Fat Squirrel
New Glarus Brewing Company in New Glarus, Wisconsin, United States 🇺🇸
Brown Ale Autumn|
Score
6.88
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One deceptively spring like winter day, Brewmaster Dan walked home from the brewery, sat down to dinner and said, "Boy, there are some fat squirrels out there. They're running all over the place. I think I should brew a Fat Squirrel Nut Brown Ale." Deb agreed and so another beer legend was born.
100% Wisconsin malt of six different varieties impart the natural toasted color to this bottle conditioned unfiltered ale. Clean hazelnut notes result from these carefully chosen barley malts. Hops from Slovenia, Bavaria and the Pacific Northwest give Fat Squirrel its backbone. When the going gets tough, remember to relax a moment and enjoy the "Fat Squirrel" in your neighborhood.
100% Wisconsin malt of six different varieties impart the natural toasted color to this bottle conditioned unfiltered ale. Clean hazelnut notes result from these carefully chosen barley malts. Hops from Slovenia, Bavaria and the Pacific Northwest give Fat Squirrel its backbone. When the going gets tough, remember to relax a moment and enjoy the "Fat Squirrel" in your neighborhood.
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6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottlee from kosko20. Pours a hazy chestnut hue with a thickish, medium sized off-white heead. Aroma of nuts, a bit of maple and some chocolate. Taste is nuts and caramel with a bit of oatmeal and cinnamon and a couple of hops poking through. Watery with light bubbles.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Nov 2008
at 18:46
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
12 oz. bottle courtesy of Alraomon. Thanks Sean! Pours an inviting brown-tinged red color with a minimal off-white head. Aroma is strong green-apple with cherry and nutty notes. Smooth taste with caramel, nuts, apple and toasted malts. Medium bodied and very well balanced.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Oct 2008
at 20:12
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle: Lighter chestnut brown with a smallish off-white head. Bubbly. Aroma is toasty with nuts, toffee, malts, and a bit earthy and floral. Tastes is toasty and malty. Caramel, nuts, and toffee. Low bitters. Crisp carbonation. No real sweetness and overall a very nice brown ale. Thanks Pepsican.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Apr 2008
at 22:52
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
12 oz. bottle. Pleasant brown ale smell as glass is filled and settles. Bright brown (hmm… brown squirrel colored?) body, thin layer of foam, lots of bits suspended in it. Taste is lightly sweet with toffee and, yes, nutty malts. Just a quick nip of American hops on top of a refined European hop base make this very sessionable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Mar 2008
at 21:21
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
12oz bottle-pours a foamy light tan head and hazy amber color. Aroma is sweet medium malt-caramel/chocolate/toffee, nutty, medium fruit, secondary spicy/woody hops. Taste is medium malt, secondary spicy/woody/metallic (English hops). Taste not as complex as aroma. Comes across as a nice mild ale, mellow. Mild carbonation. Thanks Wasatch.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Nov 2007
at 22:13
8.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Big thanks to jarlbartar for bonusing me this brew. Pours deep golden brown with distinguished half inch white head. The nose is full of roasty maltiness, nuttiness and mild yeast spiciness. The initial moment of flavor seems to start out like a typical brown with a charge of malt astringency. But here it is faint and very brief. The taste quickly becomes rich, smooth, malty and nutty. The roastiness starts first then nuttiness enters along with faint caramel candy. Nice mild nutty after taste. Very nice.
Tried
from Can
on 30 Sep 2007
at 21:42
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
12oz bottle from Dansting. Pour is almost clear (ever so slight haze) orange amber with visible carbonation bubbles.and a dirty white head. Aroma of not too much, actually. I get some faint sweet caramel malt, but really not much. Taste is semi sweet malt and an interesting drying quality to the finish. There is some nuttiness to this one as well. Nothing really stood on this one for me, though it was certainly very drinkable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Sep 2007
at 10:08
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottled. An amber beer with a slight hazy under a thin beige head. The aroma is sweeet malty with light notes of caramel. The flavor is sweet malty with stronger notes of caramel, and a dry end. This is not a brown ale.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Jan 2007
at 16:07