New Glarus Wisconsin Belgian Red

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

Bright red-brown body. Creamy white head. Frothy. Silky body. Nose of cranberries, cherries, spice flavor. Warm and complex. Nicely balanced. This is the beer that tasted like Thanksgiving.

Bottle purchased in Milwaukee. Broke this out for my 40th birthday. Cherries--it overwhelmingly smells of fresh cherries, in a tart cherry pie. Pours a deep red with no head. Very light carbonation, medium bodied. Beautiful tart cherry flavor. No added sweeteners. Very clean finish. After tasting, we added a scoop of French Vanilla ice cream for a marvelous treat. I couldn’t drink this all the time, but for special occasions, this is a truly great American take on the Belgian lambic style.

Bottle: Pours a clean slghtly hazy red with athin white head. Aroma of malt, cherries, tart and sweet. Flavor is lightly malty with some yeaty notes and of course sweet and tart cherries, moderate sourness. Very balanced and a perfect example of what a kriek should be.

My first "fruit beer", has a tart little snap to it. Definately interesting. Definately a good desert beer. Or one to have when your just kicking back and are a little thirsty.

Date: 10/21/1997
Mode: Bottle
Source: Burlingame Grocery, OR

cloudy red, frothy pink head, rich tart cherry aroma, rich cherry flavor, starts sweet, finishes tart,
-------- /> Date: 06/21/2007
Mode: draft
Source: silver creek brewpub
Score: 3.5 to 4.0

opaque dark red, fine pink head, streaks of lace, big sweet cherry aroma with a tart edge, big body, incredible rich cherry flavor, both the sweet and tart cherry character comes through,

Aroma: 8/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 8/10; Palate: 8/10; Overall: 16/20
Rating: 4/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: **4

Tasted in tribute to the great Michael Jackson who passed on today. He was one of my greatest heros. He rated New Glarus Belgian Red as one of the top ten beers in America in 2002: http://www.beerhunter.com/documents/19133-001726.h A great beer for a great man. Bottle from iowaherkeye in June 2007. Pours a deep cloudy red color with a hint of brown. No head, but finely carbonated with a microbubble splash eminating from the pour. Aroma is of a malted cherry cheesecake, and oak deceptively combining to allude to cinnamon. Aaah, a beer so pleasant in aroma in need not be consumed. No! It must be consumed. The taste is mild, lightly carbonated, and at the same time very flavorful. A masterfully brewed beer with high residual sweetness, so the taste of cherries is complete. Easy to drink. Perfect to pair with many foods. Aaahhh. Pleasure.

Poured a hazy red with a light pink head. The nose was of cherries and that’s about it. No yeast, no malt, no beer. Just cherry. The taste started with... you guessed it, Cherry! Sweet at the start, dry and tart at the finish. Despite it’s murkiness it really has a delicate feel on the tongue. Almost like sparkling wine. It does have a definite malt presence, but doesn’t have the sticky cloyingness that an American wheat beers have. It’s drinkablity depends on your tollerance for cherries. For me a 750 ml bottle treats me just fine.

Bottle courtesy of HogTownHarry. Ruby red color with huge cherry aroma. Medium bodied with medium to high carbonation. Huge cherry taste, almost doesnt feel like beer. Great fruit beer