New Glarus Hop Hearty Ale

12 oz bottle. Pours a rich caramel color with a small off white head that disappears rather fast. Aroma is muted and not as floral and intense as you might expect. It has hints of citrus hops but you need to seek them out a bit. The malt comes through in the end of the nose as well. Very crisp flavor. Mostly citrus with some bitterness in the mix. Then it gives way to the sweet malt backbone and then....done. no real aftertaste. it finishes nice and clean. Very balanced beer and nicely understated. Unlike a lot of IPAs that try to pound you to death with the hops, this beer focuses more on making a very drinkable IPA that does have some nuts.

Really nice balance. Unlike the California IPAs that hit you in the face with flora. Instead, well balanced and hoppy. Excellent.

Bottle. Pours a cloudy dark amber with a small dense off-white head that dissipates quickly leaving a hint of lacing. The smell has a decent floral pine hop kick up front before giving way to the slight caramel sweetness of the malts. The taste has a little more citrus than the aroma in the beginning before giving way to the bready malts with a bit of caramel sweetness. There is a minimal hop bitterness in the finish. The mouthfeel is medium bodied and very creamy with less hoppy bitterness than most IPAs. This is a very subtle and low-key example of an American IPA but very well done.

Dense copper in color with light lacing. Aromas of citric hops and a fair amount of malt for an IPA. The flavors add some chocolate with a creamy midpalate that doesn’t show a lot of hops even on the finish.

Bottle. Pours dark gold almost no head. Nice hop & citrrus aroma. Medium palate. Taste is hops at start with a nice citruc finish. A vrey good IPA.