sure, I’ve raved about some pilsners and rauchbiers and plenty of other lager styles before, but a lager lager? I’m pretty sure this is the first. And just in the nick of time, what’s more, with no more than two weeks of the blog left.
I knew it was special as soon as I sniffed it – instead of the usual hay and grain and metal muck, I got sharp orange zest, fresh-cut grass and honey. In the mouth it was instantly delicious – creamy and full for a lager, yet clean and crisp at the same time. There was plenty of juicy citrus flavour from the hops, and a lovely honey sweetness to support it. I could drink this all summer long.
On another (loosely relevant) note, I went to a 90s themed party on Saturday night and successfully lowered the tone by singing Chumbawamba on karaoke. I have since had “She drinks a whiskey drink, she drinks a lager drink” in my head, which is still very annoying but now is at least true. She does drink those things.
PS – Just remembered I liked the Epic Lager a lot too. But that was way more hoppy right, almost not quite to style? For the sake of everything I’ve just written I’m choosing to discount it.
Let’s call Epic Lager a “New Zealand Pilsner” (in pleasant company with Emerson’s and Croucher’s pilses), and then, yeah; Golden Goose is the bestest golden lager / lager-lager we’ve got.
Is “pilses” the plural of pilsner? If it’s not, I’d like to vote for it as the official collective noun. Any idea where I’d register this vote?
It sure is. Just as bestest is the superlative form of best – at least in Beerforayear land.