Cabin Fever - New Glarus Brewing Company

mikesgroove

South Carolina

4/5  rDev +13%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

light amber, golden in color with a light bit of haze to it. Off white head, maybe an inch and a half creeps up the sides and sits down on top for a while.

Light caramel, bready notes are highlighted here. Sweet with a light undertone of some herbal hops peeking though. A light touch of dark fruit perhaps? Possibly but a sweet, caramel malty lager type aroma is what is predominant here. toffee, hints of buttery like notes persisting now as it comes up in temperature. Fades smoothly, leaving a creamy and sweet flavor on the tongue that snaps back with a nice hop bite at the finish. Nice carbonation never lets it get too heavy or over zealous in any way. Lends itself to being a very nice and quite drinkable

Overall very drinkable, in fact really could not get enough of this one. It's a style I see far too little of as of late, and would relish the chance to touch base with it again.

Serving type: bottle

07-06-2011 01:36:28 | More by mikesgroove

Thorpe429

Illinois

3.15/5  rDev -11%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

Big thanks to BeerFMAndy for getting a nice box of New Glarus out to me. Served in a New Glarus tasting glass.

Pours a clear golden color with a nice white head and a touch of lacing on the way down. The nose carries some faint honey and a bit of light bready malt. The flavor hits the light honey notes again with a touch of breadiness through the finish. Some chewiness and a light-medium body. Good carbonation. This was a fairly-solid brew, but I found the honey to be a distraction.

Serving type: bottle

04-10-2012 00:48:37 | More by Thorpe429

ChainGangGuy

Georgia

3.78/5  rDev +6.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 4

12 ounce bottle courtesy of Matt Simpson. Thanks, Matt!

Appearance: Pours out a yellow-hued body with good clarity and a foaming, fast evaporating, white head.

Smell: Some pale malts, a tad bready, with some pils malt, notes of lightly sweet-scented honey, herb, and modest underlying yeastiness.

Taste: Pils malts, a bit of graininess, and a medium degree of honeyed sweetness. Herbal hops, though light, as well as is the imparted bitterness. Hint of white grapeskins. Faintly yeasty. Drying, fairy clean finish where, though the overall carbonation is a bit light, there's a fast flash on tingliness as it closes out.

Mouthfeel: Falls somewhere just a bit shy of medium-bodied. Medium-low carbonation.

Overall: Solid little bock.

Serving type: bottle

05-25-2012 18:08:32 | More by ChainGangGuy

brentk56

North Carolina

3.68/5  rDev +4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Appearance: Pours a clear golden color with a nice head; good retention and lacing

Smell: Vaguely sweet and grainy but rather undestinct

Taste: Opens with a bready flavor that adds some grainy elements and a hint of honey by mid-palate; after the swallow, the malty sweetness and the honey dominate though the grainy character persists underneath

Mouthfeel: Light to medium body with moderate carbonation

Drinkability: Easy to drink but I am afraid the addition of the honey does nothing for me

Thanks, ThomasHardy, for the opportunity

Serving type: bottle

05-16-2010 18:23:37 | More by brentk56

drabmuh

Maryland

3.25/5  rDev -8.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

Bottle shared by Thorpe, thanks. Served in a snifter, beer is yellow and clear with a lazy white head of small bubbles, some lacing, moderate retention, low carbonation.

Aroma is plain, yeast, lager.

Beer is eh, a little dry on the finish a little grainy, interesting a fine little lager, I wouldn't have guessed it to be a Maibock though. Probably not a repeat for me.

Serving type: bottle

04-10-2012 16:47:25 | More by drabmuh

Mora2000

Texas

3.68/5  rDev +4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Thanks to Exiled for sharing this bottle.

The beer pours macro yellow with a white head. The aroma is corny with some wheat. The flavor is corn, wheat, some fruit and honey. Not very much hop character in the beer. Medium mouthfeel and medium carbonation. Not bad but nothing special.

Serving type: bottle

02-25-2010 00:13:35 | More by Mora2000

Knapp85

Pennsylvania

3.78/5  rDev +6.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Thanks to TATURBO for this one! This beer poured out as a nice clear yellow color. The head was fizzy and leave just a thin film over top of the beer. The smell is kind of on the weak side, not too much going on really besides some sweet malts on the nose. The taste of the beer is malty and has a subtle sweetness to it. The flavor is pretty good overall I found it to go great with my dinner. The mouthfeel had a good almost medium body to it with a good carbonation also. Overall I found this beer to be quite enjoyable.

