Fat Tire & Friends: Fat Pale Ale
New Belgium Brewing Company in Fort Collins, Colorado, United States 🇺🇸
Collab with: Rhinegeist BreweryBelgian Style - Blonde / Pale / Amber Series Out of Production
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Score
6.45
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Fat Tire to the X P and A. The innovative Cincinnati folk from Rhinegeist went all new style on Fat Tire. The result is a Belgian-Style XPA. A combination of fruity Belgian yeast, breadth-sweet European and Colorado malts and a healthy dose of fruity, vinous hops. Perfect for hop heads, wine lovers, beer fanatics and even whiskey quaffers.
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6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle. Clear golden pour with lots of bubbles, a huge eggshell head. Aromatic with bready malt, light fruity yeast, a little citrus. At first sip, it’s bready and quite a lot like the original… as it warms, the fruity yeast and citrus come alive. Still quite bready with a farmhouse feel and light citrus overall.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Aug 2016
at 22:03
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
12 oz bottle poured. Bottle gifted by luttonm. Thanks! One of my favorite beer cities, paired with my football city. Who Dey! In my limited fat pack experience, this seems to be the Fat Tire-ist of all of them. Copper golden pour with a thick cream lasting head. Piney hop aroma stacked over a rich malt. Flavor is reversed, with a malt forward bold flavor. Less sweet than the aroma predicts. Almost a rye like malt flavor, giving it a soft spice, which is good. Hops are more of an afterthought in the flavor. This beer is growing on me. The malt bill is intriguing. It doesn’t seem as complex as the sales department has advertised it, but everything seems to be working in a proper order here. Creamy, malty finish. I will never get sick of New Belgium collaborating with the best brewers in the business to bring us unique brews. Glad this won’t be the last. Pretty good beer here.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Aug 2016
at 22:37
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Touch of haze. Has a toasty malt, light fruity taste, hit of hop in the finish. Ok balance, bit tame, just Fat Tire only slightly hoppy.
Tried
on 24 Aug 2016
at 00:47
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Draft - Biscuit and earthy hops with a touch of fruit. Clearish copper with a small white head. Light citrus, yeasty fruit and a light grassy bitterness. Not bad.
Tried
from Draft
on 23 Aug 2016
at 22:16
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
On tap at St. Augustine's, pours a hazy amber orange with a small off-white head. Aroma brings out crisp biscuity malt upfront with a dry piney hop quality. Flavour is crisp and dry, with piney hops upfront and dry biscuity malt. Crisp and nicely astringent. Solid.
Tried
from Draft
on 23 Aug 2016
at 11:26
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 6
Clear amber with a tall, off-white head. Aroma that is lightly fruity and tart with just touch of hop aroma. The flavor has a light sweetness to it with a very soft bitterness in the finish. Not bad, but very uncomplicated and one dimensional.
Tried
on 21 Aug 2016
at 14:42
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Copper beer with a cream head, Light grapefruit aroma. Grapefruit and light bready flavor with light mineral notes. Medium bodied. Grapefruit and light breadiness linger.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Aug 2016
at 18:02
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
The Sampler, Brooklyn tap: pours amber with a white head. Aroma is toasty, hops, and caramel. Taste is lightly bitter. Kind of sweet. Light fruitiness. Not bad.
Tried
from Draft
on 29 Jul 2016
at 22:12
2.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 3
Flavor 2
Texture 2
Overall 1.5
Bottle. A- Manure, malty, stale bread, wet dog. A- Amber orange color, hazy liquid, off white head. T- Dirt, bread, malty, burnt caramel. P- Medium body, average texture, average carbonation, unbearable finish. O- This was downright awful. Couldn’t even finish more than half a bottle. It was like drinking a wringed out rag you just used to dry off a wet dog. Disgusting.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Jul 2016
at 19:39
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
12 oz bottle poured into a Spiegelau tulip. Clear golden orange with a finger of off-white head. Aromas of malt, biscuit, toasty notes, light citrus. Tastes of malt, citrus fruit and peel, herbs, grassy notes, toasty notes, biscuit. Medium body with a dry finish. Grew on me as I got further in.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Jul 2016
at 21:18