New Glarus Wisconsin Belgian Red

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

Serve in Flute, Shaker

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A-- Poured a lighter shade of black cherry. thought it was a brown ale at first. Very clear and very little head, what head was there was white at at best film only. S-- Cherry soda. Plain and simple. Great nose. Cherries and brown sugar. Ripe and fresh. Very tart nose with this. Has my mouth watering already. T-- Black cherry, cherry jam, candied cherry. More cherry than you can throw a stick at. Highly carbonated and closer to soda than beer. M-- Literally like drinking cherry pie. Get brown sugar, bread, cherries (duh) and a lot of tartness in the finish. Oak is there but reserved and soft. helps contrast the cherries and adds dimension to this. A whole lot of acid with this. high carbonation and light feel. Very nice. O-- Reminds me of the Thorogoods Apple beers but with the ABV toned down, drinkability higher, and obviously being cherry. Closer to sparkling apple cider in the fruitiness of this and the drinkability of it. Stunning beer for summer.

Sample from a bottle at Natifest. Little off-white head. Good lace. Awesome, unique cherry belgian nose, very nice fruity sweet aroma. Light crisp carbonation, dry texture. Good tart taste. Awesome

Bottle to taster at Natifest (thanks Nate). Looks good; opaque and reddish with bubbly white lacing. Smells good too; sweet and fruity. Tastes solid; sweet and tart like cherries, with an average mouthfeel. Pretty good.

Medium cherry amber color, 1" head that slowly drops away, strips of lace. Like the best krieks, starts with straw and malt, followed by real tart/sweet cherry taste to burst in quickly and smoothly. This continues blissfully through the finish. Surprising taste for 4%, and somehow delivers the fruit without cloying. Highly recommended.

750mL red wax-dipped bottle c/o Summer Secret Santa 2012. Huge, huge thanks for this one! Pours hazy, cloudy dark ruby red and crimson, with gradations of orange layered throughout. The 2-finger head is ever-so-slightly pink-tinged. The aroma is overwhelming fresh cherries, noticeable as soon as the cap pops off; mashed, pureed, tart, sweet, sugar-dusted cherries, with lightly tart cherry skins as well. The flavor is sweet and sugary fresh cherry and cherry pie filling. This trends toward tart cherry juice and cherry-infused vinegar, with a slight bitter finish laded with cherry stones and skins; prickly, and tart. Medium-bodied, high carbonation, tart, and really smooth. This is a really nice beer, and the best of the style I’ve ever had. Sweet and fruity, but never cloying; my wife loved this. Thanks santa! [1099]

Red pour, virtually no head. little carbonation. Tart cherry in the aroma. Thake the best cherry pie you’ve ever had and put it in a glass. Tart cherry, yeast, slight funk. Fantastic. Easily the best fruit beer I’ve had.

Pours with little carbonation, great sour cherry nose and flavour. Good tart finish that lasts

Pours a dark cherrywood color with an off white, bubbly head. Taste is dead on, exceptional, pulpy cherry flavor without the aftertaste of a cough syrupy mess. Full and hearty sweetness, slight sourness, makes this first-rate. My girlfriends who don’t like beer would like this beer. I’d pair it with a bread pudding amongst a drizzling of dried cranberries.

Pours a nice ruby red with an off white head. Aroma and taste is sweet and cherry, kind of like cherry pie. Medium carbonation and just flat out wonderful. Need more of this great stuff.

Pours a ruby red with a slightly orange head. Sweet cherry aroma. Taste is sweet, almost medicinal cherry, combined against undertones malt. Dry, very slightly tart finish. Not really my style, but a great fruit beer