New Glarus Spotted Cow

Brewed by New Glarus Brewing Company
Style: Cream Ale
New Glarus, Wisconsin USA

Serve in Footed Pilsner, Lager glass

Pale straw colour with a fast fading head high carbonation mildly fruity but lacking in depth.

Moved to Madison recently, so this is timely. From the bottle, pours hazy gold, with about a one-finger white head. Very carbonated...strings of bubbles floating off the bottom. Nose is mainly fresh grain, slightly fruity and yeast. Hint of corn on the tongue, with slight fruity esters. Simple, stupidly drinkable.

Light. Slightly, sweet and ambiguously fruity. Thin body. Minimal hops. Not offensive in any way, but certainly nothing to get excited about unless you live in WI.

Bottle from one of the thousands of places in WI that carry this as a staple. Nice distribution plan, Dan! Pours a hazy yellow without a head. Aroma is very minimal; some sweetness and a bit of fruitiness. Taste brings a mild sweetness and a chalky light fruit. Finishes quickly without much notice.

This is a good beer in Wisconsin. I like New Glarus, but the paper bottles bother me for some odd reason. I like the beer and it is light enough to drink all night.

Aroma of grass, apple, pear; very much like a clean lager. Appearance is slightly cloudy pale gold with foamy white head. Flavor starts with a little sweet corn and grass; the fruit presence is light. The finish is very slightly toasty with a little alcohol. Palate is creamy and cooling. Not bad, really, and I’m sure NG is thinking about this as a BMC gateway beer, but for the enthusiast, it doesn’t offer much more than refreshment.

I like this beer. I think that every thing that comes out of New Glarus Brewery is of high quality. Ware I live (River Falls WI) you can’t go into a single bar or store and not find it. Every one can’t be wrong.

This is very chewy, lots of glden wheat, sweet. Corn, very fizzy, thick, but clean and clear enough to drink by the pitcher.