Fat Tire Amber Ale
Brewery: New Belgium Brewing
Alcohol By Volume: 5.20%
Beer Style: Amber Ale
Availability: Year Round
Average of 42 ratings: 3.9 stars.
Description:
Named in honor of our founder Jeff's bike trip through Belgium, Fat Tire Amber Ale marks a turning point in the young electrical engineer's home brewing.
Belgian beers use a far broader pallet of ingredients (fruits, spices, esoteric yeast strains) than German or English styles. Jeff found the Belgian approach freeing. Upon his return, Jeff created Fat Tire and Abbey Belgian Ale, (assuming Abbey would be his big gun). He and his wife, Kim traveled around sampling their homebrews to the public.
Fat Tire's appeal quickly became evident. People liked everything about it. Except the name. Fat Tire won fans is in its sense of balance: toasty, biscuit-like malt flavors coasting in equilibrium with hoppy freshness.
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I want to like it more but there is an aftertaste I can appreciate. Nice nuttiness though.
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Appearance - 3.0
nice rounded color
Aroma - 4.0
great aroma
Mouthfeel - 3.5
simple structured flavors
Taste - 4.5
rounded and balenced
Overall - 5.0
just a simple good beer that most anyone will enjoy
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