New Glarus Wisconsin Belgian Red

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

oh, I likey... poured into tall champagne glass, yum, cloudy red pour, with bubbly white head, sweet on the front, and all out fruity. good.

Pours dark amber with a mild, fluffy head. Aroma of cherries and spice. Perfect mouth feel with a strong, spicy, cherry flavor. The carbonation really sets off the whole thing making this a wonderful beer!

All I got was a small samle of this because the bottle was knocked off the table and spilled. What little I had was great, but I reserve the right to re-rate when I get another.

I just bought another case of this. I can’t think of another beer I buy by the case. I could drink one of these every day for the rest of my life and never tire of it. It’s not my favorite, but it always brightens my day and never ceases to amaze. The pour is very hazy, luminous reds and browns swirling around each other. A small off-white head with pink tinted splotches forms and dissipates quickly. The glow of such a deep, murky color scheme is astounding. The aroma is very sweet and very peircing. Notes of fresh cherries, pie crust, light spices and not a hint of alcohol. Anything in the aroma that is not a scent directly related to fresh cherries probably comprises less than five percent of the total. This is also the absolute, definitive benchmark example of fruit extraction into aroma without creating even a hint of a medicinal character...it just smells like ripe fruit, freshly picked. The flavor is also highly sweet, with small intermittent hints of acidity. No medicinal qualities found here either, even though it is incredibly sweet and has no noticeable backing bitterness. Tartness is moderate and steady throughout. The finish is sublime; very sweet, cherry pie notes lingering on until the next sip, or a sip of something else comes along. The mouthfeel is lightly carbonated, which in this case is welcome as it helps to further accentuate the lovely fruit composite. Medium to medium-heavy in body, very smooth and rigid in its structure. Truly breathtaking.

Bottled
Hazy murky red color, small off-white head. Intensive fresh cherry aroma. Lactose and sweet cherry in the flavor. Sweet, sugary, good be more sour. Some peppery notes in the aftertaste. I was expecting more and therefore I am wondering how this is in Top50.

RBSG07. Pours red. Aroma is red with a light brown head. Aroma is cherry fruity. Flavour is sweet and sour fruity at once. Very nice finish of sweet- and bitterness. Candy!

(Bottled, 0.75l) Muddy reddish amber with hardly any head. Surprisingly mild aroma with cherries, strawberry and wheat. A delicious, pretty sweet, but quite natural flavor with very little tartness, but quite high acidity in the finish. Medium-bodied, sticky palate with low, smooth carbonation. A nice and quite balanced, but pretty sticky-sweet brew.

This beer pours brownish red and offers nice deep notes of cherry. The taste of cherry is deep and give an almost pie flavor as the yeast rides perfectly with the cherry flavor. WOW!