New Glarus Hop Hearty Ale

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

12 oz. bottle. Aroma of sweet, oily hops. Apricot, cat urine, yellow plum, and some dirt scents. Barley-wine-like. Interesting smell. Pours a clear, effervescent, dull copper with a moderate to large amount of nearly white, fluffy head. Pretty good lacing. Soft, piney, fresh, herbal hops taste. Not much malt in the flavor. Little aftertaste. Soft, oily, and lively in the palate. Light body. Not much to it. Meh. Not very "Hearty."

12 oz. bottle (2008) in a snifter. Pours an amber brown/deep orange w/ lacey Emmental bone-white head. Spicy citrus hops and hop oils. Caramel, amla sourness and salt in flavor tapering off into a slightly musty flavor. Watery body, finishing fresh and crisp. Refreshing and solid, although I’ve had better IPAs.

Appearance: Pours an opaque amber with an offwhite, dense head. Aroma: Resinous piny hops (my guess is Cascade). Taste: Earthy, bitter hops. Some lemony goodness, light malt, and a firm, crisp hop finish. Mouthfeel: Full bodied, almost creamy, but not quite. Overall: An awesome, refreshing IPA. Very balanced, yet bold.

12oz bottle courtesy of sebletitje. Pours a generally clear dark amber, bronze color with a one finger foamy white head that settles quickly. Aroma is sweet and floral with notes of fresh flowers, citrus, pine, grapefruit, caramel, honey, some notes of toffee. Flavor is sweet and malty with a much diminished hop presence and stronger notes of caramel, honey, malt, spice, and some light floral hops notes. Generally light to medium body with a pleasing malty and lightly hoppy finish.

Bottle - Pours deep, clear amber with a massive creamy head. Aroma is a blast of citrusy floral hops, which come through nicely in the taste. The bitter hops really come through on the finish, which is a nice transition from the citrus. Sweet, caramel and toffee notes dance in the malty background. It’s a bit oily, but pleasantly so.

Bottle from noncaloric(again!!) pours a nice golden/orange color with a white head. Aroma is soapy, citrus and pine. Flavor is full of resin, grapefruit and some nice malts. Hoppy yes, but not overly bitter. Great beer.

My scribbled note says it had a bready aroma, bitter hops with little else. I don’t remember much more, which for me says that it was pretty unremarkable in a category that I really like.

Bottle, pours a burnt orange body with a yellowish cream head. Nice aroma of citrus grapefruit and floral hops along with caramel malts and a hint of pine. Flavor is somewhat muted compared to the aroma, as its balance is tipped more towards the malt end than I would expect in an IPA. I get flavors of lightly roasted caramel malts along with the light grapefruit and bitter flavor of the hops. Bitter finish of grapefruit and aspirin. Medium bodied and nicely carbonated, although somewhat watery near the finish.