New Glarus Unplugged Enigma

Formerly brewed at New Glarus Brewing Company
Style: Sour Ale
New Glarus, Wisconsin USA

Bottle: Pours what looks to be muddy water with no head. Aroma is rich with sweet and tart, just a bit of the oaky tones. Flavor is soft at first with a wet, sweet and tart feel. Then the pie cherries and with more intense tartness kicks in. Light woody notes and even a bit of vanilla. Thanks Footbalm for sending this treat.

Date: March 09, 2007
Mode: Bottle
Source: Trade
Appearance: muddy brown, wispy beige head, streaks of lace
Aroma: tart cherry and wood aroma with a hint of chocolate
Body: creamy body
Flavor: rich creamy and tart cherry flavor backed by some nice chocolate, good woody cherry pit character
Overall: the best New Glarus beer since the sour brown

Date: July 07, 2007
Mode: bottle
Source: roadtrip
Score: 4.3 to 4.5
Aroma: picking sweaty leather in the aroma along with the strong sour fruits
Flavor: incredible rich fruity tart cherry and green apple flavor, the chocolate has receeded into the background to allow the tart fruits to take center stage, the tartness is perfectly balanced with some sweetness from the rich malt backbone

Date: August 12, 2009
Mode: bottle
Source: cellar stock
beautiful balance between the sweet chocolate malts and tart fruits,

Aroma: 8/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 10/10; Palate: 9/10; Overall: 18/20
Rating: 4.5/5.0
Drinkability: 10/10
Score: ***4

Very obvious cherry smell. Sweet and sourness all over. excellent balance of sourness and normal flavor. tons of cherry. a flemish sour that is actually enjoyable to me.

bottle: pours a murky dark caramel brown with a small off white head. aroma is spice like nutmeg or cinnamon, tart cherry, caramel background with a hint of both smoke and vanilla. and just a wafting sourness. flavour is of tart pie cherries with spice and touches of vanilla and smokey oak. not alot of funky sourness but plenty of fruit sourness. it is like drinking my great grandmothers tart cherry pie

Sweet cherry and vanilla nose as it’s pouring from the 12 ounce bottle. can the nose be tart??? as I raise the glass to my face, the aroma is alarming my senses that something tart is about to happen!!! Beautiful dark orange color with a thin layer of white head, sheeting lace of tight, tight bubbles run the inside of the glass as i take my first big sip. Cherry, cherry, cherry, very similar cherry taste to that first moment of drinking their Belgian Red. Instead of getting the sugary sweet rush, as with their Belgian Red, the aftertaste is immediately dry and slightly salty/smokey. Great body, the definition of "medium" here. Cheery tartness teases the roof of mouth in the aftertaste that also hints of vanilla and some faint spiciness.

12 oz bottle wife got for me from Wi. Sweet cherry, wooden oak, spicey cinnimon. Cloudy murky brown body with ok head. Candy cherry flavor with some spice and sourness in the mix. Good blend and smooth on the palate withour a sourbomb or spicey lace of an aftertaste.

Poured brown with off white head. Aroma of cherries. A nice sour flavor with cherry hints. Very nice and smooth.

Pours a hazy amber with deep crimson and cream hues. A small off-white head is constant, light lacing left behind. The aroma is sweet and tart. Notes of dry wood, vanilla, sour cherries and grapes, caramel, grapefruit pith, brettanomyces and herbal hints. Alcohol is squarely present. The flavor is very tart and quite refreshing. Sweetness is medium-high, but reserved in comparison to the teeming acidity so readily apparent. Bitterness is mild and refreshing. Wood notes and soured fruits grow in potency with each sip. Finishes boldly acidic and sour, vanilla, caramel and brett lingering. The yeast profile throughout is ery light but quite organic and earthy; fits well. The mouthfeel is light-medium in body, with effervescent carbonation, prickly and fun. Very good, will no doubt continue to improve for a short while as carbonation further fines and brett grows more apparent.