New Glarus R & D Golden Ale

Brewed by New Glarus Brewing Company
Style: Belgian Ale
New Glarus, Wisconsin USA

Slightly hazy orange golden with a small spritzy white head. Nose is bright with very noticeable brett character, also peach, pineapple, and hay. Flavor is pleasant and dry, but ends rather abruptly.

Traded 2009 bottle. Pretty cool, old school bottle. Pours brown/orange colur with a khaki head. Sticky, foamy head with bubbly lacing. Nice aroma of citrus hops and some pineapple with a faint hint of Brett and cherries. Flavour dominated by the hops and not much malt at all. Touch of metal in the quick, dry finish. Pretty true to form for the style and glad I got to try this.

Bottle thanks to brian23456 (BA)!
Bubbling gold with a large, frothy white head. Nose has noticeable marriage of hop and brett, edging on bandage with some light caramel and juicy mango notes tucked deep. Flavor comes watery and odd, very muted: fruit and brett still there, just everything washed out. At room temp it gets better with elements emerging, but consistency lacks and it picks up a detergent note. Full body, could use a little more carbonation. I’m a sucker for brett + hops so I enjoy this a lot, and this one shows nice balance, particularly with the fruity undercurrent.

500ml bottle from pantanap This pours a hazy golden with a white head. Floral nose, dry finish that’s slightly tart. I get almost some tangerine notes.

courtesy of markwise pours golden, white head aroma of brett, medicinal-chemical tart nose flavor, brett, some yeast, bitter citrus hops/pine, light pale malt finish. Not my fav NG beers.

Bottle courtesy of CanIHave4Beers. Many thanks, Andy! Pours hazy deep golden with orange tint and huge, lasting white gauzy head. Beautiful beer. Nose offers huge bubblegum, brett, and lemon oil -- intense at first, but ultimately shows more complexity: wood that even hints at some lambic-like notes. Taste is tart and lemony and quite floral. Mild tangerine and nectarine. Both prickly (nearly over-carbonated) and watery at once. Palate is only real drawback, but this is a fine beer.

Bottle thanks to MatSciGuy. Pour is hazy golden color with a frothy white head. Aroma shows notable dry-hopped aromas- very floral and lemony. Also a light maltiness, a touch of honey, light funky barnyard, and chamomile. The aroma is really nice and really crisp. Flavor is heavy dry hop, a nice bretty kick, and a floral/ citrus burst with a lingering floral hop and light cookie malt finish. Very crisp and very nice. I cloud drink a lot more of this.

Definite fruity tartness, old sweat laced bandaid , brett horseblanket,if your into Brett that old bandaid aroma is not that offensive, it might be if your not. Taste is thin fruity,a little sweet at first,but that old bandaid flavor comes to dominate the finish,and becomes somewhat unpleasant. If someone told me this was a junior homebrewers first attempt at a brett infused ale, I’d say not bad,but try again. How a decision was made to not only release this to the public,but also charge a premium price for it (9.00 bucks for a 500ml bottle) is puzzling. The label is intriguing,you think your getting something special, don’t understand at all those 4.0 ratings. No way,not the bottle I had