Enigma
New Glarus Brewing Company in New Glarus, Wisconsin, United States 🇺🇸
Flemish Red / Bruin Series|
Score
7.63
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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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Whatup14 (3019) reviewed Enigma from New Glarus Brewing Company 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
Bouteille 355ml, gracieuseté de tom10101, merci Tommy! Couleur rouge translucide, anneau de mousse blanc cassé. Arôme de canneberge, cerise, coté funky, malt. Goût de cerise, Brett, canneberge, bonne acidité, boisé en fin de bouche. Carbonatation moyenne-faible, corps moyen.
popery (1998) reviewed Enigma from New Glarus Brewing Company 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
The beer is brownish maroon with a tan head. Looks fairly cloudy but it’s a pretty dark beer. The aroma is mostly apple sauce. Some apples. Mild vaguely oud bruin sweetness with very mild sour note. Mildly sour taste. Milder apple sauce flavor but still definitely still in that sphere. Some crystal malt sweetness. Fairly light body. Really an odd beer. I’m not much of a fan.
Stuu (34525) reviewed Enigma from New Glarus Brewing Company 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle at Craig’s. Pours hazy murky amber, sweet cherry, almond and vanilla. Tasty sourness.
_angst_ (8410) reviewed Enigma from New Glarus Brewing Company 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
Bottle courtesy of tkrjukoff. Pours tiny hazy reddish golden with a small offwhite head that quickly dissipates without leaving any trace on the glass. Smell is sour and slightly fruity with caramel, biscuits, rhubarb, strawberries, hay, rosé wine, lime juice, lemon zest, raspberry jam, cinnamon, vanilla custard and hints of glue and acetic acid. Taste is slightly sweet, sour, tiny malty and fruity with biscuits, lemon juice, lime juice, hay, moist wood, rhubarb, wild strawberries, raspberry jam, moist soil, leather, orange zest, lemon zest, red wine vinegar, vanilla and hints of caramel, cinnamon and sweet dark bread. Mouthfeel is round, tart, slightly dry, tiny mouth-puckering and medium bodied. Finish is sour, tiny malty and fruity with dark bread, biscuits, lime juice, red wine vinegar, moist hay, leather, strawberries, rhubarb and red wine vinegar. Exceptionally fruity Flanders red, what strawberry rhubarb should have been like had it been great.
GenDV138 (9249) reviewed Enigma from New Glarus Brewing Company 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Bottle (2010 Unplugged) shared at DC Annual Epic Sour Tasting, thanks maniac! Caramel brown with off-white head. Aromas of caramel, sweet fruit, syrup. Tastes of caramel, sweet dark fruit, oak, vanilla. Medium-light body with a dry finish. Interesting beer.
iphonephan (11575) reviewed Enigma from New Glarus Brewing Company 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
From a bottle shared at the DC Epic Sour Beer Tasting. Pours a hazy gold with an off white head. Hoppy nose. Caramel and tart cherry flavors.
Clarkvv (16523) reviewed Enigma (2006) from New Glarus Brewing Company 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle drunk on 12/30/13. Sick of looking at this beer, time to drink it. No idea why I still have this thing. 7 years old and still a wonderful appearance. Thin beige head is quick to recede, typical to style. Carbonation still seems appropriate and the color is a beautiful deep amber, mostly clear due to the sediment all falling out of solution and creating a very thick layer on the bottom of the bottle. Aroma improves significantly in the first three to four minutes. Not that it’s bad to start. Chocolate covered raspberries and brown sugar give way to rich madeira and balsamic vinegar notes, clearing some of the chocolate/fruity sweetness away.
Rich, multi-layered flavor profile seems to have held up beautifully. I’m getting a strong German chocolate cake-like note (light fudge and vanilla, tons of coconut). Surprised it’s this sweet still after all this time, but by no means is it cloying. Mouthfeel is nearly flawless. No thinning or wateriness; the carbonation still tight and helpful in dispersing the maltiness. Great beer here, wonder what it tasted like fresh. Must have been very powerful. Lots of barrel-character but none of the astringency and no sign of the alcohol. I could stand a little bit more sourness and maybe a touch less on the coconut/vanilla barrel character, but hard to complain.
ineedbeer (4099) reviewed Enigma from New Glarus Brewing Company 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
2012 bottle.Aroma is fairly fruity with some cherries and tart berries, but the most dominant aroma is oak and its characteristics - faint vanilla but more smokey. Not much malt character to the aroma, more a bit stale than I expected.Pours a slightly cloudy amber brown with some red highlights. Small, moderately thick head that recedes to the edges very quickly. Flavor is a balanced blend of fruit and oak with a light acidity. Slight sweetness upfront with some cherry syrup notes. The sweet cherries are balanced with the oak adding a light smokiness. The oak flavor is more similar to fresh cut oak than cured oak so I don?t pick up much vanilla. Faint bitterness and a touch of a red apple flavor.Mouthfeel is medium light bodied with medium carbonation. Low acidic astringency with low alcohol warmth. Overall an alright beer, but I expected more from this bottle. The malt character is mostly faded and stale and the aroma is dominated by fresh oak notes. The flavor is better, but isn?t as complex as I was expecting. Similar to fruit pinch aged in new oak barrels.
Theydon_Bois (46224) reviewed Enigma from New Glarus Brewing Company 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bottle kindly shared by Nathan, the Brigadier at the Martin T tasting, CBC, 06/06/13. Very lightly hazed amber with a thin off white head. Nose is caramel, lightly soured fruits, oaky woody notes, vanilla. Taste comprises tangy fruits, oeange, light sourness, woody notes, grapes. Medium bodied with fine carbonation, dry in the finish with a little gentle pucker. Decent.
cagarvie (40076) reviewed Enigma from New Glarus Brewing Company 13 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
bottle at home ... hazy murky amber ... soft zezty fruity cherry ... and real cherry nose ... sweet fruits ... zezty fruits ... very juicy sweet cherry and hint s of almond... almost creamy in the body