New Glarus Brewing Company Enigma

Enigma

 

New Glarus Brewing Company in New Glarus, Wisconsin, United States 🇺🇸

  Flemish Red / Bruin Series
Score
7.63
ABV: 5.5% IBU: - Ticks: 103
A few times a year we cut Dan loose to brew whatever he chooses. Always handcrafted, the bottle you hold is brewed for the adventurous soul. This is a very limited edition and we make no promises to ever brew this style again.

A complex and intriguing original. The mystery began with wild yeast spontaneously fermenting a rich treasure of malted barley and cherries. Unlined Oak casks breathe deep vanilla hues and chords of smoke into this sour brown ale. Our Master Brewer has forged a smooth garnet tapestry that defies description. Wander off the beaten path.
 

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6.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

12oz. Sweet New Glarus. Cherry. Sweet. Cleanly fermented. Looks amazing too. 6 6 7 6 6

Tried from Bottle on 05 Jun 2025 at 13:50


7
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8

Hint of roast, some raspberry, cherry. Sour plum. Pours dark brown with light tartness. Finishes with light tartness. Tastes a little watery. DC Beer tasting.

Tried on 21 May 2025 at 02:40


7.1
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Bottle at the DCBeer May share. Poured a kind of dark brown color with a small white head. Aroma was a really nice tart brown ale. Plum, light tartness. Pleasant and quite easy to drink.

Tried from Bottle on 16 May 2025 at 22:38


7.9
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 8.5

12 oz. bottle, thanks to Ian, and shared with Tim! Pours a dark, ruby-brown color, with a small, bubbly, beige head. The aroma is dried limes, cloves, leather, plum, caramel, and vanilla. Sweet and malty, with an easy, lovely, sour flavor. Medium body, musty, and just a little acidic. Easy, beautiful, and smooth.

Tried from Bottle on 25 Dec 2024 at 04:06


7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

(Thanks, Jim! Ozzy70) Bottle. A- Malt, oak, faint soy, subtle berry. A- Very dark red color, clear liquid, beige head. T- Woodsy, black cherry, oak tang, subtle malt. P- Medium body, average texture, average carbonation, balanced finish. O- Not nearly as tart or tangy as I anticipated. This was balanced and really good but maybe not as complex as I wanted. Had as the Enigma 23.

Tried from Bottle on 20 Oct 2024 at 13:39


7

Hazy brown body small tan head. Tart acetic fruit aroma. Tart acetic brown fruit flavor
. Med body mod high carb. 7/4/7/3/15 3.6

Tried from Draft on 12 Aug 2023 at 15:29


7.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bottle via Pinsky, thanks bud! Murky brown, tasty cherry, some earth, malt, clean, fairly sweet. Tasty, kinda strange.

Tried from Bottle on 08 Sep 2019 at 02:45


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle from Dickinsonbeer, thanks! Pinkish red color, cloudy. Leathery aroma with cherry and marzipan. Sweetish flavor with cherry and marzipan. There is some sourness present. Not too sweet, and you can smell and taste the brett. The cherry character is not very outspoken, like in a matured oude kriek. Good.

Tried from Bottle on 26 Aug 2019 at 12:07


7
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Bottle shared at CBC Clerkenwell - London. Pours clear amber with a creamy head. Sugary bread in the nose, berries, ginger ale. Big sweet flavour, lots of wintery tangy berries, light spices, brown bread. Full bodied with fine carbonation. Sweet finish, with notes of cranberry, bread, modest tangy notes. Good, if pretty sweet.

Tried from Bottle on 11 Sep 2018 at 22:08


7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

A hazed dark reddish copper ale with a thin mocha head. In aroma, nice sweet cherry malt with light acidity, light funk, nice and smooth. In mouth, a nice sweet cherry malt with light butterscotch, coconut, light vanilla, light tropical fruit punch, surprisingly nice yet light bodied.

Tried on 12 Mar 2017 at 16:23