R&D Golden Ale (2009)
New Glarus Brewing Company

R&D Golden Ale (2009)R&D Golden Ale (2009)
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From:
New Glarus Brewing Company
 
Wisconsin, United States
Style:
Brett Beer
ABV:
7%
Score:
90
Avg:
4.05 | pDev: 13.09%
Reviews:
185
Ratings:
335
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Feb 17, 2022
Added:
Jul 15, 2009
Wants:
  74
Gots:
  53
The first batch of our special R & D Series is here. Sold only in the brewery Gift Shop! This beer is a Belgian Style Trappist Ale. Golden in color. Balanced flavor from Maris Otter Malt and Styrian Golding Hops. Spicy dry hop character. Both fermented with Brettanomyces yeast.
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Rated: 3.74 by TMoney2591 from Illinois

Feb 17, 2022
 
Rated: 4.1 by LesDewitt4beer from Minnesota

Nov 23, 2021
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Reviewed by nataku00 from California

3.5/5  rDev -13.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Found a 12 year old bottle of this that I obtained via trade and never drank.

Actually has held up decently, though all carbonation is gone. Slightly malty and sweet, but with a old hop bitterness on the finish.
Oct 29, 2021
 
Rated: 2.48 by ZombPumpkin from Illinois

Aug 25, 2017
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Reviewed by Lucular from Maryland

4.33/5  rDev +6.9%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
2009 bottle enjoyed side by side with the 2015 version. Many thanks to @maximus12 for this vintage bottle.

Major sigh of relief - there is no band-aid aroma or flavor. Lots of brett funk. Darker than the 2015 version, a nice copper color, with a nice fluffy head with good staying power, though not quite as voluminous. Flavor is much sweeter and not bright at all since the hops have faded into almost nothing over the last 7 years. A slight state or cardboardy flavor on the finish but nothing too bad. The funk and sweet (almost honey-like) flavors predominate.

Overall, I definitely preferred the 2015 version but this was not bad at all.
Oct 11, 2016
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Reviewed by Stevem68 from Ohio

4.25/5  rDev +4.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Pours a carbonated golden color with a 3 finger white head. Aroma is nice Brett funk. Flavor is Brett up front but has a nice balanced finish with some sweetness and hops. Has a nice carbonated bubbly mouthful and overall very enjoyable.
Sep 03, 2016
 
Rated: 3.5 by oline73 from Maryland

Jul 24, 2016
 
Rated: 3.18 by duceswild from Heard & McDonald Islands

Jul 22, 2016
 
Rated: 3.52 by halo3one from Georgia

Jul 07, 2016
 
Rated: 4.04 by needMIbeer from Virginia

Jun 09, 2016
 
Rated: 4.25 by EJJ1848 from Minnesota

Apr 16, 2016
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Reviewed by BEERchitect from Kentucky

4.09/5  rDev +1%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
In the mould of Orval Trappist Ale, New Glarus R&D collection of esquisit ales had begun. Liberally spiced with hops, transformed by wild yeast and simply but masterfully put together, their Golden Ale takes on a whole new life of its own.

Turblent straw and with an unadulturated haze, the ale sheds a rich and rocky lather; casting aspirations of white wine, curing leather, citrus, and a waft of barnyard funk and fauna with the first graze of the nose. Its gentle sweetness fights through the expressive effervescence and settle onto the tongue with suggestions of fresh baked bread, coming together in a shortcake roundness.

As the sweetness begins to lift, broken up by the gusto of champagne and acidity, the musty fruit flavors add a tart matrix of taste- dried lemon, lime, green apple, green grape and pineapple all seeming of the over-ripened variety. Spicy and musty, the taste of weathered oak, grassy hops and a gently rolling medley of white and black pepper, vanilla and cumin lead to a bitter finish with an undertow of burlap.

Medium-light on the palate, the zesty carbonation gives the malts a lift, ushering in a quick and lightened finish with a light spicy prickle on the tongue and a long gripping bitter closing. Its sparkling wine character shares an acidic tone to contend with the lingering bread and sweetness in a brief but earthen afterglow
Mar 31, 2016
 
Rated: 4.25 by teamwiggum from Wisconsin

Mar 10, 2016
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Reviewed by scxcrunner from Massachusetts

4.16/5  rDev +2.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
poured in to a tree house teku. Appearance is bright and golden with a decent amount of white head. aroma i get lemon, orange, and some funk. taste i get fruit, funk, and pepper. mouthfeel is moderate carbonation very little if any alcohol detected.
Nov 13, 2015
 
Rated: 4.33 by iRun2Beer from Minnesota

Sep 01, 2015
 
Rated: 4.76 by Ob1wan from Wisconsin

Aug 11, 2015
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Reviewed by pat61 from Minnesota

4.5/5  rDev +11.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
From tasting notes. Brewed 5-23-19, bottled 6-18-09, consumed 6-2-12.
L: Pours brilliant gold to light amber under a 3” fluffy white foam collar that grips the side of the glass.
S: Fruit, spicy, resiny hop nose is there but slightly muted.
T: Slight funk, stone fruit, light biscuit. F: medium body and slightly above average carbonation.
O: I liked this beer and wish they would make it again sometime.
Jul 12, 2015
 
Rated: 4.25 by ovaltine from Indiana

Mar 13, 2015
 
Rated: 4 by Nuggetz from Texas

Oct 11, 2014
 
Rated: 5 by mitchelmay from Wisconsin

Aug 24, 2014
R&D Golden Ale (2009) from New Glarus Brewing Company
Beer rating: 90 out of 100 with 335 ratings