New Glarus Hop Hearty Ale

Brewed by New Glarus Brewing Company
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
New Glarus, Wisconsin USA

12 oz. bottle from Steve’s Liquor in Madison. Reddish-orange pour with a white head. Caramel sweet aroma with some grassy/floral hops. Subtle piney hop flavor with mild sweetness. Not very distinguishable from a pale ale. Good but not great.

Pours a nice amber color with a nice amount of white head. Has a malty hop smell to it. Leaves a nice lacing to the glass. Has a nice bitter taste with a bit of caramel in there as well. Bitterness isn’t over powering in this one at all.

real nice carmel tones in the nose, hiding in behind very sweet hops, poured a crystal clear light brown color, a little darker than alot of IPAs. wonderful balance for the style, the caramel hid behind the hops and citrus flavors, completmenting each other perfectly..even in the tail, there was never too much bitterness. for a style that i still have less than normal affection for, this was a very good beer.

Bottle. Pour is slightly cloudy deep copper with smallish white head. Aroma is pine hops and a lot of caramel malt. Hints of black pepper and earth as well. Flavor is much sweeter than expected. Malt dominates up front with the hops being less pronounced than expected. Some peppery and spicy flavors lingering as well. Just a little too sweet I think.

Poured froma bottle into a pint glass. The beer is burnt orange in color. The head is enormus. At least 2 inches. It slowy fades leaving a creamy beige cap that rest nicely on top of the beer like a little blanket holding in all the hop goodness. It smells oh so hoppy. Some caramel sweetness but piney citrus is very present. The taste is much like the aroma. Very piney. Sour citrus is a major flavor as well. The malt helps round out the flavor so it isn’t overtly hopped up. Medium body. With plenty of carbonation that helps it bite the tongue with every sip. This is a very drinkable hopped up ale. Yet another winner from NG.

12oz bottle. Pours amber with a medium off-white head. Aroma is of bitter, earthy hops, caramel, citrus, malt, and pine. Smells very earthy. Taste is of bitter, juicy citrus hops to start off. Has a strong caramel malt backbone to even out the hops. Lingering taste of citrus and pine. The whole beer comes of as very earthy. Mouthfeel is medium and sticky. Slight alcohol burn in the finish. Not too bitter, but has a good amount of hops to it. Very drinkable as well.

12 oz. bottle share. Poured to a hi-ball glass with orange/amber color, an off white, foamy head, and spotty but clingy lacing. The aroma was toasty malt, and some caramel malt and fruit sweetness. The flavor was the same, adding some low hop bitterness. More of a Pale Ale in the UK style or the bottle was showing some age. Still a flavorful brew.

I was expecting an IPA. Actually, a very traditional IPA, with a hearty balance of malt to the hop.