New Glarus Hopster
This living beer is Dan’s bold Hopped Wheat creation. You hold the return of Crack’d Wheat the marriage of a sophisticated Bavarian Hefeweiss and an American Pale Ale. Amarillo dry hopping consorts with Wisconsin Red Wheat. Traditional Open Top fermentation cultivates our proprietary Bavarian Weiss yeast in our dedicated Wheat Beer Cellar. Absolutely 100% natural bottle conditioned this is a Living beer.
3.7
390 reviews
New Glarus, United States
Community reviews
New Glarus Crack’d Wheat Ale (now, New Glarus Hopster) has an extremely thick, spongy, off-white head, and a semi-clear, bubbly, golden appearance. Lacing is profoundly heavy. The aroma is an odd mix of citrus/pine hop resin with banana and coriander. Taste is of those elements, with sweet white bread and moderate bitterness. Mouthfeel is light to medium, and New Glarus Hopster finishes crisp and refreshing. RJT
Bottle thanks to Will. Pours a clear yellow gold with some off white head. The aroma is pineapple, wheat, straw. Medium mouth, strong wheat, grass, yeast, light pepper, decent.
12oz bottle pours a clear golden with a small white head. Aroma of banana and wheat, mild clove. Sweet taste banana, clove, and wheat, mild hop bitterness. Meh, the dry hopping isn’t making this any different from any other wheat ale.
Thanks to Chris for bringing it over! Nice fresh wheat and hop-nose. The beer starts fresh and nice. Sweetish Weizen notes, no yeast but fresh hops. Sweetish-fresh, nice piney hops. Dryer ending, but still a Kristallweizen dry-hopped. Intense sweetish Weizen-ending with no bitterness.
Bottle:
Clear gold with a tall, frothy white head.
Citrus, wheat, yeast, banana aroma.
Taste is sweet lemon, banana, slightly spiced...
Very bright and refreshing....the lively citrus matches nicely with the wheat.....hopped-up, and blended really well.
Great stuff.
Bottle. Bright yellow with thick white head and substantial lacing. Earthy pine aroma with moss and anise notes. Smooth wheat and pine hops upfront. Body is a bit watery. Some earthy pine hops with oil and licorice notes in the finish.
Thanks to Chris for bringing this to Deutschland! Pours a beautiful light golden color and a tan/cream color. The smell is wheat, hops. The taste is herbal, wheat, grapefruit ending dry and crisp. Light with nice, fine carbonation.
Bottle thanks to Linda. Light hay with a white head. Light, Candi hops. Light and clean.
Bottle courtesy of Falco242. Sweet in the front. Wonderful German weissbier finish. Only other hopped weissbier I remember having is the Schneider- Brooklyn collab Hopfenwriss. Just like that beer, this is delicious.
12 oz. bottle. Pours a hazy golden color with a tight soapy white head that hangs around. Aroma has banana Clove faint cinnamon and subtle juicy fruit. Taste bitter juicy fruit bready gentle clove banana and bitterness. Palate is juicy crisp and somewhat drying.
pours a slightly murky straw gold with a thick white head. aroma is slight hay with a hint of sweet spice. The taste is pleasant but somewhat complex. hint of lemon citrus, some spice, and a little sweet malt. Some modest hop bitterness fades in lightly. Actually quite refreshing. I could see sessioning this on a hot summer day. Good beer!
Bottle. Golden with medium white head. Aroma of wheat, hints of clove, and slight yeast funk. Light body, moderate floral bitterness, banana, a nice wheat body, and a crisp finish.
Kind of spicy, like a saison. There's a little burst of cinnamon at first, and then a cavalcade of flavors start to flow. Lively. A pillowy head sits atop a bright orange body. Very nice. Might pair really well with some cheese, but sadly I don't have any.
I couldn’t quite place the cloves and hefeweiss characteristics prior to reading the description. Not because they’re not there, I just wasn’t expecting it on a beer with hop in the name. I’m impressed.
Crisp, light, with nice bans, clove, and slight citrus / grass hop flavor. Good and a bit different.
Pours clear gold, lots of carbonation and a thick pillowy white head. Aroma is banannas, clove, and citrus. Similar to dancing man in terms of yeast taste. Little bit lighter and its got more grassy and citrus hops. Very good hopped up wheat.
DELICIOUS. I didn?t expect a nice wheat ale to be named "Hopster". No bitterness. Sweet banana. A little watery though.
12 oz. bottle pours a clear golden color with lots of bubbles rising to a large fluffy head. Aroma has wheat, cloves, bananas, and some citrus hops. Taste is sweet and spicy until a bitter hoppy finish kicks in. Body is light with average carbonation and a crisp mouthfeel. This was an unexpected surprise, with the best features of a witbier, and hefeweizen together.
Bottle. Pours a clear, golden yellow color with a big foamy white head. Aromas of bread, banana, cloves, and citrus hops. Taste is similar with a notable wheat presence. Some really nice grapefruit-like bitterness from the hops. Light body with ample carbonation. Finish is dry with a mild lingering bitterness. Very unique. Very nice.
Cloudy yellow, with a thin ring of foam. Smells like stone, banana, and toast. Flavor is clean, fresh hops, some stoney notes, and fresh bread. Tasty stuff!
Peppery orange and fruity aroma. Bottle poured at kleemans in new glarus. Orange with white head. Peppery spicy tropical fruit and wheats. Better than expected and an unusual beer. Good
Bottle thanks to my landlord. Poured clear light yellow with white head. Aroma sweet light wheaty hop some fruity spice. Light carb med bod. Tastes mildy tart full of grains and light resin.
Hopster bottle pours clear golden amber with a thick white ice cream float style head and lacing. Aromas of cloves, citrus, and spices with a hint of banana. Flavor is slightly sweet and a mild pepperiness. Tasty wheat.
Bottle pours dull-gold with a huge, persistent head characteristic of NG’s bottle conditioning. Clean, lemon-lime notes on the nose, balanced bittering/aroma ho finish. Overall, a solid wheat ale.
12oz bottle to New Glarus pilsner glass. Golden yellow. Quite unexpectedly clear. Pillowy long lasting white head. Citrusy and clean. Very refreshing. (03/15/2015)
Bottle from Brunos via the lake beer fridge. Pours a bright yellow with the trademark large foamy hefeweiss head. Nose is hops and bready wheatness. Excellent...reminds me of another hoppy whest from NG....Dancing Man...will have more.
12oz bottle as Hopster, purchased at Downer Wine and Spirits. Pours clear, bight yellow color with a huge white head. Aroma is yeasty, clove, banana, some orange citrus. Medium on the palate creamy carbonation. Flavor is sweet, malty, bready, clove, bubblegum, some pine hop bitterness, some grapefruit citrus, with a citrusy hop finish. Very tasty. An amazingly interesting beer.
This pours a clear, golden yellow color with a foamy, white head. The aroma is sweet, malty with a touch of hops. The taste is grainy, dry, and finishes with slight bitterness. Simple and complex all at the same time. Worth your while to give this one a try while you can.
This is an awesome beer! Golden in color aroma of clove, earthy, fruit, spices, and citrusy hops. Flavor is floral, fruity, bubble-gum, clove, and spicy citrus hops. The finish is crisp, lively, and refreshing. The Amarillo really stands out in the finish/after taste.
Aroma is spices, apricots/fruit and wheat/bread. The flavor is spices, apricots, tropical fruit, mild hop resin and a mix of slight dryness and wheat in the finish.