New Glarus Raspberry Tart

Brewed by New Glarus Brewing Company
Style: Fruit Beer
New Glarus, Wisconsin USA

750ml bottle. Thick cloudy unfiltered cranberry juice color with pink foam that quickly settles to some small bubbles. Intense raspberry, cranberry, cherry aroma that’s sweet and tangy smelling. This beer looks and smells like a raspberry vinaigrette, but it tastes more like cranberry juice and cherry wine. Very intense and concentrated fruit.

Thanks to rayjay for this one. Dark ruby red with a small pinkish head that leaves a small ring of lacings. The smell is dominated by genuine raspberry aromas with nicely complementing notes of grass, earth and fruit pits. This brewery really knows how to make fruit beers that smell like fruit. Lots of fruity sweetness in the flavor, and raspberries all around. A fruity tartness counterweights the sweetness together and develops together with notes of earth and seeds. I might pick up a hint of chocolate as well, but I might be fooling myself. The finish is dry with sweet and tart raspberry notes. The finish is really great, very well done. Medium body, decent carbonation and a slick dry finish. A good beer. A raspberry bomb. Very intense, and I’m very impressed that a beer with such low ABV can showcase such strong flavors. This one would probably work well as a dessert or coupled with dessert. But I wouldn’t want to drink too much of it, one glass is enough. Since it is hard not comparing this one the Wisconsin Belgian Red, I must say that I preferred this one. Serving type: bottle (Copy of old Beer Advocate review)

bottle shared with my wife, pours deep ruby with a tall frothy light tan head. Aroma is tart raspberry with some cherry and sugar. Flavor is nice and sweet raspberry jam with just a hint of tart cherry in the finish. Very nice for a fruit beer, I think the sweetness is balanced with a mellow tart dryness.

Nose is quick with fresh raspberries and crushed apple however the yeast doesn’t talk much. The palete intro is of bubbly champagne followed by a rush of fresh raspberries. This beer shows proper earthiness for a fruit beer mid palate. I can even taste the little crunchy bits! Finish is proper and tart leaving you wanting another sip. Overall, a delightfully bubbly beer for sure to please anyone who is so lucky.

Ruby red body with a small filmy head and little to no lacing. Tons of real raspberry aroma, granted it’s fairly one dimensional but it’s done really well. Easy going, mildly tart and sweet. A refreshing and spritzy body. Some biscuit is picked up on the flavor, but it’s primarily a showcase for the wonderfully fermented raspberry taste. Fresh, lively and tart with a nice sweetness. Top shelf fruit beer, I would love this on hand all year long.

750ml bottle thanks to gandgkevin, crushed with LJ! pours a bright, ruby red color with a light pink, bubbly head and very nice lacing. aroma is wonderful with huge, fresh raspberries and light touches of candied cherry, red grapes, and vanilla flowers. flavor is fantastic as well with juicy, sweet raspberry notes up front backed by mouth puckering berry tartness, vanilla, sweet caramel notes, and a touch of spice cake. palate is bright, crisp, and medium bodied with a tart, fruity finish. overall, another wonderful fruit beer from New Glarus.

Bottle via trade. This is just as good as the Wisconsin Belgian Red (i.e. it’s f&%@ing awesome). Pours a brilliant ruby color with a lasting off-white head and good lacing. Aroma is intense raspberries. That’s just about all there is to it, but it’s great. Flavor is loads of fresh raspberry, oak, and vanilla, with maybe even a hint of chocolate. Both sweet and mildly tart. Body is medium and palate is incredibly smooth and creamy, with an amazing long finish.

Sampled at the Metro Detroit October 09 tasting. Ruby copper pour with a short lived white head. The aroma is sweet raspberries and brown sugar. More of the same in the flavor with a long, juicy, berry finish, a little chocolate, some tartness on the finish with lingering nutmeg and cinnamon. Awesome balance and complexity! Sticky, medium full body.