New Glarus Hop Hearty Ale

Reddish cobber colour with a white head. Hoppy aroma with a sweet kind of kind of backbone to back up and support the hops. A lot of citrus and grape hops that is well supported on the malt side. The aftertaste is of American hops that lingers for a good while on the back of the toungh.

Not sure why, but I like a good IPA in the summer. Dog 90 is my favorite. Sampled this in a bar in Milwaukee while on business. Pours a golden amber with gentle carbonation and quickly dissipating head. Aroma of hops, citrus, apricots. Sits clean on the tongue. Medium body. Not a new-school "extreme" IPA---not as hoppy as some of the bigger names. But still good. Fruity, malt flavor. Finish is very clean with just a little hoppy residue in the throat.

Flower garden, honeycomb. Smooth mellow malt supports the hops nicely. Not overly bitter. Super glide to the next one. This is the beer that I would want to be stranded with on a desert island.

Nice looking amber pour...gives a rich appearance...light head. Floral hops on the aroma with some embedded light fruit scents. Very nice hop flavor is balanced nicely by some caramel malt flavors. This was a very enjoyable IPA...would grab again if I find it! Update 12/5/08 - Happy 75th anniversary of the repeal of prohibition! Slight upgrade to overall impression...this beer is very well balanced and has a very clean flavor to it!

Bottle: Pours a copper amber with a 1 finger white head. Aroma is slightly malty and floral hops. Flavor is malty upfront with slight fruit esters. Softly carmel creamyness with light bitterness and decent earthy hop flavors. Not nearly hoppy enough for an ipa if you ask me. I wonder if this was an old bottle or something. FLavor was not bad but just way too restrained.

Now this is a good IPA! New Glarus crams a lot of hops into this beer, which doesn’t have much of a head (the only thing keeping it from cracking the 4-point barrier IMHO). Amber in color, hearty, hoppy. aofoxxy is right: IPA aftertaste keeps you from switching, but I think I could drink a lot of this anyway, so why worry?

12 oz bottle. NIce red amber with off-white creamy head. Citrus hop aroma with some green apple, caramel malt, and some cherries, a lot of fruit overall in the nose. Pretty sweet fruit taste with a little pine, some grain, very tasty. Med creamy body. This is a fantastic IPA!

Picked up single 12-oz bottle from Bob McFarland’s Liquor in McFarland, Wisconsin. Pours a semi-haze golden amber brew with a decent off-white head that quickly dissolves to a fine bubbly film and ring. Aroma has a good balance of roasted caramel malt and some grapefruit zest. Taste is medium bodied, light carbonation with flavors of roasted caramel malt, orange peel with a slight peppery spice texture. Finish is smooth, creamy with an orange zest aftertaste. Mild bitterness in the finish too.