New Glarus Unplugged Berliner Weiss

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

Name: Berliner Weiss
Date: August 22, 2008
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting
Appearance: opaque yellow, creamy white head, drippy lace
Aroma: light sweet wheat aroma, hint of tartness
Flavor: sweet wheat flavor with a nice balancing tartness, just a hint of bitterness

Aroma: 5/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 12/20
Rating: 2.9/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: *4

Date: May 23, 2009
Mode: Bottle
Source: Ticker Tasting
Appearance: hazy pale yellow, wispy white head, bits of lace
Aroma: light tart aroma with some background malty sweetness
Body: creamy body
Flavor: tart malt flavor, touch of wood, sweet malt is quickly offset with the lemony tartness, only a hint of bitterness, light floral
Overall: light and refreshing yet complex

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 13/20
Rating: 3.2/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **+/4

Sour from the start. Like drinking water from old pipes with some of those incredibly sour candies the kids eat today soaking in it. Either needed to be tarter, or less tart. Just kind of unappetising. I suppose this is supposed to be remminiscent of a really dry champagne, butI half expect to be sick.

Not my favorite style, pours a hazy pale straw with a thin white head. Kind of a tomato, vegital nose. The flavor is sweet on the front palate, but just fades away with very little else.

bottle by way way of iowaherkeye... pours a slightly hazy golden yellow color topped by a short lived soft white head. pale malty aroma with notes of light yeast, green apple tartness and musty minerals akin to a cement lined basement (i assume this is the wheat?). the flavor has a sourness that reminds me of a mix of pippin apples and sour green grapes... mixed with musty wheat, cooked and muted citrus skins, herbs/grassiness and minerals with a dry tart finish. there’s a bit of milk and milky phlegm in the throat during the aftertaste. medium body with a prickly carbonated mouth feel... refreshing when it’s cold. meh when warm....

Bottle at home thanks to Ughsmash for this one ...Pale yellow with light bubbles ... light lemon hop ... tart front and a little lemon ...little grape ...little sweetness... but this was a bit disapointing as its no where near sharp enough for what i expected.

In short: Sweet white grapes dominate in this very sour and very tart Berliner Weiss.
How: Bottle 12oz. Drank fresh, 2 months after the beer release. From jjpm74, thanks a million John, that was a kick-ass beer that I was dying to try
The look: Partly cloudy blonde-yellow body topped by a medium but short lived white head
In long: Nose is extra-ripe light-colored fruits (white grapes, bananas) and something that I’d consider barnyard in a cow-ish kind of way. Intriguing but not enthralling nose. Taste is surprising. This is a surprisingly intense little beer, almost a sipper. Dominated by some kind of extremely sour white grapes and lemony tartness. Some woody cedar/oak notes. The beer is not as wheaty/dry that I’m used to get from this style (although I haven’t had very many). More cookie malts than hey and with a little sweetness presence. No hops presence to speak of. I’ve had a lot of sour ales that weren’t as sour as this little dude. Take away the sweetness and this would be a classic. Sometimes I wish the German had won the war, more Berliner Weiss and less 13% Imperial-Whatever.

I always look forward to trying a new beer from New Glarus. Once again, I was not disappointed. pours a slightly hazed, pale golden yellow with a big soapy white head. even after a couple of minutes there was still a one finger head sitting atop Illini08’s prized Edelweiss glass. aroma is wheaty with some sour lemon and some grapes. flavor is more of the same with the sour lemon dominate. light, refreshing and very enjoyable.

Not bad, but not great. Has a sour metallic taste which I’m not sure is from transport or if its from brewing. Flavor is a sour, weiss flavor - with notes of bread, green apples and a light olive flavor in there somewhere (not strong at all - you really have to isolate it to find it.) Pours golden with white head.