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New Glarus Alt

Percentile
90
overall

bottled
common

on tap
unknown

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RatingsAverageScoreSeasonalABVStyle PctlServe in
1263.58/5.03.54/5.0Autumn-95.7Kölsch/Altbier
Commercial Description:
Saluting our continued survival on this planet we decided to go all out with New Glarus Alt. This is a bold and racy toffee laced departure from the typical Dusseldorf style. Enjoy now or if you are the investment type lay it down. At twenty degrees Plato this might be more accurately termed a Triple Alt. The brilliant bronze body was cultivated in a three hour kettle boilof Caramel malts and Raw Turbinado Sugar. Aged on oak in open top fermenters followed by a second round of bottle conditioning. A firm head of foam sweeps brisk hop notes of Syrian Golding and German Hallertau to your nose. A defiant anomaly tenacious and independent this is a flavor experience to relish.
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 CanIHave4Beers (908), Des Moines, Iowa, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/104/517/20
Feb 28, 2009  
Pours a sort of bronze color with a nice thick fluffy white head. Aroma is largely sweet sort of candy like with some very mild hops. Flavor is very nicely dry some good alcohol notes play well with some apple, caramel and roasty notes. The hops are fairly muted but certainly provide a small bitter spiciness that while subtle is very good. Not at all what I expected but certainly very nice.


 lithy (1750), Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/513/20
Feb 23, 2009  
Bottle thanks to loubrew at BA. Clear orange-red color with a large soft white foam. Aroma is very floral, some understated sweet malts, toasted malt, oak and alcohol. Taste is more sweetness, oak, an herbal or floral type hoppiness, and light compared to many Alts.


 adrian910ss (1432), philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/103/515/20
Feb 20, 2009  
Pours a cloudy orange caramel with a medium oft white head. Sweet aroma of cotton candy, candied malts, light floral hops and light toffee. Taste of candied malts, cotton candy, toffee with a hint of caramel. Interesting brew.


 kmeves (1080), Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/515/20
Feb 19, 2009  
Pours a clear deep copper amber with a tight bubbled frothy white head and light lacing. The aroma is medium sweet with toasted munich malts and light noble hoppiness. Flavor is nicely sweet and is very well-balanced with the bittering hop addtions used. Nice noble hop flavor as well. Medium bodied, very crisp and clean texture. Finishes lightly sweet and again fairly crisp. Another great beer from New Glarus.


 drewbeerme (2299), Chicago, Illinois, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Feb 18, 2009  
12oz bottle. pours orangeish red with white head. nose has notes of sweet toffee malts, wood, and floral hops. the taste is rather sweet, caramel mostly, just a bit toasty with some citrus with an oaky finish. med body, a really solid traditional alt but just left a little too much residual sugar for my tastes.


 dwyerpg (2545), Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/104/518/20
Feb 18, 2009  
This is nice. A woody aroma. This is fairly smoky. No real old flavor, but some smoke smoke and a nice finish to this.


 JK (2961), Richfield, Minnesota, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/104/516/20
Feb 15, 2009  
Orange color. Malt aroma with malt flavor. True to style, good palate and drinkable.


Chalice (8), Oneida, Wisconsin, USA
does not count click to see why this rating of New Glarus Alt does not count
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/57/104/511/20
Feb 14, 2009  
An unusual taste, very sweet, nice head on the pour, lots of caramel, not much in the way of hops



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