New Glarus Hop Hearty Ale

Brewed by New Glarus Brewing Company
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
New Glarus, Wisconsin USA

12oz bottle. Pours a clear glowing rich caramel color with a nice fine frothy white head with very sticky lacing. Aroma is strong EKG’s and cascade, I really applaud Dan on this one, the EKG combo works fantastically, some bright honey and caramel sweetness but not overwhelming, light fruitiness and a hint of diacetyl, maybe some oats. Flavor follows exactly, the EKG’s are more present in the flavor though, the malt base is seemingly mellowed by some oats, really great balanced, the hops are featured with just enough of a rich malty base, moderate bright caramel, citrus is light, a bit of butteriness, nice touch of alcohol. Medium bodied, lighter feeling, larger spaced out carbonation, not sticky, just enough maltiness for an IPA to be super tasty and very drinkable.

Bottle thanks to brian23456 (BA)!
Copper red body with a foamy white head. Nose is somewhat relaxed with light caramel, toasted biscuit, and faint grassy hop, surprisingly almost no fruit. Green, minty flavor with light hop background and again the caramel and biscuit note. Supremely quaffable but not very enticing.

Figured I better rate this one before its discontinued. Pours a clear reddish color with a very slight head. Aroma is dominated by caramel notes, with citrus and pine as well. Taste is full of hop bitterness, but is definitely malt forward, with a minimal aftertaste. Definitely one of the more easier drinking IPAs.

bottle thanks to bonk0076. pours a deep amber with a 1 finger off whire head that fades quickly. aroma is nice and hoppy, bitter with a lil soap and some sweet malt that works nicely. taste is nice and bitter, pretty hoppy. plenty of malt present, a lil warmer of an ipa style than most. good stuff.

@TBBC tasting Thanks Mrs D– off white ring for a head and amber color. Aroma is pine/resin hops, some medium malt. Taste is pine/resin hops- slight bitter, some medium malt. Soft carbonation.

nose is deep pine with minimal fruits. appearance is darkened amber with sticky foam. nice sudsy, substantial palate. flavor is initially pine with big fruits late: grapefruit and near tangerine. very solid, infinitely sessionable.

I drank this from the bottle into a chalice. It pours a dark orange, darkest IPA I’ve ever seen. It has a finger size head that is gone quickly, bad retention and retention. The aroma is light with bite of orange and lots of hops but nothing to strong. The taste is also light, a little to much so to make it great. The start is very strong citrus which is nice but the hops are really hiddened, they are but not a ton to keep me coming back. The mouthfeel is light but leaves an ok aftertaste. Its light tasting and hops are soft so it makes it decently drinkable.

Pours deep amber with creamy head that lasts. Aroma is floral, but not as hoppy as I would expect. Good malt characteristics and decent hopping to match. A decent IPA, but as good as some I have tried.