New Glarus Raspberry Tart

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

bottle, from Brigadier (unsolicited) Thanks!!!! Wow, just fantastic aroma of raspberries hits you upon opening the bottle, then out pours an amazing colored liquid furthering the bouquet of raspberries,... tart but not sour, sweet but not sticky.. just fantastic, no downfall here, darn close to a perfect beer.

This is a winner. Not too cute or sweet. Wonderful natural taste. Does not taste like an additive was used. Refreshing from beginning to end. Only negative - one of these is enough.

This beer is fantastic. Split a bottle at a family gathering. Smells good, tastes even better. Incredibly heavy on the raspberries. My favorite raspberry beer. Incredibly sweet, but it is actually a little tart as well. Nicely done.

Pours a deep ruby color, light head, which is also pink. Three words can sum up this beer: raspberry, raspberry, raspberry. Definite tartness as well, slight acidity, no hop or malt flavor. Hard to think of this as a "beer", but delicious nonetheless.

Pours a beatiful ruby red color, with a craggy and rich head, that seemingly vanishes in a blink of an eye. Aroma is raspberry jam, fresh cherries, a slight almond note. perhaps even some vanilla and wood. Flavor is full on raspberry sweetness, tempered ever so nicely with a wonderful tart acidity. New Glarus never ceases to amaze me.

WOW! pours dark red,with a rasberry head,full fruit fillrd nose.sweet ciderlike tases sharp twang at the end,unbelievible beer.word do not do it justice!

25 oz. bottle, consumed on Thanksgiving (11-22-07). Raspberry fills the aroma, not to my surprise. Sugar candy as well. The aroma reminds me of the smell of fresh raspberries from my raspberry patch in the summer with powdered sugar sprinkled on top (Mmm… I’ll have to try that!). Also smells of sweet baked goods, like raspberry pie or raspberry Pop Tarts. There is a noticeable tanginess to the smell, but the sugary fruit sweetness is most pronounced. Very little traditional beer smell. Pours a ruby dark brown with a moderate amount of thin, short-lasting, pinkish gray/tan head. Appears at first to be opaque, but it is in fact clear. Sour and tangy flavors. It’s decidedly on the sour side for a fruit beer. Yes, it tastes of raspberries, but with the sweetness turned down low and the tartness cranked up to 11. In fact, it’s one of the more sour beers I’ve ever had. Rhubarb pie notes. The wheat malt taste is well-hidden but did emerge to a small degree after I got over the initial fruit-sour shock. Medium body. Lively in the palate. The tartness makes it tangy in the throat. Very cool palate sensations, but it is a tad too harsh to earn a perfect palate score. Raspberry Tart is a very different sort of beer. It’s quite enjoyable, but it’s hard for me to rate because it is so different. It smells so sweet and it tastes so sour. It’s not at all what I expected, especially in the flavors, but that doesn’t mean I didn’t like it.

Pours a hazy brownish red with a sparseish pink tan head. Very sweet raspberry. Not too sharp in terms of fruit. Extremely round in terms of caramel aspect to the malt. Even perhaps a bit of leather. A little salty. A little honey. Subtle carbonation, soft body. Not at all watery still. Big and sweet with huge fruit. A bit oaky and a bit dusty, slightly tannic. A little bit of a yogurty bite. Again, a little leathery. Not cloying, but still very sweet. A bit of honey and raspberry tartness in the finish. A lovely beer, reminds me of Redbach, but much better.