New Glarus Unplugged Imperial Saison

Aroma: 5 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 3 | Flavor: 3 | Overall: 3

Bottle received via a trade back in 09. Chalice pour. Tumbling, off-white head, over a muddled brown on amber body. Smells quite tart & fruity. A yeasty, sticky, macerated, doughy mess, w/light Belgian dubbel-ish esters. Overtly sour, twangy fruit flavor. Peppery, doughy, mushy bread & lingering yeast. Sticky sweet & stiff. Quite noticeable cardboard. Difficult. Seems to have gone downhill fast.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 7

Thanks for the sample heybeerman! This sour brew has a fruity nose and poured all head when it met the glass. True to style, the sour beer is lively and bubbly. True to name, the imperial is strong with a good kick. Mouth feel is light and reminiscent of champaign. A good one-off and not something one would drink in large quantities. It seems more suited for fluted glasses and a few friends.

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

A cascade of effervescent foam meets the glass and gives way to a slightly hazy amber/orange/gold colored beer. Smells strongly of yeast and fruits and alcohol. The flavor is very complex with sour grapes, yeast, malt, spices and a little sweetness. A very lively drink that goes down easy.

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 4 | Flavor: 5 | Overall: 5

Thanks John! .. . Pours a dark murky tan, big fizzy head that dies down completely .. . very sharp! the booze is so apparent.. . flavours of peach skin, yeast, and light fruit- with a boozy kick on every cringing sip .. . someone you really have to prime up to, a bit much for the first beer of the evening.. . So it turns out there's life on other planets. Boy, this is really going to change the Miss Universe contest, you know what I mean?

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

mostly yeast, fruit (apricot, peach) and a little funk in the aroma. bright orange with big fluffy white head. well carbonated and lively. flavors fruity as well, with a little tang to it. reminded me more of a BSA than any saison. a touch of warming alcohol lingers. less tart, getting lemony sour as it warms. overall nice n unique, maybe a little too much going on...like the oaked sour porter. good, not great.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

Bottle from brewblackhole. New Glarus unplugged brews are always fun. This pours a rustic golden-orange color that’s topped with a thick fluffy off-white head. Pretty good retention too that yields blotchy lacing. The aroma here shows cleaning supplies, apricot, yeast, and peaches. An onslaught of apricot and peach flavors that for the most part follow the aroma. Lemons and herbs mix in and the peach/apricot taste is less intense after a few sips. There’s a bit of a sweet tang to this but not in an alcoholic way. Overall quite tropical fruity. Light prickly carbonation. I’m not a big fan of the idea of an Imperial Saison but I do like this one. A touch on the sweet side, sure, but still pretty easy drinking and enjoyable

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 5 | Mouthfeel: 5 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 6

Bottle: Poured a hazy orangey color ale with a rather large foamy head with good retention and some lacing. Aroma of spicy peppery yeast with some fruity ester and a lightly tart and quite dry malt base - not sure I am totally enjoying this strange mix. Taste is also a strange mix between light dry and tart notes with some funky fruity ester and a light lingering peppery yeast notes – not the most balanced mix. Body is above average with good carbonation. I can't say I really enjoyed this one with way too many thing happening at the same time but not really balanced between each other.

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

Man was this a great beer. After having their R& D a little earlier, I needed something like this from New Glarus to wash away those insignifigant doubts that start to tug when you get a bad beer. Fantastic beer and right up there with some of the great saisons. The beer pours out a beautiful hazy golden body that erupted into a fluffy white head that could support a warehouse I think. The aroma was full of oranges, ginger, bread, apricots and alcohol. Tart apples, dried fruits, bread, alcohol and tangy citrus round out the flavors. I don’t know if it was me, but it seems like there was a little funkyness in the flavor and aroma too. Great beer, and would no doubt be even better on a hot day.

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

Dark gold color, 1/2" thick head and spotty lacing. Musty lemon scent with some sour dough bread and plenty of earthy yeast. Medium bodied, high octane feel and it finishes nice and sweet. Flavor is a toned down version of the aroma with the addition of peaches and orange along with noticeable noble hops.

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

Damn! Poured out to a huge white head full of carbonation. Much more orange in color than most saisons with a very pleasant aroma of sweet bananas. The taste was of sour orange peels a beer flavor then finshed with another orange peel finish to it, but it wan't unpleasing. This was an extremely tasty beer where you can just tasted the care and quality they have for their beers.