New Glarus Wisconsin Belgian Red

Brewed by New Glarus Brewing Company
Style: Fruit Beer
New Glarus, Wisconsin USA

What a great beer to drink as my first official RB beer. It pours a cloudy ruby red with a small off white head. The heavenly aroma of sweet-tart cherries and a touch of vanilla draw me into the glass. The flavor is very well balanced. Mildly sweet with just the right amount of tartness and a smooth finish. No artificial cherry taste here. Overall a fantastic beer.

Wow...how do you describe perfection? This pours a cloudy red-brown. Maybe a 1 finger head. Aroma is all cherries. Take a taste and you are attacked by pure cherry bliss.

The beer pours a ruby red, almost maroon, with a small white head. The aroma is almost all tart cherries, with a bit of malt. The taste is so perfectly balanced: tart and sweet. Smooth, delicious, dry, easy drinking. I don’t normally like fruit beers, but this is excellent.

Bottle shared generously by footbalm at the great Utah tasting. Three RB guys from Utah, what will happen next? The beer pours a dark red body with a small white head. The aroma was amazing; I am surrounded by ripe and tart cherries, wow. The taste was also dominated by the cherries, but done in such a great way. just the perfect balance between sour and sweet. There is also some vanilla and wood aspects. Just amazing; it’s smooth and so tasty, but not artificial at all, and very well balanced out, without being over the top at all. Amazing. Re-rate: had this again and it was just as good. Amazing finish.

Pours a rich, hazy raspberry red with a small off-white head. Aroma of cherries and strawberries. Tons of fresh fruit in the flavor; no artificial sweetness or cloyingness despite the massive cherry character. Very sweet and tarty, like an organic fruit rollup. It’s like drinking homemade cherry pie. I could drink this by the gallon. Absolutely amazing!

Bottle. Pours a slightly hazy reddish color with a small fast disappearing off-white head. Has a fruity and a little tart cherry aroma with almondy nutty hints. Smooth deep and slightly tart cherry flavor with lots of the flavor comming from the cherry pits, giving it a nice nutty flavor. Has a slightly sweetish malty cherry finish. with a long aftertaste of cherrry pits. A very nice one.

Aroma: Tart, crisp, and irresistibly appetizing, but rather one-dimensional. I smell cherries and that’s about it. Appearance: A warm, sumptuous burgundy-fuschia rouge. No head to speak of, but what an interesting color. Flavor: When my brother first told me about this beer, he said it tastes just like cherry pie, and man, he wasn’t kidding. Sweet, tart, very natural-tasting cherries, a touch of cinnamon spice, and some doughy notes, most likely from the wheat and roasted malts. Such a festive ale! I don’t usually like sweet beers, but this is just plain delicious. Not artificial or syrupy in the least. Finish is clean and sour. Palate: Sparkly and light, matches the tartness perfectly. Overall: Since it is so sweet, I don’t think I could handle more than a few glasses of this... but what a pleasure to savor slowly after dinner. I will definitely buy more when I return to Wisconsin for the holidays.

A cloudy, ruby red body foreshadows the explosion of cherries that is to come. A foamy, cream colored head is quickly fleeting, leaving virtually no lacing in its wake. The nose is a virtual cherry bomb, fresh, red, ripe and juicy. It smells intensely sweet, with just a touch of oak there to lend it some edge. The flavor is downright magnificent. The cherries seem so fresh and juice, its almost unbelievable. Surprisingly, the oaky vanilla asserts itself quite a bit, as does a somewhat lactic creaminess. Its almost unfathomable that this is actually a beer, as it drinks more like a cream soda blended with fresh cherry juice. Medium bodied and sweet, this one sports a fine but lively carbonation. This could definitely be an excellent gateway beer, as its appeal would certainly be broad. For what it is, this is excellent.