New Glarus Wisconsin Belgian Red

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

Bottle. Hazy dark red color with brownish head. Sour/sweet cherry aroma very strong. Sweet cherry, earthy, slightlytart, very nice. Medium bodied, slightly syrupy. Very much in the belgian tradition but so distinct at the same time. Once again, I like raspberry tart better.

bottle.....aroma: sweet, tart and a big burst of cherries coming through the nose....appearance: resembling apple juice only a little bit darker. a slight existence of head but really almost non noticeable....taste: sweet, sour tart cherries, sugary but not off-putting......excellent excellent fruit beer as others have attested to. i’m in total agreement.

I love this brew. Had a five year old and a new to compare. The sour really come out in the new one. The aged one mellowed quite a but but the body was amazing. Still sour but an oak malt sour not just from the cherries. Beautiful red color with some light bubbles for the new one but the aged version had darkened and now has more of an unfiltered look. Still delicious anytime.

Thanks to boboski for opening this brew. Pours a clear blood red with white head. Smells like sugar soaked sweet cherries simmering over the stove. Wow! Awesome aroma. Freshly picked perfectly ripe cherries. The flavor starts with hints of tartness and sour yeast that quickly get consumed by sweet and tart ripe cherries fresh from the cherry tree. It gets sweeter and sweeter and richer and richer before some sourness comes back into play. Great tasting brew. Wow! Thanks Jason.

750 ml bottle. .. Cloudy Red with light head. .. Fruity- big time cherries, sour - horsey /barnyard /brettanomyces aromas. .. Cherry pie flavors, tart and sour throughout. Amazing stuff. .. light body, medium carbonation. .. Incredible flavor combinations - Sour/fruity and quite wonderful.

750ml Bottle: Aroma of sour cherries. Poured reddish brown in color with a small tan head that diminished quickly. Very hazy. Flavor is medium to heavily sour. Tastes of sour cherries. Like a cherry soda. Very nice. Medium body. Slightly sticky texture. Average to lively carbonation. Sour cherry finish.

Bottle (thanks to Ofortuna). Sour milk, tart cherry aroma with light hint of barnyard. Cloudy red-orange-brown with small head. Sweet and sour cherry with a hint of mulling spices - similar to the sweet fruit lambics. Slightly dry acidic finish. A true work of art - phenomenal fruit beer.

Sample courtesy of a travelling fellow beer lover. This brew pours a lustrous brownish, purplish red with a medium thick and fizzy beige head that dissipates steadily. Small patches of lacing on the glass. Aroma of sweet cherries blended with other tart fruit, sweet spice, and wheat. Medium-bodied with a complex fruit character of fresh cherries and strawberries along with spices and malts. Light wheat and yeast undertones at times. The finish is richly fruity and tart and leaves a lingering cherry aftertaste. Quite simply the best Fruit beer I have had.