New Glarus Unplugged Berliner Weiss

Formerly brewed at New Glarus Brewing Company
Style: Berliner Weisse
New Glarus, Wisconsin USA

Bottle shared by shigadeyo. Poured clear amber color with an average frothy white head that mostly lasted with good lacing. Moderate wheat sour fruit aroma. Medium body with a thin texture and flat carbonation. Medium sweet & sour flavor with a medium sour & sweet finish of moderate duration. Interesting, not my style.

Bottle pours a hazy straw color with a tall vanilla head and good lacing. Aroma of tart grapes and fresh lemons. Light bodied with an effervescent carbonation. Taste is sour and tart, mostly lemon but with hints of white grapes and green apple. Subtle wheat and dry white wine hints add a nice complexity. Very well done and highly drinkable, this neglected style is one of my favorites.

Bottle. Pours a pale yellow color, with large carbonation bubbles emanating up from the bottom. Almost no head to speak of. Flavor is light and tart, has a lot of champagne qualities and some fruity undertones. Some notes of wheat as well. Very lively on the palate, reminds me a bit of grape flavored fizzy candy. Granted, I’ll probably only get to drink the bottles that I bought, but from the first bottle to the last it has grown a bit on me. It’s a nice little refresher.

12oz bottle. Hazy golden-yellow color. Farmhouse lemony citrus aroma. Big tartness hits you hard and sticks with you. Some solid wheat characteristics is there as well. Very well carbonated for the style, fizzy and effervescent. The grapes add to the fruity taste. This is really sour stuff, maybe not as refined as some Belgian classics, but a great beer nonetheless. A must try for sour-freaks.

Bottle poured a hazy gold with a small lingering ivory head. Aromas of mint, sour apple and light straw. Palate was light bodied and crisp with a tart finish. Flavors of sour apple, lemon, light mint, light straw and light grape with a crisp lingering tart finish.

12oz bottle. Pale yellow/gold pour with a fluffy white head. Slightly spicy aroma, nice malt profile. Dry, sour flavor, spicy as well. Pretty good beer.

Bottles courtesy of Elric73 and iowaherkeye. Pours a very light and slightly hazy yellow with hints of orange underneath a fluffy white head that dissipates to a ring quickly and leaves very little lacing. The aroma has a lemony citrus lean to it with some toasted grains in the background. There is a bit of sour to it though not much. The flavor has a much bigger sour component than the aroma would suggest. There is a very tart lemon zest kick up front which gives way to a wheat presence not present in the nose. The finish brings the sour back to pucker the lips a bit. The mouthfeel is crisp, clean and very dry. The aftertaste reminds me a lot of a white wine. I’ve had very little experience with this style and was not expecting the tartness to this extent. it was good, but not one I’ll go back to often.

++++ Re Rate 26 October 2009 ++++
12 oz bottle, courtesy of my friend Karl. Pour is hazed yellow with a frothy and full three inch white head. Visible carbonation bubbles are very active. Head falls with thick lacing. Aroma of tart citrus lemons, soft earthiness and a rounded sourness. Nice soft nose. Taste is sour lemons right away, with it rounding into tartness than soft sweetness. Nice citric wheat thing going on behind that. Nice bright sourness - puckers the mouth without being overwhleming. Palate is thin to medium, active carbonation, really drinkable stuff. Glad you don’t like this one Karl, because I sure do. (7,4,8,4,15 - 3.8)

++++ Original Rating 19 November 2008 ++++
12 oz bottle courtesy of tjthresh. Bottle stamped 1588 08:34. Pour is hazed yellow white with a three inch pure white head that falls quickly. Aroma of tart citrus wheat and lemon sourness. Earth and natural nose. Taste is the lemon tart sweet citrus and earthy citric wheatiness of the nose. The earthiness has some wet dirt to it as well, which detracts from the overall experience. Palate is medium, crisp, with some pleasant bitterness to the clean finish. Overall, really drinkable beer. Thanks for giving me this one, Tom, I had been dying to try it! (7,4,7,4,15 - 3.7)