New Glarus Apple Ale

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

Bottle.

Clear gold like apple juice, big juicy apple aroma, flavor of apple juice all of the way through, not so much beer character behind it. Prickly, astringent mouthfeel makes it somewhat less refreshing than it otherwise could be; on the other hand, props for the <4% abv. Quite drinkable if rather straightfoward and rather concealing of its beer origins.

RBSG09 bottle at the grand tasting. Pours golden orange with a frothy white head. Big bruised apple aroma with sweet dough. Smells like fresh apple pie. Huge ice cider apple barrage, really robust fresh pressed apples. Almost tastes more like apples than apples do. Pretty delicious.

New Glarus does an awesome job with fruit beers and this is no exception. Pour is a nice golden pour with a frothy white head but no lacing. Aroma is...apple...duh...but not heavy, more of a light apple white wine. Flavor is sweet but only slightly so thats nice. Palate does wonders for this beer as its fizzy and thin. Typically wouldn’t like that but is perfect in this beer. Overall this was just fantastic.

Pours pale straw color with a thin white head. Smells of grannie smith blow pops. Tastes like apple juice. I was expecting much better given how great their other fruit beers are.

Pours out like clear apple juice with only a small white ring, no head. The nose is smells like freshed-pressed apples, and thats really it. The flavour tastes equally fresh with mild barnyard funk and floral hops. The texture is slick, lightly carbonated and sugary sweet in the finish. Basically, its like a super tasty cider. I could hardly tell that this was based on a brown ale.

12oz bottle, Unplugged label. Clear amber orange with a two finger yellowish white head, fair retention. Sweet apple juice up front with some toasted malts and light spice. The flavor continues with the sweet and lightly tangy apple juice quality with some toast keeping things from getting too sweet. Bitterness in the toasty finish was minimal. Light prickly carbonation with a light body. Very good, easy drinking fruit beer that would drink pretty good in the summer.

Bottle - Pours amber with almost no head. Smells just like sweet apple juice with a little bit of maltiness and a really subtle cinnamon. There’s a little more sourness in the taste, with a pretty dry finish. There’s a little bitter apple peel flavor right at the end. The carbonation bites a bit too much and it’s a little syrupy, but I like this one. I can see this as a dessert beer after a good meal or maybe even warmed a la Quelque Chose.

12oz bottle, 2008 edition, via trade at DLD ’09. pours a clean, clear straw gold with a thin, bubbly white head and minimal lacing. aroma is, well, apples. fresh, crisp, slightly sweet pink lady apples with hints of cinnamon, pie crust, and mild earthy notes. flavor is quite good and what do ya know, apples! flavors has a more tart, granny smith element with subtle hints of grain, rye, and spice. palate is crisp and refreshing with low alcohol making this a great summer brew.