New Glarus Wisconsin Belgian Red

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

Pours red with a smallish white head. Smells of cherries and licorice with some farmlike hay qualities. Tastes of cherries, but not too tarte. Slightly sweet and sugary on the finish.

Bottle, 75cl. (thx to papsoe) Red, almost clear brew with a slightly artificial-feeling cherry nose, followed by almond and sugar. Marzipan, cherry and sugar in the flavor. Full, sticky mouthfeel. Astringent, citric finish with cherry. Too sweet, almondy and artificial-feeling. Unbalanced on the sweet side. Ok, so it’s a nice beer, but I can’t understand why it has so high ratings. (070510)

Deep brown beer, bright red highlights with a thin white head. Awesome sweet fruity aroma, bright cherry and cherry pit aroma. Toasty almondy character. Nice tart sour finish over the sweet cherry character. Mind-blowingly good.

soft glowing ruby hue. Smells like cherry pop tarts - a mixture of bread, sugar and fruit. Excellent aroma. Texture of a bold cola. This may have killed by palate at the GABF. Intense sweetness, and very flavorful.

Easily the most drinkable fruit beer that I’ve ever had. The aroma is a clean, fresh smell of montmorency and maraschino cherries... nothing artificial about it. The flavor is a smooth blending of dark cherries and tart cherries and it has a crisp, fruity finish. Too lengthy a description would be as phoney as most fruit beers. This is a straightforward and simple, excellent brew.

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Red brown color with a high tan head. Definately cherry and almond aromas. Cherries again in the flavor along with a malt texture. Slight iron and acid in the finish. A classic in this style.

Bottle@Home. Very fruity aroma, mainly cherry but also some black berries. But that’s it actually, nothing tart, wood or whatever to be found. Cloudy, deep red colour, beige head, good lace. Very fruity, lots of cherry again, little tart in the start but this just disappears leaving a sweet marzipan and light bitter drink. It’s tasty, but it’s more fruit juice than Belgian Red.

Light crimson ruby red color, very pretty. The head has a nice layer of head with lacing, very pretty. The aroma is bright and sweet with all the notes of a fresh cherry pie including making to the finished product. The light funky tartness comes through in the nose as well. The flavor is just so damn f’in good, it’s a blend of sweet, tart, fresh, fruit, sour all at the same time in perfect balance. Low vinous notes with more focus on sweetness and the massive cherry body. God damn this is delicious, I can’t get enough! Finishes very tart, almost like shock tarts, makes me sweat just like those do.<P>ReRate @ Oakes’ ’05 Xmas Party: Fucking tasty.