Unplugged Imperial Weizen - New Glarus Brewing Company

wardough

Wisconsin

4.18/5  rDev +2.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4

Oh wow. This is great.

A: Pours a murky, yeasty light amber/brown. Has a good head on it. Carbonation is screaming to the surface.
S: Bananas, pears, a slight hint of alcohol. Awesome.
T: Yeasty esters of wheat, banana, pears, then the alcohol lingers and cleans the palate.
M: Feels good on the palate. Medium carbonation.
D: High drinkability.

This is definitely one that I would buy again. I like it. A sipper.

Serving type: bottle

04-11-2008 00:53:00 | More by wardough

maxcoinage

Illinois

4/5  rDev -2.2%

05-15-2013 19:57:33 | More by maxcoinage

Mandark

Illinois

3.5/5  rDev -14.4%

05-10-2013 05:57:10 | More by Mandark

StonedTrippin

Colorado

3.44/5  rDev -15.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

I have to confess, this bottle was alleged to be 2 years old. I cant confirm that, but the expectation on my end here is that a fresh one of these would be wonderful (as the bottle itself suggests), but an older one just doesn't maintain. this one poured a really cloudy pale yellow color with an average white bubbly head. the nose is vanilla and cinnamon, with some honey sweetness and more alcohol than I am used to in wheat beer. my girlfriend loved the flavor, thought the spice and sweet combination was fantastic. I liked it less, with the spice being a little overdone, and the wheat malt sort of having a deteriorated flavor to it, not as fresh and clean as it might have been. it lost its ability to support the other flavors, which don't seem to have diminished at all. the feel came across a little thin, and the alcohol was piercing. new glarus does some wonderful stuff, and im sure a bottle right off the line of this would rectify that viewpoint, but this beer (however old it really was) just did not get it done. way out of balance, weird yeast properties, and just sort of all over the place. I will have to revisit this one when I can verify its source and birthday.

Serving type: bottle

05-09-2013 20:21:01 | More by StonedTrippin

AmandaSchaefer

Wisconsin

5/5  rDev +22.2%

04-15-2013 23:03:43 | More by AmandaSchaefer

zrab11

Indiana

4/5  rDev -2.2%

04-14-2013 18:22:01 | More by zrab11

peensteen

Ontario (Canada)

4.03/5  rDev -1.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4

Bottle from jprime

Golden orange colour, about a finger of white head, a little bit of lace as well. Smell is quite hoppy, big pineapple and orangey citrus notes, malty and wheaty character, lots of hops in this one though. Taste has a wheaty character mixed with plenty of hops, orange, tangerine and pineapple, fairly bitter throughout, touches of honey, lightly sweet in the finish with a bit more wheat, hoppy aftertaste. Medium body, medium carbonation, lightly dry. A solid hoppy wheat beer and really drinkable despite this not being quite what I expected.

Serving type: bottle

04-08-2013 19:34:57 | More by peensteen

ChefHopMeister

Virginia

4/5  rDev -2.2%

03-31-2013 20:56:00 | More by ChefHopMeister

liamt07

Ontario (Canada)

3.98/5  rDev -2.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4

Bottle shared by Pino, 12oz into a tulip.

Poured with the yeast, golden orange body with an offwhite head and light lacing + retention. Hoppy nose, wheat, citrus/grapefruit/pineapple and definite weizen yeast character. Taste is bitter, hoppy, yeasty, with more pineapple and tropical fruit notes. Some canned pineapple juice character comes to mind. Quite nice, would love to try this fresh on draught.

