South Horizon Junos Pandemic : Background
South Horizon Junos Pandemic is a 3.5% gose from South Horizon Brewing, based in Kochi, Shikoku. It’s part of their regular lineup, and is available in both cans and on draught. The beer takes its name from the yuzu used in the beer and its scientific name of Junos citrus due to the amount of yuzu used for the making of this beer. Moreover, South Horizon Brewing used locally source sea salt in the making of this beer.
At A Glance
- ABV : 3.5%
- Style : Gose
- Hops : –
- Adjuncts : Sea salt, white koji, yuzu
- IBU : 15
Sale Information
- Availability : Regular
- On Sale : From March 2024
- Size : 330 ml
South Horizon Junos Pandemic : Appearance, Aroma, and Taste
South Horizon Junos Pandemic poured out a hazy straw colour with a thin layer of white head on top, that lingered throughout drinking, leaving some thin white streaks down the edge.
In terms of aroma, it was definitely a mix between a pithy yuzu aroma, with a touch of sea water note. The gose profile was present, yet weird. I couldn’t work out which was stronger really – the yuzu or the sea salt? As the beer got warmer, the distinction between the two aromas grew harder as they intermingled.
With a low alcohol, I wasn’t expecting a full bodied beer here, and it wasn’t. Light and thirst quenching, South Horizon Junos Pandemic would have been great on a summer’s day – not in the middle of a Japanese winter. The yuzu was fresh and zingy, with the sea salt bringing a change of pace to the beer. Both flavours lingered on into the aftertaste and before I knew it, the beer was gone.
South Horizon Junos Pandemic : The Bottom Line
A delicious gose, though could do with some more body.
South Horizon Junos Pandemic : Where to Buy
It can be bought online at the following places:
