New Glarus R & D Sour Ale

Brewed by New Glarus Brewing Company
Style: Sour Ale/Wild Ale
New Glarus, Wisconsin USA

Serve in Snifter, Tulip, Tumbler

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Bottle shared by Drewbeerme. Thanks! Pours an attractive gold with a fluffy head that falls off. Nose is great. White wine grapes, peach and apple. Tart and fresh with an earthy note. Crisp. On tasting, really similar to Temptation. Medium tartness, drying finish. Good body. Clean and refreshing overall. Nice pilsner malt notes on palate along with more cling fruit; apricot is nice. Great beer!

Bottle, thanks BA kalvarez. Deep amber/copper in color with big off-white head that dissipates. Aroma is big sour citrus, sweet tarts, dried citrus, and light funk, all with a light floral sweetness in the background. Flavor is lemonheads, tart citrus, citrus zest, dried citrus, mild funk and faint vanilla. Nice puckering sour that ends mostly dry. Acidic, but not detracting. Not as carbonated as I was expecting, but at a nice level. Nice complexity. Definitely something Dan can hang his hat on.

Bottle provided by nuplastilk. Thanks! Poured a mostly clear yellow-orange color with a white head. Aroma is some sour fruits, some wine notes. Flavor was sour notes, some fruits and a little bit of nice barrel notes.

50cl bottle, thanks nuplastikk. Minimal off-white head, hazy amber body. Aroma is moderately sweet, lemon, grapefruit peel, some duskiness. Taste is moderately sweet, grapefruit.lemon, some lime. Light-medium body, light acidity.

Bottle shared by nuplastilk: pours a clear deep golden bronze with a stringy lacing white head. Has a lightly sweet toasty pale malts and fresh tart oaky nose with some light fruits. Starts with good effervescent carbonation and light sweetness with lots of fresh tartness and vinous oak before a drier puckering finish. Well-balanced and true to style.

500mL thx to nuplastikk. Pours a cloudy deep orange. Thin white head. Nose is funky, buttery, savory. Woah. Rich white wine funk, buttery bourbon barrel. Taste is very tart and citric sour, refreshing, clean. Easy to drink. A treat! One of the best from NG. Impressive. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Bottle courtesy of nuplastikk, thanks! Hazy golden copper color, small white head. Aroma of sour peach, pear, apricot. Taste is sour summer fruit. Very nice.

650ml bottle or something like that .. . pear juice gold .. soapy big head .. lacing is alright .. . mild hay, yeast, and sour cereal .. good tartness level .. . pretty tasty, i hope NG keeps doing these .. . . It was the best Thanksgiving ever. I mean, emotionally, it was terrible, but the turkey was so moist!

Bottle shared by mdfb79. Thanks Dan. Ther beer is hazy and autumnal orangish brown in color with a small, fleeting head. The aroma is wonderful, with scents of oak, ripe fruit, sour funk, vinegar, wine. The flavor is equally as complex. Some cherry and wine character in a Flanders style. Immediately I thought this is the best sour / wild ale offering from new Glarus. Light to medium in bodied with moderately low carbonation. A nice acetic bite in the finish. A very tasty brew. Recommended.

Big thanks to Dan for this one. Nice funk and acidity in the nose. Quite funky and Belgian-esque. Very impressive. Earthy with light citrus in the flavor. Mild oak. Moderate acidity. Light. Dry.