Quick Facts on Bluejacket’s A Little Golden Gem Kumquat GoseBrewery: Bluejacket Brewery, Washington, D.C.
ABV: 3.8 percent
Description: Parched? This beer is sure to quench your thirst. Bluejacket describes it as “bright, tangy and tantalizing.” It’s brewed with 60 percent wheat, is lightly hopped with jarrylo and is seasoned with coriander and sea salt. Oh yeah, and it’s finished with 200 pounds of fresh kumquats.
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It might be all you need to brighten a dark winter’s day. Plus, you get to say “kumquats!”
WTOP’s Brennan Haselton is joined by Neighborhood Restaurant Group Beer Director and Food and Wine Sommelier of the Year Greg Engert to talk about Bluejacket A Little Golden Gem Kumquat Gose for the latest edition of WTOP’s Beer of the Week.
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Want to pair this beer with something tasty? Here are Greg Engert’s best pairing suggestions:
Salads
Anything you put lemon on (i.e. roasted asparagus)
Seafood (from shrimp to salmon)
Skirt steak
Stews and chili
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In 2000, Brennan Haselton took a job at WTOP as reporter and anchor, and that's where he has been ever since (with the exception of a brief return to Seattle in 2005). He is a two-time winner of the national Edward R. Murrow Award, and winner of the National Headliner Grand Award.