Serving type: bottle

07-25-2011 23:13:24 | More by Knapp85

emerge077

Illinois

3.13/5  rDev -11.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

Saw this in every single bar in SW Wisconsin over the weekend...

Poured into a pint, this is a crystal clear amber, a skunky whiff of noble hops when the bottle was opened. Some minor lacing at the edges. Fairly decent head retention, but it's nothing especially exciting to look at.

Aroma is grainy adjunct lager, truthfully it reminds me of a mild euro pils more than anything.

Flavor is similarly husky and grainy, with a very bare hint of clover honey in the aftertaste. Fairly light and fizzy, it doesn't hold your attention enough to drink much of this. Closer to a macro lager than any bock i've had. Just not enough in the flavor department.

Serving type: bottle

02-16-2010 02:40:59 | More by emerge077

Wasatch

Utah

3.85/5  rDev +8.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

Thanks goes out to beerwolf77 for this one.

Pours a nice clean/clear golden yellow color, nice carbonation, nice little fizzy white head, with leaves some sticky lacing behind. The nose is malty, with some nice spice notes. The taste is sweet, malty, and alittle spicyness. Medium body. Drinkable, a very tasty brew, I like it.

Serving type: bottle

05-04-2010 23:39:52 | More by Wasatch

Jason

Massachusetts

3.5/5  rDev -1.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

12oz brown bottle with no freshness date.

Golden and completely clear with a thick layer of white head on top, a good looking lager. Malty sweet aroma with a hint of honey, herbal hops and a fresh grassiness within. Fantastic smoothness off of this moderate bodied beer. Malty and perhaps a little sweet but more bready and dried hay flavor. Some sweetness does come from a remnant spec of honey which also bring a splash of warming alcohol. Finishes with a clean graininess and faint honey.

A tight little bock, Oddly I'd prefer to drink this beer on a day like today which reached a sweltering 90*F than in the winter. Either way this is good drinking here.

Serving type: bottle

04-08-2010 01:09:54 | More by Jason

mdfb79

New York

3.2/5  rDev -9.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

From 3/6/10 notes. thanks to nimbleprop for sharing a local DC tasting.

a - Pours a nice golden color with no head and a little carbonation.

s - Smells mostly of wheat and bready malts. Maybe a little bit of sweet fruit, but not much.

t - Tastes of wheat, honey, bread or grain, and maybe hints of fruit.

m - Light bodied with moderate carbonation.

d - This beer was ok. Nothing special, but not bad. Would have liked a little more out of the smell and taste.

Serving type: bottle

03-08-2010 15:56:06 | More by mdfb79

Kegatron

Pennsylvania

3.58/5  rDev +1.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

12 oz bottle into a pint glass.

Pours a clear gold, with 2 rich foamy fingers of thick bright-white head. This retains with a ½ finger of creamy froth that rings the sides of the glass with robust sticky lace. The aroma has a sweet base of honey and grains in the nose, with a good bit of citric hops mixing in (I’m getting a lot of lemon) to give this an overall zesty smelling tanginess.

The taste mirrors this, with the bready grains of the malt and a honeyed sweetness splashing the tongue, blending in with a good bit of citrus flavors and a light tingle of hops with linger on the palate with a dry earthiness. The mouthfeel is medium bodied, with some sharpness to the carbonation on the tongue, before moving out into a softer feeling creaminess that fills the mouth and helps keep this smooth.

This is a little sweeter than I would expect for a Maibock, with the honey addition here giving this a bit more of an approachable nature than what I would normally find in the style. This was overall pretty flavorful though and drank rather easily for 6%. This is definitely a good starter for getting someone into Bock beers.

Serving type: bottle

05-31-2011 17:58:51 | More by Kegatron

Viggo

Ontario (Canada)

2.93/5  rDev -17.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

12 oz bottle, got from a random dude parked beside us at DLD. Thanks random guy!

Pours a very clear and bright yellow, some golden highlights, thin white head forms and settles down to a thin ring around the glass, a few lace chunks stick to the glass, looks alright.

Smell is nice, very clean and malty, light lager/pilsneresque, honey sweetness, a bit of floral, some grassy hoppiness, the honey character is pretty intense, a bit of toasty malt, oats, some caramel, alright.

