New Glarus Crackd Wheat Ale

Brewed by New Glarus Brewing Company
Style: Wheat Ale
New Glarus, Wisconsin USA

forgot about this tick. 6 pack given to me by my brother from Wisconsin. Loved it, best wheat ale IMO. Pour is hazy golden with a thick creamy head. Aroma is very fresh with tons of light fruity esters. Flavor is up front wheat and citrus with some sweetness finishing with a bit of clove. Very well balanced beer. Very fine.

Clean and soft wheat aroma with lots of banana and pungent touches of pepper and red spices. Lightly salty. Heavily hazed light golden appearance. Theres a little wink of cardamom in the aroma that shows up more in the dryer edges.

A brisk, burgeoning flavor of all the right characters of wheat; strong and delicate at the same time, with brightest tastes of lemon, banana and tarragon. Beneath the high notes is a tight, crisp surface of crackery wheat flavor, clean and dry; altogether the thing is fantastically, perfectly simple like this kind of thing plainly ought to be.

Finishes with with the warmth of brown spices and the cool of green herbs, wonderfully. Feels full and bone dry in the mouth, like the best ones do. And this is maybe the best of the best ones.

Very large 3 inch plus head of bright white bubbles. Setles very slowly with excellent carbonation. Apparently I picked the wrong glass to drink this in. Should have used a chalice with all the carbonation. Light lemony aroma with some straw, yeast and a bit of spicy hops. Maybe some saaz. Color is a relatively clear golden orange. Dry and tasty with a good helping of dry citrusy hops, spices, grains and some lemon again. Finishes dry and citrusy. A pretty good wheat ale.

Bottle courtesy of decoman from TBS...thanks! Pours a hazy yellow with a foamy, long-lasting white head. Smell is fruity - apricot, apple. Taste is very saison-ish....earthy, peppery. Taste is very crisp, very easy to drink. Would be exceptional in the summer.

12oz bottle, thanks ygtbsm94. Lightly hazed straw body topped by large, rocky off-white head, Aroma is medium sweet, lemon/straw, some clove. Taste is medium sweet, orange, clove, some lemon, straw, wheat. Smooth light-medium body, some creaminess, very drinkable.

12oz bottle served in a shaker. Hazy golden orange pour with a thin head of lasting off-white foam that produced some good lacing. The aroma of the beer had fresh oranges, grass, high quality wheat, grass, and mild spicy yeast esters. The flavor included wheat, citrus, and a grassy bitterness. A hoppy hefe...I like it. Medium-bodied and creamy. Softly carbonated. I’m glad they didn’t use a cleaner American wheat yeast strain. The hefe characteristics really shine through under the hops. Nicely done!

@TBBC tasting Thanks Mrs D-12oz bottle-pours a white head and hazy yellow color. Aroma is peach/banana/clove, wheat. Taste is peach/bananan/clove/pepper, wheat.

Traded bottle (very fresh). Different wheat for sure. More spice that expected. Lots of banana and clove in the aroma and the flavour plus a little sour tartness. Finsh was LONG, fairly bitter and showed the Amarillo hops.