Fat Tire & Friends: Fat Funk Ale
New Belgium Brewing Company in Fort Collins, Colorado, United States 🇺🇸
Collab with: Allagash Brewing CompanySour / Wild Beer Series Out of Production
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Score
6.90
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Who wants the funk? Our New England friends at Allagash brought it, taking Fat Tire back to its Belgian roots with a De Dolle House Belgian yeast strain that adds classic pear, banana, and spice to Fat Tire's malty goodness. They then bottle-conditioned the beer with Brettanomyces Allagagensis for an extra spicy finish. Get your funk on.
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6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
12 oz bottle poured into a tulip. Clear amber orange with 3 fingers of off-white head. Nice lacing. Aromas of big Brett, some tropical fruit, yeast, some herbs. Tastes of Brett, funk, tropical fruit, a little caramel. Medium body with a dry finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Sep 2016
at 22:23
7.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Brett, orange/lemon, biscuit malt, and straw aroma. Cloudy amber with nice light tan head. Mildly sweet citrus, biscuit malt, mildly sour brett, and mildly bitter hay flavor. Okay body. Pleasant.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Aug 2016
at 18:13
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle from the Fat Tire and Friends pack, neat idea… can’t believe it’s been 25 years since Fat Tire debuted. Pours a dark golden bronze color with a mountain of fluffy beige head. Bubbly. It has that dry, farmhouse yeast aroma with cloves and spice… a little bit of funk. Taste is strong with yeast, light spice, and dry. Light brett note, a bit earthy and floral, maybe dandelion. Lots going on here, not what I expected, but good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Aug 2016
at 21:58
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On tap at St. Augustine's, pours a hazy amber orange with a small beige head. Aroma brings out a lovely funky character upfront, followed by light dry hopping and biscuity malt. Flavour is quite funky, with a great fresh funk dominating, with subdued floral hopping and biscuity malt. Wonderfully constructed, with the funk pervading the palate. Excellent.
Tried
from Draft
on 23 Aug 2016
at 11:23
8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
On tap at St. Augustine’s during New Belgium 25th anniversary celebration. Pours a hazy golden with a huge white head. Aroma is funky, some herbal and floral. Same character very fresh taste with noticeable hoppy bitterness. Amazing!
Tried
from Draft
on 22 Aug 2016
at 19:58