New Glarus Unplugged Belgian Quadruple

Courtesy fantomas23., thanks Adam. Pours a caramel orange color with a small, foamy cream colored head that quickly fades to a thin film. The aroma is interesting with sweet and sour components including tart cherries, caramel, candied sugar, bourbon, and oaky vanilla. There is a hint of the bretty funk in there as well. The flavor follows and is very sweet with the caramel and candy sugar playing big roles to balance out the tart fruit and brett. Oak and vanilla smooth things out and add depth and complexity to the flavor. The body is medium-full and a touch syrupy with good carbonation, but really smooth and easy to drink. Tart cherries and vanilla sweetness linger in the finish with a slight warming from the alcohol. A very interesting take on the style and one I really enjoyed with the slight sourness. Another great beer from New Glarus.

Bottle. Medium clean golden pour with a nice fluffy white head. Aroma of pepper, light fruit, and yeast. Sweet and fruity malt was dominant with strong yeasty esters blended well into the aroma. real good brew. Easy to drink.

Pours dark amber brown, caramel, bourbon, wood, vanilla, spice, little dark fruits, slighty yeasty.

From the bottle, courtesy of Secret Santa, pours an opaque orange with a nice foamy off-white head. Aroma is sweet and of alcohol and sugar, sweet molasses and a bit of orange/citrus. Taste is similar, sweet but with distictive alcohol, some citrus, some candi sugar, and a bit of citrus. Quite smooth and clean. Very good beer.

Thanks big time to eclectic for this bottle. Pours a fairly clear red-brown color with some orange tints, a small bubbly white head. A really nice aroma; initially I notice lots of Brett, some woody notes mix with the Brett to produce a pretty sour nose, some light fruits struggle through, sweet vanilla-oak notes also. The flavor is similarly excellent; initially funky and woody, lightly sour, some strong fruit flavors, much like cherries, a nice strong malt and yeast also. A good bit of alcohol, which fits in nicely. Overall, quite nice and I’d love to try one again in a few years.

Pours deep amber brown with a thin off white head. Nose and flavor are Toffee and caramel. Not too complex.

Bottle from a trade. Dark orange pour with very little head. Aroma is very ripe fruit, sugar, vanilla, molasses. Flavor is the same, very sweet, even a light tart fruit. A light amount of vanilla and wood in the finish.

<b>In short: </b>An extra sweet Belgian-ish golden ale with interesting coniferous hops. Absolutely not a Quad (by trappist standards) but this is a drinkable Belgian-American bastard strong golden ale.
<b>How: </b>Bottle 12oz, sent to me by my man oakbluff. Thanks a lot Scott. Consumed soon after receiving it but bottle is probably 1 year of age or so.
<b>The look: </b>Cloudy dark orangy golden body topped by a very small beige head
<b>In long: </b>Nose is hard-candy sweetness and little wild twist (???like a saison yeast or something???). Taste is sugary sweet, very sweet, very very sweet. Candy sugar all over the place, peaches, green bananas(!?). Alcohol slightly apparent. Unexpected coniferous hops provide a very welcomed distraction. Description says this is inspired by Trappist brewers. If they mean that they drank way too many trappist beers one night and ended-up brewing something that was totally way off-style then I agree.