New Glarus Wisconsin Belgian Red

Ruby red with a small off-white head that settles into a ring of lacings. The aroma has lots of dominating sweet cherries. The cherry aromas are rather candy-like (guess that’s what happens when you put so much cherries in the brew). Hints of grass and something in the line of cookies. Not a complex smell, and not very interesting, but my god does it smell like cherries. The taste is way better than the smell. Sweet cherries up front (the cherries are still candy-like but not as much as in the smell). Notes of sweet malts. A gentle but noticeable tart note develops and is really welcome since it levels the sweetness nicely and really balances everything. Notes of cookies and earth. The finish is nicely dry and light with grassy notes and chemical cherries. Not very complex, but still with enough hints of other things than cherries to make it interesting and most importantly tasty. Somewhat sticky in the mouth with a nice dryness in the finish. Medium body. A good beer. The taste is better than the smell, thankfully. Impressive flavors considering the low ABV. I could really see this one working well as a dessert or coupled with dessert. But it’s too sweet to drink a lot of. Serving type: bottle (Copy of old Beer Advocate review)

BOTTLE: pink/red pour with a foamy, fluffy pink head. Cherry pie on the nose, taste is sweet/tart cherry, soft carbonation, somewhat creamy. Excellent stuff, don’t get me wrong, however I would say somewhat overrated (ie. I wouldn’t put it in the top-50 in the world).

26th June 2008. Intense and mouth watering inuducing beer. The cherry starts really sour but quickly calms down. Fantastic.

750ml bottle thanks to glouglou. POurs deep red with a medium head. Extensive lacing. Nose is BIG cherry pie. quite sweet. Very powerful and amazing aroma. Taste is big cherry pie. slightly tart. Finbish is great cherry pie. Some sweetness but not that much, A whole bottle would be quite a lot for me alone. This is a unique beer. Not so drinkable.

Bottle thanks to allendodd. Pours dark red with minimal head. Aroma is strong cherry/fruit with a bit of a candy sweetness. Flavor is all cherry, but complex as indicated by the label. Slight tartness, dry finish. Excellent beer.

Bottle. Pours crimson-purple with a very small off white head. Sweet cherry aroma with hints of vanilla and soft oak. Very fruity flavor, a pleasant sweet cherry that finishes with a subtle bitterness. Dry texture with soft carbonation. The phrase ’too much of a good thing’ comes to mind as I found this a little too sweet for my palate. Still very good though.

Bartered Bottle from Hophead22 . Poured a murky copper reddish color with smal head. Aroma was amazing with sweet tart cherries, cinnamon almost like a cherry pie or cherry sucker. Taste was very smooth and sweet with nice tartness. Dry finish with low carbonation. Overall really really good. This one shocked me. Thanks Tim.

Pours amber with an off-white head. Notes of cherry, sweet tarts, sour & sweet, lightly acidic candy. Full bodied, sweet and stikcy with lush carbonation.