New Glarus Hop Hearty Ale

Aroma was hemp, grass, bread, stale hops. Flavor was bready malts, caramel, and grass. Possibly an old bottle but no date. 3.1 rerate with fresh bottle. better. nice fresh hop aroma. not overly hoppy, but good and refreshing. 3.4

12oz. Bottle: Aroma of hops, pine, caramel, hop oils, light grapefruit, and light citrus. Poured amber/orange/slight copper in color with a large, creamy, dense, tan head that diminished but lasted throughout. Clear. Lightly sparkling. Excellent lacing. Flavor is lightly sweet and light to medium bitter. Tastes of hops, pine, light caramel malts, slight hop oil, and a little citrus. Medium body. Smooth texture. Average carbonation. Hops, pine, and caramel finish is slightly sticky.

12oz bottle. Pours a deep, yellowish amber with a one finger of off white head, that receeds to a thin rim. Aroma is full of citrus and grass with an earthy hop aroma. Big caramel malt flavor mixed in with a bunch of citrus fruits. A decent amount of malts even out all the floral hops. A very enjoyable beer.

12 oz bottle from Roy’s (New Glarus, WI). Pours a orange driven amber, darker, well carbonated ad a bit hazy with decent offwhite head, a bit thick, laces decent. Aromas are grapefruit and citrus oil driven hops, florals, caramel malts provide an ample backbone behind as this. Initial is lighter bodied, not as thick, with caramel and toffee built flavor profile, with hops washing over in a wave, lighter end of moderate hopping, grapefruit and citrus largely, the aromas convinced me this would be stronger. Toffee and caramel with toasty malts stick to the palate, hops accept, decent hopping that doesn’t stand up to most newer-strength IPAs. This is good and sessionable, but malts are a bit unbalanced, and a bit underbodied as a brew. Ok.

12 oz. bottle from Steve’s Liquor in Madison. Reddish-orange pour with a white head. Caramel sweet aroma with some grassy/floral hops. Subtle piney hop flavor with mild sweetness. Not very distinguishable from a pale ale. Good but not great.

Pours a nice amber color with a nice amount of white head. Has a malty hop smell to it. Leaves a nice lacing to the glass. Has a nice bitter taste with a bit of caramel in there as well. Bitterness isn’t over powering in this one at all.

real nice carmel tones in the nose, hiding in behind very sweet hops, poured a crystal clear light brown color, a little darker than alot of IPAs. wonderful balance for the style, the caramel hid behind the hops and citrus flavors, completmenting each other perfectly..even in the tail, there was never too much bitterness. for a style that i still have less than normal affection for, this was a very good beer.

Bottle. Pour is slightly cloudy deep copper with smallish white head. Aroma is pine hops and a lot of caramel malt. Hints of black pepper and earth as well. Flavor is much sweeter than expected. Malt dominates up front with the hops being less pronounced than expected. Some peppery and spicy flavors lingering as well. Just a little too sweet I think.