New Glarus Unplugged Cherry Stout

Formerly brewed at New Glarus Brewing Company
Style: Fruit Beer
New Glarus, Wisconsin USA

Bottle from iowaherkeye (thanks!). Pours a muddy brown colorwith a little off-white head. The aroma was all sour cherries baby, with a little oak spritzed in there. While a beautiful thing to smell, I couldn’t really detect any stout characteristics. The taste was the same thing, tons of sour cherries explode on the tongue along with some buttery oakiness. The only time I could really detect the stout was in the finish, which was slightly roasty along with those cherries of course. While incredibly tasty, I was disappointed that the stout characteristics weren’t there, hence the lower overall score.

Review from 2005: Just recently released by New Glarus, newest of the Unplugged series. Beer pours a dark ruby brown in color with about an inch of off-white head leaving spotty lacing. Sour cherry pie in the aroma with hints of chocolate hidden beneath as well as some barnyard smells. Taste starts out with tart cherries, with chocolate and oak flavors in the middle, and then cherries again, it feels like it’s constantly changing while on your palate. Each drink keeps you guessing wondering if it will do something else. Medium body with pretty low carbonation. Get some before it’s gone.

Bottle from bucky beer. Light brown/amber color. Aroma like belgian red. The taste was of belgian red and light chocolatey notes.

Date: 11/02/2007
Mode: Bottle
Source: Trade

black, fine tan head, streaks of drippy lace, rich sweet cherry aroma with lots of rich chocolate, creamy body, rich chocolate and cherry flavor, nice sweetness is balanced by a light cherry tartness, the tart cherry flavor grows as it warms with the rich chocolate providing a great background,

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 8/10; Flavor: 8/10; Palate: 8/10; Overall: 18/20
Rating: 4.1/5.0
Drinkability: 10/10
Score: ***+/4

chocolate and cherries explode into the nose as the quickly dissapating head fades away. looked a little thin in the body department during the pour...a dark brown with a soapy ring around the inside rim of the glass. very tart, sour cherry flavor fading out to a milk chocolate aftertaste...light bodied for a stout, but the flavor would have been too much if it were heavier. a very pleasant combination.

Bottle at Sune’s - Thanks again. Clear red/brown - white edges. High cherry, light balsamic, light wood-glue, woody, sweetness, sweet brown sugar feeling & taste on the lips. Not much stout taste sensation - it reminds a lot of the Enigma !!

Murky brownish dark red color on the pour with minmal head. Nose is heavy on the cherry with some chocolate malt tones as well. Flavor is similar but the cherry carries a slight sourness that doesnt blend exactly how I would have expected it to with the stout portion of the beer. Cherry and chocolate =good. tart cherry and chocolate= not so good. Not that the beers horrible, just a little off.

Courtesy boboski. Darkest ruby, small off white top. Gorgeous pour. Aroma of Luden’s cough drops, balsamic vinegar, and lightly spiced cherry cobbler or pie. Same cherries dominate the flavor, lightly roasted malt, chocolate, pie crust, tartness. Finishes tart. Smooth, medium body. Excellent cherry brew.