Gose beer is a warm fermented beer that originated in Goslar, Germany, and is usually brewed with at least 50% of the grain bill being malted wheat. It is a pale, top-fermenting wheat beer that is flavored with coriander and salt. Gose has a low hop bitterness and a complementary dryness and spice from the use of ground coriander seeds and a sharpness from the addition of salt. The beer has a hefty lactic acid content and is probably once spontaneously fermented. The saline qualities of the local water in Goslar imparted a strong saltiness to the beer. Gose belongs to the same family of sour wheat beers which were once brewed across Northern Germany and the Low Countries. Other beers of this family are Belgian witbier, Berliner Weisse, and Hannover Broyhan. The style is 1,000 years old, and its name comes from the river Gose and the town of Goslar where it was originally brewed. Gose has a moderate alcohol content of 4 to 5% ABV.