New Glarus Thumbprint Series IIPA

Aroma: 9 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 9

Courtesy of HOPSHUNTER. 12oz bottle pours deep clear gold with off white head. The aroma is big and yummy with rich citrus, mango tropical fruit goodness, spicy hops and mild herbal notes. The taste is similar with big citrus and tropical fruit like hop flavor notes rolling into more and more progressively bitter hops. Behind those notes is a thin layer of sugary sweet malts and a sense of floral hops too. Solid IIPA. Loved it.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 9

Medium sized offwhite head with fair retention. Lacing is spotty. Hazy, gold hued ale. Nose is fat with sweaty hops, citrus, mango, nicely tropical. Body is med/full oily and resiny on the palate, soft carbonation. Most excellent hop flavors, green, fresh and juicey. Nicely resiny, a bit of burnt wiring and some metallic notes to boot. Citrus flavors are large with some piney notes for good measure. Lightly sweet pale malts gettin their arses handed to them. Finish is a hint sweet and a bit more bite would top it right off. A large impressive IIPA ! Props to my man MOTORTODDHEAD for rockin a 6r my way! Yer da man bro!

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

Pours translucent caramel with a fair beige head. Aroma gives resiny hops, tangy citrus and tropical fruit with a stonefruit hint, fresh malt. Flavor presents tangy citrus, stone and tropical fruit plus resiny hops and fresh malt. Texture yields fair body and fizz. Scream for it.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 8

Apparently now apart of the Thumbprint Series. Pours an almost neon yellow with a 2 finger head that seems to take its time. Decent amount of carbonation in this one. Aroma is hops, hops and more hops. taste is very sweet and hoppy with a metallic backgrounds that hits after a few seconds. Fairly dry because of the hops. Small hit of alcohol but not enough to where you would be bothered. Slight lemon notes to it. Finishes off dry and lemony. Very nice IIPA.

Aroma: 9 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 8

Tropical fruit and candied grapefruit abound. Pretty bitter, but not overly so with some earthiness and pine and lots of sweetness. Full bodied. Now I'm confused. I thought unplugged beers were a thing of the past, and thumbprint was in the now, but this was fresh. Thanks to Heybeerman for the trade. I think this is the best iPa or pale I've had from them.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 9 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 8

From Q Dawg. Copper amber pour with a tight and tall white head leaving ample lacing. Tropical and citrus hops aroma, pleasant and strong, earthy and sweet malts follow, then more hops - slightly floral. Taste is big, peachy, grapefruits, very slight pine, some floral, lots of hops bitter but nicely offset from the English malts. Very very very good DIPA. What else would one expect from New Glarus?

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 9 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 9

Nice copper pour with a thick white head. Aroma is citrusy hops with a malty background. Flavor is in your face huge citrus hops,but mellowed with the malts. Fantastic stuff! I need more of this!