Taste is very light and weak, a bit of sour maltiness, some honey, floral, a bit of grassiness, basically tastes like your standard macro lager.

Mouthfeel is light to medium bodied with medium carbonation, goes down easy but isn't very good.

Serving type: bottle

07-21-2010 02:06:04 | More by Viggo

Bighuge

Minnesota

3.63/5  rDev +2.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Crystal clear bright sun yellow body. Thin and wispy dirtied white froth sits on top. It clings nicely to the walls of my glass as I drink. Aroma is solid. Sweet, malty and honeyish, with malty being the most dominant aroma. The flavor is grainy malt with sweet honey accents. Fairly nondescript. Solid for what it is, but not a lot of depth or richness. Carbonation is fairly prickly and the body is medium. Very even keeled and mellow.

Serving type: bottle

02-17-2010 05:26:14 | More by Bighuge

Huhzubendah

District of Columbia

3.48/5  rDev -1.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

Shared by Thorpe429. Thanks Mike.

The beer is light yellow and transparent with a quarter inch of white head. The aroma consists of grain, bready malt, a touch of lemon, and a hint of alcohol. The flavor is grainy, with a prominent lager malt presence. Fruity aftertaste. Light bodied with moderately low carbonation. Overall, this was ok.

Serving type: bottle

04-08-2012 21:13:19 | More by Huhzubendah

scruffwhor

Illinois

3.43/5  rDev -3.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Pours clear yet golden hay color with pretty good carbonation and a quick bright white head.

Imagine a pilsner with just cut prairie grass hop and toasted barley aoma with a simple, sweet, honey note to boot.

Dry toasted malts start the palate off right.The middle ha a little earthiness to it, but the mild honey notes supress that slowly. The inish is a litte warm, but overall has a Germa piln quality to it. Think a good pilsner with some honey to sweeten the crispness of the palate.

Mor drinkable than my buddy Lukaski said it was.

Serving type: bottle

03-14-2010 00:03:08 | More by scruffwhor

ZAP

Minnesota

1.73/5  rDev -51.1%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 1 | overall: 1.5

I was hoping for something along the lines of the old Norski but this falls far short of that. Seems to be made for the masses...

For the style this lacks character, flavor, aroma, texture and body.

It has a mild sweet malt aroma...the taste is bland...the aftertaste is not enjoyable...the body is thin and watery...

I might take Spotted Cow over this...highly, highly dissapointed..I hate to see standout like Black Wheat go away and things like this replace it.

Serving type: bottle

02-20-2010 05:19:43 | More by ZAP

jrallen34

Illinois

3.05/5  rDev -13.8%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 4

I drank this from a 12oz bottle into my Rochefort chalice.

The beer pours a clear light gold with a light white head, not much retention or lacing.

The aroma is very light, smells like a beer, with a little sweetness.

The taste is light, like an american lager with a hint of skunkness.

The feel is super light, but decent drinkability.

Serving type: bottle

01-22-2010 02:22:44 | More by jrallen34

dirtylou

Washington

3.15/5  rDev -11%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4.5

12oz single, grabbed a 6 when this was released

appearance: served in a standard ND pint glass, bright pale yellow body, light ring of beige foam

smell: not much - toasted grain, corn, light sweet honey

taste: i want to like all new glarus beers, but this is the worst for me. very simple beer - a lot of grain, light honey. overall rather bland - would rather have a spotted cow

mouthfeel: very light, crisp

drinkability; fine

Serving type: bottle

03-26-2010 00:21:53 | More by dirtylou

cokes

Wisconsin

2.63/5  rDev -25.7%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5

Golden hued with a sizzling carbonation feeding its white head. It recedes with the haste of a macro lager and leaves no trace.
Sweet, honey aroma. Candy sugar and distinct corn notes (from where?) Vague caramel maltiness. Little actual depth, and a late rubber band chemical note.
The flavor profile is similarly shallow. A brisk grainy/bready note is engulfed by honey/sugar/corn(WTF?) sweetness. A light bit of florarity dots the finish. I expected this to be a reincarnation of the Norski...instead it's more of a homage to PBR.
Fizzy thin body that flatlines and grows a bit heavier over time.
I'll give this another go sometime, hoping that, right now, either it's off or I am. My present opinion is that it's the worst thing New Glarus has even released.

