New Glarus Unplugged Berliner Weiss

courtesy of msubulldog25, thanks for the extra. Pours hazy golden, white head. Aroma has a nice champagne yeast nose, light tartness, some grain; wheat and fruits. Flavor surprised me. I think the whole Unplugged serie has this unique cachet of adding extra tartness to the beer with hints of barrel. Citrus palate, yeasty, champagne like yeast, with an enjoyable bitter sweetness, fruity notes; peach.

12oz bottle served in a shaker. Hazy light golden pour with a thin head of off-white foam that quickly settled into a lasting film. Minimal lacing. The aroma included wheat, bready yeast, sweet citrus, and some lemony sourness. The flavor had an upfront, crisp tartness. Lemon zest, crackery pale malt, and wheat. Not overly sour, but very quenching and refreshing. Light-bodied with moderate carbonation. Light and simple. A good drink for a hot day.

From a 12oz. bottle in a Trappist glass at 45°. Color is a hazy yellow with light carbonation and a thin head. Aroma is a sweet yeasty scent. Taste is sweet and tart. Starting with a light body it goes down easy with a sour twang on the end. Finish has a mild fruit sweetness then a big sour tart feel jumps in. After taste is dry as the tart hangs on. This is a great brew, can’t think of anything like it but I like it.

Thanks to noncaloric for this awesome bonus beer. For a berliner weiss, this one is pretty darn good. Pours hazy yellow with a bone white head. Nose is prickly grapefruit, vinegar, and typical berliner weiss tartness. Mild flavor with palate-cleansing vinegary citrus. Lingers with same prickly extremely tart citrus, like most berliners. Excellent for the style and a good, sessionable starter beer. In a world of limited tasty, low-alcohol beers this one is a definite winner.

Bottle. Pours a light golden with an almost orange haze. A tiny bit of head, nothing in the aroma really grabs me. This is very tart! Reminds me of grapes and apples. Tastes incredibly fresh and dry. This beer is great because it breaks the boundaries of what American beers are. New Glarus has done it again. It’s not my favorite beer in the world, not by a long shot, but I intensely respect what they’re doing here!

bottle poured a very light golden color with plenty of visible carbonation and a thin covering of white head. aroma has grains, pilsner yeast, dry sweetness, wheat, apples, and some very faint citrus. this does have some comparisons to champagne. flavor gets a little bit acidic, dry sourness, wheat, fermented apples, and grass. I can dig the sour side of this one but it is all the beer really has to offer.

Pours completely hazed pale yellow/gold with a short-lived white head and the aroma of Sun-drop™, Lemon-drop™, and wax. Sourness in this beer is approximately a seven and three-fourths out of ten. I like sour beers but this is semi-unpleasent. The body is nice, but the finish is slightly plastic tasting with Lemon-Ade™.

Pours a fizzy, lasting ring of off-white head with a hazy, straw colored body. Aromas of earth, mint, zest, dough, and corn. Flavor is zest, grass, little horse sweat, sour. Dry finish.