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Unplugged Sour Brown Ale
New Glarus Brewing Company
- From:
- New Glarus Brewing Company
- Wisconsin, United States
- Style:
- Flanders Oud Bruin
- ABV:
- 6%
- Score:
- 90
- Avg:
- 4.04 | pDev: 13.61%
- Reviews:
- 71
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Jun 13, 2017
- Added:
- Feb 04, 2005
- Wants:
- 44
- Gots:
- 2
No description / notes.
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Ratings by Jredner:
Reviewed by Jredner from Florida
4.29/5 rDev +6.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.29/5 rDev +6.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Aroma is vinegar with the oak almost as prominent. Cloudy reddish brown with almost no head. Sour fruits....old overripe oranges (that stands out a lot) and overripe apples, but the effect is very pleasing. The oak is less noticeable in the flavor, but still present. This was much better than I expected from the ratings before me.
Feb 10, 2006More User Ratings:
Reviewed by brokensail from California
3.58/5 rDev -11.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
3.58/5 rDev -11.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
Amber in color with a finger of off-white head. A slight vinegar note along with a hint of raspberry and red wine vinegar. Some oak and vanilla notes to it as well. The flavor is rather simple. Fairly acetic with red wine and balsamic vinegar notes. Some dark fruit notes and maybe a little bit of wood/oak.
Jul 17, 2012Reviewed by BieresDesMoines from Iowa
4.62/5 rDev +14.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
4.62/5 rDev +14.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
This is from some old notes, but the beer was pretty old at that time.
Pours a Reddish brown, carbonation is farily still. Aromas of Apple, Oak, som e brown sugar, fairly funky. Flavor is fairly reminicent of wine, some notes of sour cherries, a light toastyness, generally dry and fairly crisp.
Feb 21, 2011Pours a Reddish brown, carbonation is farily still. Aromas of Apple, Oak, som e brown sugar, fairly funky. Flavor is fairly reminicent of wine, some notes of sour cherries, a light toastyness, generally dry and fairly crisp.
Reviewed by mothman from Minnesota
4.3/5 rDev +6.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
4.3/5 rDev +6.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
Finally got a chance to try this one!
Color is burnt caramel brown. Has a light off white head.
Aroma: Classic door county cherries. Caramel flavors and vanilla. Oak and spice. A lot like enigma.
Taste: A nice amount of sour door county cherries. Oak, vanilla. Very much like enigma. Cherries are dry and tart. Caramel malts.
Mouthfeel: Dry, tart, smooth, and clean. Lighter bodied with a lower amount of carbonation. Ends clean, but dry.
Overall it is a really good beer. Very drinkable too. I think this one is getting pretty old at this time, but it was drinking excellent.
Oct 21, 2010Color is burnt caramel brown. Has a light off white head.
Aroma: Classic door county cherries. Caramel flavors and vanilla. Oak and spice. A lot like enigma.
Taste: A nice amount of sour door county cherries. Oak, vanilla. Very much like enigma. Cherries are dry and tart. Caramel malts.
Mouthfeel: Dry, tart, smooth, and clean. Lighter bodied with a lower amount of carbonation. Ends clean, but dry.
Overall it is a really good beer. Very drinkable too. I think this one is getting pretty old at this time, but it was drinking excellent.
Reviewed by kbutler1 from Minnesota
3.58/5 rDev -11.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
3.58/5 rDev -11.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
Bottle. Really looking forward to trying this one! Pours into my glass a murky, opaque brown color with a slight tan head. The aroma is more sweet than sour with notes of caramel and toffe. Slight sourness in the nose but minimal compared to the sweet aromas. The taste is fairly consistent with the nose in that the first sip yields a very sweet caramel/toffee taste that gives way to some mild sourness. Medium mouthfeel. Overall, a decent beer but if you are looking for something actually sour then this is not for you. The sweetness to me would get a little old if I had to drink a lot.
Oct 20, 2010
Unplugged Sour Brown Ale from New Glarus Brewing Company
Beer rating:
90 out of
100 with
86 ratings
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