New Glarus Unplugged Enigma

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

Thanks a lot to brewblackhole for sending me this, I wish I had more from the Unplugged series. Poured a murky red with a very thin earthy head. The aroma was a combination of tart/ripe cherry, sour, oak, and some spicy citrusy taste. The flavor was very similar, ripe/tart cherry, sour taste, a bit of a bite, earthy flavor, oak, and spice. The palate was very lively and carbonated with a crisp bite. The finish was sour and crisp.

The color was a murky amber. The head was thin and beige. The aroma was spicy and sweet. The flavor was a spicy, tart, fruity, and sour. The palate was smooth and carbonated. The finish was tart and fruity.

12 oz bottle. Murky purple brown with a small whitish head. Random lacing. Light cinnamon cherry. Soft, woody cherry at first with a subdued. tang. Gets earthy sour. Raspberry vinegrette and dandelion greens. Minty finish with pits. Sticky, medium body. Like a fruit saison more than a sour. Not as up front as the Red and the Tart. Unique stuff worthy of perusal.

Bottle thanks to ross. Pours out a hazy orangish brown with a loose of white head. Looks like fresh apple cider. Sour bretty aroma with a hint of cherry, some oak and peat and an earthy malt background. Lots of upfront sour cherry flavor and oak. Vanilla and and malts coming out as you swallow and a hint of brett sits on the back of the tongue. Solid medium body with a very soft carbonation.

(Bottle 35,5 cl) Pours a hazy, reddish amber with an off-white head. Sourish aroma with some bourbon. Medium body with sweet’n’sour notes of bourbon and vanilla. Sourish finish. Quite intriguing. Courtesy of JCapriotti - thank you Jason. 291206

Bottle. Clear orange red coloured with an off white head. Aroma of wood, fruits and vanilla. Light sweet flavour of wood, vanilla, fruits and red wine.

Pours a dark mahogany color with nice tan head. Aroma of sour fruits (cherries, grapes, apples) with hints of oak and spices. Tastes like dark fruits (prunes, plums, grapes) and oak in the mouth and finishes with the wonderful taste of tart cherries. New Glarus almost makes me want to move to Wisconsin.

Wildly weird beer...it pours a great rich brown with ruby highlights and a tan head. Aroma is slightly tart and acidic. The flavors are a wildly unpredictable amalgam of tart cherries, vanilla, oak, caramel, sour and tart dried mystery fruits, touches of charred wood and smoke, wild Belgian yeastiness, and some citrusy PNW-type hopping. This is a hell of a sour brown ale...no question about it. I look forward to enjoying these again. Just might be the all-around best Flemish sour for the uninitiated!