Bronze in Gose
Matcha Tart
Ikasu Brewing, Los Angeles, CA
- Category
- Gose
- Entries
- 36
- ABV
- 4%
- IBU
- 10
- Style
- Gose w/ Matcha
- Malts
- Not Found
- Yeast
- Not Found
- Adjuncts
- Matcha
Hops
Not Found
Tasting Notes
Bright tartness, earthy matcha, and gentle salinity.
Hop Profile
No hop profile is on record for this beer.
Beer Details
- Description
- Premium Japanese matcha meets classic German Gose. Bright tartness, earthy matcha, and gentle salinity.Source ikasubrewing.com
- Tasting Notes
- Bright tartness, earthy matcha, and gentle salinity.Source ikasubrewing.com
Research Notes
Matcha Tart is a gose brewed with Japanese matcha by Ikasu Brewing, a Japanese-inspired brewery in Los Angeles.
Award
| Category | Medal | Entries | Brewery | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 65, Gose | Bronze (3rd place) | 36 | Ikasu Brewing | Los Angeles, CA |
Specs
| Field | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Style | Gose w/ Matcha | Ikasu: beer menu |
| ABV | 4.0% (the six-pack sampler sheet on the home page gives 4.7%) | Ikasu: beer menu |
| IBU | 10 | Ikasu: Matcha Tart listing |
| Hops | Not Found | Not Found |
| Malts and grains | Not Found | Not Found |
| Yeast | Not Found | Not Found |
| Adjuncts, fruit, spices | Japanese matcha | Ikasu: beer menu |
| Other | Not Found | Not Found |
Brewery Description
Premium Japanese matcha meets classic German Gose. Bright tartness, earthy matcha, and gentle salinity.
Source: Ikasu: beer menu
Tasting Notes
Bright tartness, earthy matcha, and gentle salinity.
Source: ikasubrewing.com
Ingredients
Matcha is the only named ingredient. The description mentions gentle salinity, but no salt or other addition is named, and no grain bill, hops or yeast is published.
Hop Profile
Not Found
Brewing Details
| Field | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Color (SRM) | Not Found | Not Found |
| Original gravity | Not Found | Not Found |
| Final gravity | Not Found | Not Found |
| Water | Not Found | Not Found |
| Process | Not Found | Not Found |
Style Context
As category context only, the Brewers Association guidelines for Contemporary-Style Gose call for lactic sourness at 4.4 to 5.4 percent ABV and 5 to 30 IBU, and allow herbs and other additions. The menu's 4.0% ABV is below that range, while the sampler sheet's 4.7% falls inside it.
Awards History
| Year | Competition | Category | Medal |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Great American Beer Festival | Gose | Bronze |
Generated from the loaded results for this brewery and beer name, not researched separately; years not loaded are not covered.
Brewery Context
Ikasu Brewing is in Los Angeles, CA.
Links checked 2026-10-14: Website, Untappd.
Related
- Brewery: Ikasu Brewing
Links
- Ikasu: Matcha Tart listing
- Beer page on brewery site
- Ikasu Brewing
- Brewers Association: beer style guidelines
Gaps
- Not Found: Color (SRM), Original gravity, Final gravity, Hops, Hop form, Hop use, Hop lot or farm, Malts and grains, Yeast, Water, Process. Checked ikasubrewing.com, untappd.com, ikasubrewing.com, web searches recorded in the research notes.
Research Notes
- The brewery has no individual beer pages; its beer menu is the beer url.
- ABV conflict on the brewery's own site: the tap list says 4.0% and the six-pack sampler sheet on the home page says 4.7%; the tap list figure is used.
- The home page's embedded Instagram posts mention the 2026 GABF bronze for Matcha Tart.
- No Untappd listing could be located without search, and the shared web search budget ran out during this batch.
- Researched 2026-10-13.
- Field pass 2026-10-13: The exact Ikasu Untappd listing supplies the bitterness above, but no hop variety. It lists 4.7% ABV, agreeing with the previously recorded sampler sheet and conflicting with the retained 4.0% from the brewery tap list; the beer listing does not resolve that batch difference.
- Deep dive pass 2026-10-14: the brewery menu gives the tasting words only.