New Glarus Unplugged Enigma

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

Bottle shared by decaturstevo. Poured a dark amber with a thin off-white head. Aromas of vanilla, oak, and cherry. Nice flavor of honey, malts, and a cherry backing. Medium body, sweet beginning and a tart ending.

12oz bottle. Pours a deep amber with a small head that dissipates quickly. Aroma is caramelly and reminiscent of a barleywine, but is backed up by lots of black cherry tartness. Flavor is all over the place with presences of black cherry, apple, cinnamon, caramel and yeast. Not my favorite style, so a 3.2 is kind of a compliment.

decaturstevo’s 2008 Zapit Tasing Tasting. Sample from a bottle thanks to decaturstevo. Clear dark amber orange with a thin white head. Smoke aroma, vanilla, oak, light mouthfeel. Taste is cherries with more peat like smoke and a slight sour tart finish of vanilla and more oak.

I am not a sourhead! But if I was ever in the mood for a sour, this would be where i’d look. Clear amber with wispy head. Barnyard and semi-sweet cherry aroma. Sour cherry flavor. Tart sour finish.

Bottle with a big thanks to hopscotch. Pours a dark and cloudy ruby color with a initially large off-white head that goes down to a small bubbly one. The aroma is very nice; sour cherries and oak, very tart. The flavor is very complex and nice; initial flavors are sweet malty and typical brown ale flavors. Later the very powerful barrel/woody flavors kick in, lots of vanilla and oak. The sour cherries melt into the wood to produce a strong tartness and yet are very mellow. Additionally, there is a sweetness also, brown sugar and candies, which also mixes well with the cherries. Very nice. Well balanced and not too sour. Lots of vanilla and wood in the finish.

Big thanks to JCB for sharing -- what a treat! Muddy amber pour with small off-white head. Lots of tart cherries, some mild oak and vanilla, and dusty wood. Malty and sour. Quite nice.

Bottle thanks to thanks to zathrus13. Pours a muddy deep brown with a foamy off-white head that leaves a bit of lacing. Aroma is tart, but there is a sweetness, with vanilla, cherries, oak, brown sugar, cookie dough. Taste is not as sour as the nose would let on. Citrus, some fresh pineapple, cherries, lots and lots of vanilla, and maybe some maple syrup. Water like mouthfeel, light bubbles, and a decent amount of warming.

Bottle acquired via trade with iowaherkeye...thanks Joey!!! WOW!!! This was a fantastic beer...complex, sour, fruity, delicious!!! Murky river water with a small eggshell head...its appearance definitely its least redeeming quality. Aroma of oak, cherry, smoke, and vanilla. This is one commercial description that hits the nail on the head!!! The wild yeast is definitely present, but not overpowering...and some sweeter flavors prevail (dark fruit, sour apple, graham cracker, and brown sugar). Wonderful beer...thanks again Joey!!!