jm wrote:And how many breweries in Germany are putting out Berliner Weisse? Wikipedia tells me two and they are both owned by the same company. I get that there are not many Gose being produced but if you're going to add styles to the guidelines start by adding those that have a history and not those that are still in their infancy.
Like I said, what matters is what home brewers are entering. They enter Berliner Weisse and they do not enter Gose. If you want a history book on beer, there are several. If you don't want a guideline for judging homebrewing competitions then stay away from the BJCP guidelines as that is their purpose.
Also note that Gose is a newer style than Berliner Weisse (by a couple of centuries) and that Berliner Weisse was continually produced whereas Gose was a dead style for decades before being recently revived.
