New Glarus Raspberry Tart

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

9th September 2008. Dark pink beer with a pink head. Strong raspberry nose. Raspberry dominates throughout and treads a fine line between sweet and sour with sour just winning towards the finish. Refreshing and very very tasty.

750 ml bottle - shared this w/ a few non-beer geeks after thanksgiving dinner; opens with a faint pop and pours a murky dark purple with faint purple bubbles along the edges; oh man, love the nose of pure raspberry pie and fruity goodness; just straight up, big raspberry with almost a chocolate note too; texture is thin with a creamy quality and fruity zing; hardly tart though IMO; in a way this is very one dimensional, but perfectly one dimensional and much more impressive to me than the 2 times i’ve sampled belgian red; having a big glass might have helped that though; the sweetness is muted and texture/flavor detail becomes much more complex as it warms; great stuff that really lets the raspberries shine and perhaps the best fruit beer i’ve had

bottle thanks to my boy dodd. pours dark ruby red with fizzy head. aroma of raspberry, fresh fruit, sugar. flavor is light and delightful. excellent beer.

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.