Serving type: bottle

03-17-2013 15:00:14 | More by liamt07

spycow

Illinois

4/5  rDev -2.2%

03-10-2013 18:28:32 | More by spycow

imperialking

Illinois

4.25/5  rDev +3.9%

02-13-2013 18:55:04 | More by imperialking

SDSpringer

4.5/5  rDev +10%

01-21-2013 00:40:58 | More by SDSpringer

Gonzoillini

Illinois

4.5/5  rDev +10%

12-05-2012 04:15:54 | More by Gonzoillini

khargro2

Georgia

3.5/5  rDev -14.4%

11-29-2012 02:06:30 | More by khargro2

t0rin0

California

3.75/5  rDev -8.3%

11-23-2012 00:28:59 | More by t0rin0

sliks96

Illinois

3.5/5  rDev -14.4%

11-11-2012 01:32:16 | More by sliks96

CheapBeerBuzz

California

4/5  rDev -2.2%

10-27-2012 14:20:43 | More by CheapBeerBuzz

Arbitrator

California

4.15/5  rDev +1.5%
look: 5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Chilled bottle into a glass. Given to me by largadeer, the Beer Jesus. Thanks! From notes.

A: Pours a cloudy, glowing goldenrod body with long-retaining off-white head.

S: Tons of bubblegum, with banana and clove.

T: The taste also begins with bubblegum; it segues into a banana-earthy hop melange that leads into a straight clove finish. It's very interesting how powerful the flavors are, yet how distinct and phased they are. The exhalation is all banana. There's a bitterness and some rind-like quality throughout; I pick up the yeast as chalky residue in the aftertaste.

M: Great body; this is medium-plus bodied, with medium-plus carbonation. The effervescence helps it go down smoother.

O: This is good on the whole, but it needs some tweaks as far as the yeast is concerned.

Serving type: bottle

10-25-2012 05:12:41 | More by Arbitrator

facundoCNB

New Jersey

4.18/5  rDev +2.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

a beautiful golden pour, clean but I threw in the bit of sediment at the bottom and made it cloudy. A nice 2 fingers of foamy head, excellent lacing.
lots of lemon scent coming off of this! Smells of alcohol, yeast, and lemon!
lemon zest, sweet malty backbone, slight pepper in the finish.. Bready yeast
medium body, high arbonation, nice creamy mouthfeel.. Very refreshing.
an excellent beer coming from someone who isn't all that crazy about wheat beers. Very citrusy, delicious and extremely refreshing.

Serving type: bottle

10-24-2012 00:28:14 | More by facundoCNB

coreyfmcdonald

Georgia

3.8/5  rDev -7.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

12oz bottle into a snifter

A: Pours a very hazy golden color with two fingers of pillowy foam. Retention is remarkable. So is the lacing.

S: Strong wheat starts off with toffee, clove, and banana. Clove is quite strong in this beer, but the toffee and banana help balance out the spice. The beer actually smells quite sweet.

T: Strong spices start this beer off - I get lots of clove here. Behind that, I get a strong wheat flavor with toffee sweetness along with mild banana.

M: Medium to thick mouthfeel with strong carbonation.

O: This was a pretty complex Imperial Weizen. Lots of spice from the yeast and a nice sweetness to balance. I really like this one.

Serving type: bottle

10-20-2012 01:07:38 | More by coreyfmcdonald

udubdawg

Kansas

4.75/5  rDev +16.1%

09-13-2012 17:25:42 | More by udubdawg

claytong

Vermont

4/5  rDev -2.2%

09-09-2012 01:05:07 | More by claytong

MrTana

Wisconsin

3.75/5  rDev -8.3%

09-07-2012 03:53:47 | More by MrTana

mattyrubes

New York

4/5  rDev -2.2%

09-01-2012 02:35:49 | More by mattyrubes

rfgetz

New Jersey

4.1/5  rDev +0.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

Hazy golden straw color, thick and fluffy white head, long lasting. Scent brings a big whiff of lemon grass and orange rind along with big notes of banana bread, some bubblegum, black pepper and yeast. Taste is big and bold, nice hop notes combine with amped up wheat beer flavors, touch of alcohol. Medium bodied, light chunkiness, mostly dry and slightly warming. Really solid beer all around, nice touch of hops on nose and tongue. Amazed at the ABVs on this one, noticeable but still well hidden.

Serving type: bottle

08-31-2012 04:43:22 | More by rfgetz