Fat Tire Ale
New Belgium Brewing Company in Fort Collins, Colorado, United States 🇺🇸
Belgian Style - Blonde / Pale / Amber Regular|
Score
6.11
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Fat Tire's unique flavor profile originates from 1930s Belgium. During this era, small breweries began offering easy-drinking beer crafted with signature Belgian yeast in order to satisfy the tastes of visiting British soldiers. Today, Fat Tire blends a subtle malt presence with a slightly fruity hop profile and crisp finish, to create a bright and balanced beer that drinks easy, anywhere.
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5.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 6
Can from Total Wine in Santa Rosa, CA. Pours gold with a moderate white head. Aroma is bready. Med body, kind of gummy. Not dry, but not sugary. Hop is not much. Light fruit? Not great.
Tried
from Can
at
Total Wine & More
on 20 Jul 2026
at 00:19
5.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 5.5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bought locally part of mixed 12pack.
Pours a clear gold with an ample head of foam, retention and lacing are fine.
Smell is hoppy, some grain and fruit, light bread.
Taste is grainy, bready, light malty sweetness, some bitter notes.
Medium bodied, I would not bother drinking this again.
Pours a clear gold with an ample head of foam, retention and lacing are fine.
Smell is hoppy, some grain and fruit, light bread.
Taste is grainy, bready, light malty sweetness, some bitter notes.
Medium bodied, I would not bother drinking this again.
Tried
from Can
on 01 Jul 2026
at 13:36
7.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
Tap. Golden color with medium white head. Aroma of malt, fruity hops, Belgian yeast. Taste starts malty complemented with spicy phenols, light esters from Belgian yeast, fruity hops. Good.
Tried
from Draft
on 03 Nov 2025
at 18:15
7.5/10
Stovepipe can. A good basic ale to watch ballgame
Tried
from Can
on 26 Jan 2025
at 23:51
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Can. @Gons, Rockville (MD). 05/09/2024 [#7.786 Global - #1.637 United States of America - #3 New Belgium Brewing Company] Pours amber with a big off-white head. Aroma: crisp malts, clove and caramel. Taste: crisp, caramel and light dried fruits. Next one, please!
Tried
from Can
on 18 Oct 2024
at 10:27
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
5/VII/24 - 12Fl. Oz. can from the Ramstein Air Base gas station shop @ the Gibb’s crib, BB: V/1/25, 24010506IT17952 0715 (2024-489) Thanks to Brian G. for sharing the can!
Clear blond yellow beer, big creamy white head, unstable, a bit adhesive. Aroma: banana, yeasty, a bit malty, grains, floral, some pears. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: a bit malty, bitter, yeasty, banana, grains, bubble gum, a bit metallic, meh. Aftertaste: malty, some banana, grains, more malts, a bit metallic. I guess this beer has/had it’s merit as a gateway beer into craft brews, but I can’t get really excited about it.
Clear blond yellow beer, big creamy white head, unstable, a bit adhesive. Aroma: banana, yeasty, a bit malty, grains, floral, some pears. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: a bit malty, bitter, yeasty, banana, grains, bubble gum, a bit metallic, meh. Aftertaste: malty, some banana, grains, more malts, a bit metallic. I guess this beer has/had it’s merit as a gateway beer into craft brews, but I can’t get really excited about it.
Tried
from Can
on 05 Jul 2024
at 19:00
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
It has been awhile since I last had Fat Tire. I can’t compare to the previous version, but this one is pretty tasty. Pours clear burnished gold with a lasting off-white head. Aroma is yeast forward. Flavors are fruity.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Jun 2024
at 16:57
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
12 oz. can from Publix. Pours a crystal clear gold color with a white head and very good retention. Good lacing. Standard pale malt aroma. Standard pale malt flavor too, like the aroma. Cleaner with barely a hint of any yeast notes. A very good, crisp and smooth lager. Medium-light body. Medium carbonation. Low bitterness. Repeatable. Much better than the original.
Tried
from Can
on 31 May 2024
at 01:54
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Can @ home. Slightly unclear golden body under a fine white head. Aroma has malt, esters and feels a bit perfumed. Taste is medium sweet malt, grain, cereals, some esters, Belgium yeast, slightly fruity, sugar and moderate bitterness. Medium body and same aftertaste. Nothing outstanding in any direction, but still a nice, well made, easy to go beer. I do have a little soft spot for this one without any real reason.
Tried
from Can
on 16 Mar 2024
at 07:29
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 8
So I've been a little out of the loop regarding the news that NB has made a big change to Fat Tire. Can't say I cared a whole lot. I was never in love with the original version, and never really tasted any Belgian yeast in it despite its supposed origin story. So here's the new one, and yea, there's a belgian yeast at work here, very lightly phenolic with some sugar and dough, a very light fruit ester. It tastes more Belgian too, less hoppy than before, lighter body. Strange body, has a slicky watery character. Low carbonation I guess, despite the big fluffy head. Flavor is vaguely yeasty and doughy, leading to a low bitterness finish that lingers with just a hint of ester. This might be preferable to the old version, but I like to go against the grain. But either way, its still no great beer. 6 pack cans from a Wawa in Florida
Tried
from Can
on 02 Mar 2024
at 19:50