New Glarus Black Wheat

Brewed by New Glarus Brewing Company
Style: Dunkelweizen
New Glarus, Wisconsin USA

I’m surprized to see this listed as a dunkelweizen, because it really seems to be in a field of its own, one of those four grain ales with a style of its own. It pours a deep, dark brown, nearly black but not completely so. The head is a fizzy, bubbly chocolate color that retires into a halo state after a few minutes. It has a strong roasted aroma, malt, burnt chocolate, and some spiciness. It’s lively in the mouth, struggling to suds up as though it was carelessly poured into a glass. (I thought I was gonna dribble and, although aging, I’m not that old!) There’s a roasted grain flavor that approaches harshness until it’s smoothed out by the oats. Dark caramel (is there such a thing?) and bitter chocolate are there, too, along with some clove and pepper spicing. It finishes on a lightly sweet, caramel note with just a bit of stickiness. Good brew!

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Bottle thanks to my Secret Santa. Pour is a nice dark brown with a generous head that went away in good time. Aroma is very soft, marshmellows, malt, caramel, wood and earth. Flavor has a decent kick to it to combat the heafty malt notes. Really a great beer.

On tap at Benno’s. Cloudy dark brown with a thick but small head. Aroma of wheat, bananas, brown sugar and sweet malt. Flavor is dark roasted malt and spiced fruits with a bit of sweet malt coming through more as it warms. Finishes with a smooth bittersweet, roasted flavor. Wheat beers are not my favorite style but this one was enjoyable.

I smell a lot of alcohol for a 5.75% beer. A lot of malt and ample brown sugar and spice notes. Dark cloudy brown color with a pinky thick head. Smoky fore that proceeds a wallop of bannana flavor and finishes with more smokiness and some roasted malt notes. Very nice treatment of the style. Much more soft and round due to a complete lack of clove notes. In most wheat styles that would be a glaring omission. Here it works well.

Very dark, smells sweet, bananas, spice. What a great flavor this beer had! Excellent. I wish we could get this in Florida!

Thanks to JPDIPSO for sending this. Deep black pour with a medium light brown head. Very seductive aroma of black wheat, bananas and spices. Excellent flavor of bananas, spices and powdery black wheat with a mild bitter finish. The body is light to medium with a dry texture and lively carbonation. Excellent dunkelweizen, the style percentile is 100 and it deserves it, probably the best example of the style availble right now.

Thanks to both robertsreality and Lou18 for this beer.

Pours black with ruby highlites topped with a mocha colored semi-fizzy head. Sharp wheaty aroma, with touches of hops and spices... not as sweet as I thought it would be. Taste is nice and complex with a mild sweetness backing up flavors of banana, clove, and cinnamon. Coffee begins to come through towards the end and dominates the finish. The body is smooth, if not especially full. Very drinkable and a good tribute to German brewing.

Wow, just popped the cap on this one and the first whiff is a metallic banana smell. Pouring into a glass brings a dark to black pour with a minimal head. First taste has a chocolate and coffee bean flavoer, finished with a small banana taste. Great, awesome taste.