Spotted Cow | New Glarus Brewing Company
Brewed by:
New Glarus Brewing Company
Wisconsin, United States
newglarusbrewing.com
Style: American Cream Ale
Alcohol by volume (ABV): 4.80%
Availability: Year-round
Notes / Commercial Description:
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Added by BeerAdvocate on 02-02-2002
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Ratings: 3,758 | Reviews: 860
3.85/5 rDev +2.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
4.15/5 rDev +10.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
hazy golden colour, multisized bubbled head.
aroma is delicate balance of corn, bready malts and a touch of noble hops
taste is again corn, bready malts and spice from the hops.
body medium to thin with a prickly carbonation and a certain creaminess
High drinkability and corn sweetness and hop bitterness in a gentle balance with the breadiness connecting it. World class cream ale
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look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
hazy golden colour, multisized bubbled head.
aroma is delicate balance of corn, bready malts and a touch of noble hops
taste is again corn, bready malts and spice from the hops.
body medium to thin with a prickly carbonation and a certain creaminess
High drinkability and corn sweetness and hop bitterness in a gentle balance with the breadiness connecting it. World class cream ale
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3.85/5 rDev +2.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Good beer. Tastes kinda like a Belgian blonde. Really clean, fresh feel. Flavor is a little lacking...like you can taste the flavor, it's there, and what's there is good...there's just not enough of it. All in all though an enjoyable brew.
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look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Good beer. Tastes kinda like a Belgian blonde. Really clean, fresh feel. Flavor is a little lacking...like you can taste the flavor, it's there, and what's there is good...there's just not enough of it. All in all though an enjoyable brew.
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3.85/5 rDev +2.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.85/5 rDev +2.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Really solid all day kind of beer. Really enjoyed the overall balance and mellowness. Appealing if not remarkable in the glass, good mouthfeel and a warm finish.
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look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Really solid all day kind of beer. Really enjoyed the overall balance and mellowness. Appealing if not remarkable in the glass, good mouthfeel and a warm finish.
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4.07/5 rDev +8.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
3.68/5 rDev -1.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.75
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.75
3.75/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
4.22/5 rDev +12.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev +6.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Can. Have wanted to try this for years. The lore of this brand is alluring. The beer is really just an easy drinking, addicting brew. Could delete several of this and never think twice. Maybe was expecting a little more unique flavor character but I got no complaints. Would drink this a bunch if available.
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look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Can. Have wanted to try this for years. The lore of this brand is alluring. The beer is really just an easy drinking, addicting brew. Could delete several of this and never think twice. Maybe was expecting a little more unique flavor character but I got no complaints. Would drink this a bunch if available.
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4.49/5 rDev +19.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.75
GOAT
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look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.75
GOAT
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4.99/5 rDev +33.1%
look: 4.75 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
Spotted is a incredibly unique farmhouse ale, fairly light, however not watery, with a great but not overly strong fruity flavor. It is extremely drinkable, for example the kind of beer you can have on tap all night and not get sick of, where as even a great IPA becomes too acidic after a few. Truly underrated on this website.
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look: 4.75 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
Spotted is a incredibly unique farmhouse ale, fairly light, however not watery, with a great but not overly strong fruity flavor. It is extremely drinkable, for example the kind of beer you can have on tap all night and not get sick of, where as even a great IPA becomes too acidic after a few. Truly underrated on this website.
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3.93/5 rDev +4.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.75/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.73/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
This is a great crisp drinking beer. Slight twinge of nice adjunct flavor. Very well made beer for what it is.
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look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
This is a great crisp drinking beer. Slight twinge of nice adjunct flavor. Very well made beer for what it is.
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2.9/5 rDev -22.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
Honestly don’t see what all the hype is. Tastes like you if you’ve been drinking Coors Light all night then had a Corona and burped. The burp would taste like spotted cow.
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look: 4.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
Honestly don’t see what all the hype is. Tastes like you if you’ve been drinking Coors Light all night then had a Corona and burped. The burp would taste like spotted cow.
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3.5/5 rDev -6.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.9/5 rDev +4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
L: Pours a slightly clouded yellow orange with a large white creamy head that dissipated quickly and leaves thick sheets of lacing all around the glass.
S: Notes of wheat, grain, and maybe a little corn, slightly floral and piney hop. Pretty inviting for a cream ale.
T: Creamy wheat and grain, a slight bit of banana, slight hop presence, don't like the taste quite as much as the smell but still nice.
F: Creamy mouthfeel, but still light and easy to crush.
O: This is a really nice cream ale.
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look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
L: Pours a slightly clouded yellow orange with a large white creamy head that dissipated quickly and leaves thick sheets of lacing all around the glass.
S: Notes of wheat, grain, and maybe a little corn, slightly floral and piney hop. Pretty inviting for a cream ale.
T: Creamy wheat and grain, a slight bit of banana, slight hop presence, don't like the taste quite as much as the smell but still nice.
F: Creamy mouthfeel, but still light and easy to crush.
O: This is a really nice cream ale.
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3.7/5 rDev -1.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
Good beer overall. It's easy to drink, but it's not really my style. It looks pretty and smells nice. As far as cream ales go, its a solid beer. I suggest it. It won't blow you away, but it's good.
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look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
Good beer overall. It's easy to drink, but it's not really my style. It looks pretty and smells nice. As far as cream ales go, its a solid beer. I suggest it. It won't blow you away, but it's good.
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Spotted Cow from New Glarus Brewing Company
Beer rating:
3.75 out of
5 with
3,758 ratings
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