Serving type: bottle

01-22-2010 09:56:12 | More by cokes

beertunes

Washington

3.65/5  rDev +3.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

Another from my stash, courtesy of Levifunk. Poured into 10oz glass. Poured a clear honey yellow, with a nice, fluffy, bright, white head that had very good retention and minimal lacing.

The aroma was a bit sweet, with some grain and hops in the background. The flavors were very similar, a sticky sweet taste with the grains being more visible on the tongue.

The body was very good, full and satisfying, although a bit sticky. Drinkability was excellent, I'd drink a lot of these if they were local to me.

Overall, a very nice beer, you should get some.

Serving type: bottle

05-16-2010 23:13:40 | More by beertunes

BeerFMAndy

Wisconsin

3.2/5  rDev -9.6%
look: 4 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

12 oz bottle poured into a Pilsner glass. 0110 on the neck but no info.

A - Totally clear golden yellow with a billowing white head two fingers tall. The dense bubbles made it look creamy but weren't retained all that well. A silhouette of white foam mountains is left in lace though.

S - The aroma is immediately reminiscent of a sweet adjunct lager. A bit of corn highlights the grainy dry straw while low pale malts and some sweet honey finish it up. Very few floral hop notes in this.

T - It also tastes like an adjunct lager. Better than the nose though, the flavor is a dry straw and mild corn beginning with pale malts and a good coating of honey backing it up.

M - Smooth and wet, it's somewhat slick with a lingering honey sweetness. The carbonation is there but not distracting. It's a medium-bodied bock. Very crisp overall.

D - Cabin Fever is an average beer with decent drinkability. It's nothing to be proud of but certainly nothing to be ashamed of. I'd have it over Spotted Cow as a session beer.

Serving type: bottle

01-28-2010 00:15:24 | More by BeerFMAndy

Brent

Kentucky

3/5  rDev -15.3%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

Holiday beers should add a bit of sparkle to the season. "Cabin Fever" suggests a big-bodied winter warmer, but this beer steers right down the middle of average lane. Nice malt with caramel notes, but overall seemed a bit thin. Some drying aspect toward the finish with moderate lingering bitterness.

Serving type: bottle

12-19-2011 19:25:21 | More by Brent

woosterbill

Connecticut

4.18/5  rDev +18.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

12oz bottle into a Duvel tulip.

A: Clear orange body with two fingers of frothy, creamy tan head. Good retention, spotty lace. Attractive.

S: Very delicate, fruity, and balanced. Lightly sweet, grainy malt works well with some spicy hops, and there's definitely a touch of honey tying everything together with some floral sweetness. Nice.

T: Malt dominates up front, with clean, pure pale malt graininess being the main attraction. Some honey sweetness backs it up, and a touch of hops bitterness joins with the faintest hint of dry lager yeast to close things out cleanly. Delicious lager.

M: Fairly light body, moderately soft carbonation. Pleasant.

O: I'm surprised it took me this long to get around to trying this one, but then again I'm rarely in WI during the winters these days. As it is, I was excited to see a couple of these left over from a mix-pack. I don't know what surprises me more - the beer's low overall score on here, or the fact that it's a winter seasonal. On the first count, I thought it was a tasty, clean, and flavorful beer, with the only real complaint against it being that it's a bit too sweet for the style; on the second, I thought that it's lightness and sweetness fit better for the spring or even summer than the winter. Anyhow, I really enjoyed this beer, although I'd certainly recommend the Back 40 over it any day.

Cheers!

Serving type: bottle

07-29-2011 20:18:38 | More by woosterbill

Metalmonk

North Carolina

3.38/5  rDev -4.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

Pours a fluffy white head, thick and firm, but it only lasts a couple minutes. Color is a honeyed bronze sort of color.

Aroma is faint...only light touches of honey, a kind of mildew/basement thing also, and...that's about it.

Taste is nice, although not boisterous or overly impressive. Just a sweet kiss of honey, some juicy fruit notes (especially apple and pear), a bready center, and slighter herbal and mineral notes. Fresh, clean, simple.

Thin, almost inconsequential feel to this beer. On the watery side, although the carbonation does its best to push through.

I had high hopes for this, but, as it turns out, it's merely okay. Not a failure in any way, just not one of New Glarus's finer moments.

Serving type: bottle

09-08-2011 20:17:22 | More by Metalmonk