New Glarus Wisconsin Belgian Red

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

Bottle at MesandSim’s tasting Aug 09. Thanks to HogTownHarry and Mes for this and to Ruth for allowing us to open this. Clear deep red, lasting beige head. Aroma of red fruits and toast. Some raspberry jam. Cherry and raspberries, slightly sweet like cherry juice. Some good cutting acidity on finish. It is very good. Very cherry-ish. Bit of toffee sweetness. Like cherry toffees. Good? Better than some krieks from Belgium? Not quite. Different and good though. Glace cherry flavours.

from the pitcher at GABF on 9/26/09... pours a light clear red with an off white head... huge sweet cherry notes on the nose... very delightful and a joy to smell... very sweet throughout the mouth... a bit too much for me. The cherries dominate with some other sweet fruit notes... somewhat tart finish.

Sampled both Thursday and Friday at 2009 GABF. Pink-red in color, and cloudy. Aroma is strawberries, soft brett, and white sugar. Flavor starts and finishes very sweet: cherry cough syrup, heavy cream, artificial strawberries. Faint tartness in finish, but not enough to balance sweetness. Body is oily and medium creamy, doesn’t work too well with all those sweet flavors unless you consume this is dessert. Disappointingly one-sided sweetness.

Pours bright red with a lasting pink head. Smells and tatstes like smooth cherry cola and fruit punch with a slightly tart finish for balance. Moderate carbonation with a clean palate and a lingering sour/sweet finish. Should have bought more.

GABF ’09. Beautiful red color with a bright pink head. Aroma is very fresh with essence of cherries, light malt, very soft fermentation characteristics, and a touch of woody earthiness. The flavor conveys an amazingly broad spectrum of cherry characteristics--sweet fruit, acidity, tannins, dark fruit complexity, cherry pit bitterness, and flavorful tartness. This tartness seems to come from the sour cherries themselves rather than any secondary fermentation. This is truly a FRUIT beer. The body is light and nimble, delivering both the delicate nuances of the cherries at the same time as their more powerful overtones. This really is a fantastic beer.

Amazing flavor. Not as tart as the raspberry beer but great in the same capacity. Aroma of crushed cherries mixed with a little sugar. Sweet on the front side with just the right amount of tartness on the back end. Well work the trip to Wisconsin to get this stuff.

Bottle from MrPickles
Wow, now this is a fruit beer. The aroma kicks ass. I’ve never smelled that type of completely pure fruity aroma from a beer. It’s all cherries from the minute you open the bottle. It really smells more like a jar of fresh cherries than a beer. The flavor is excellent. I love the balance of the sweet fruity cherry flavors followed by a moderately tart finish. Not as tart as the Raspberry Tart, but just enough make this a really interesting and enjoyable beer. It barely even tastes like beer honestly. Definitely unique and intriguing. I’m really glad I got to try this one.

Bottle from Tim. Thanks. Hazy brownish red with a slight fizzy white head. Huge cherry aroma with some vanilla and caramel notes. Taste is cherry, cherry, and more cherry with slightly vanilla and oak finish. It’s an interesting beer; I think my wife liked it more than I did.