Fat Head's Brewery

Microbrewery in Middleburg Heights, Ohio, United States 🇺🇸
Associated with 5 Venues

Established in 2009

Contact
17450 Engle Lake Dr, Middleburg Heights, OH, 44130, United States
Description
Fat Head's was founded in 1992 as a premiere craft beer tap house and restaurant in Pittsburgh, PA. In 2009 we expanded to Ohio and teamed up with our award-winning Head Brewmaster Matt Cole. With the explosion in popularity came the necessity to open a full-scale production brewery in 2012. Fat Head's Brewery produces original ales and lagers for distribution throughout Ohio and Western Pennsylvania.

Our Tap House offers Samples, Flights, and Fresh-brewed Pints! Sit right in the heart of our facility and enjoy the freshest beer from our tanks to your pint glass. We have a 16 tap draft system, bar seating, picnic tables, and some seriously tasty grub to go with it.

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8/10
Tried from Can on 10 May 2026 at 02:10

2/10 Appearance 5 Aroma 4 Flavor 0.5 Texture 1 Overall 0.5
I an ale hipster, spotted this IPA beer,
had a scary flavor, a frightening sneer.
Twas a cheap $3 pounder can of thrash,
reminded me of strong bitterweed ash.
Such a cloudy, pale, hazy brew,
provided a bitter and hoppy chew.
With a terrible hop-filled bad ass,
it’s so thick and viscous in the glass.
Nasty as a IPA tropical hop stew,
the middle ruined my taste buds, its true.
Seemed like fermenting dank swamp in a pail,
blasted bitter, unripe green grapefruit scale.
A BS bile-bitter bite insulted my session,
and finished with obtuse oppression.
Tried from Can from Vintage Estate Wine and Beer on 29 Apr 2026 at 18:51

1.6/10 Appearance 2 Aroma 4 Flavor 0.5 Texture 1 Overall 0.5
Oh, bitter brew, you are so cheap,
Forced to take you to the ticking heap.
You smell like pine and some BO,
I can tell you are a serious foe.
A clear pale eye and really nice head,
Its not a preview of the taste I dread.
Yer not a lager lover's friend,
With 65 IBUs that never end.
A resinous, piney, and fierce attack,
That makes the flavor such a whack..
From Simcoe, Centennial to Chinook, bite,
You turn the palate to a state of fright.
You speak of juicy, soft clear pale,
But you are fire, an old school nail.
Grapefruit skin dank rubber herbaceous green,
The sharpest hop-trap my tongue has seen.
You sting the gums making my senses ring,
A resin-coated, hop-forward, wild thing.
No malt can hide beneath your jagged edge,
Your bracing bite is your solemn pledge,
Of dry, clean finishes and tongue-clinging oil,
The noble work of intense boiling toil.
So hail the bitter! The sharp! The bold!
One of the rudest IPA that I can hold.
Tried from Can from Vintage Estate Wine and Beer on 19 Apr 2026 at 19:47

7/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 7
12oz can from brother. Mahogany pour. Initial head fades to small creamy off-white cap. Sweet, malty aroma, then cinnamon and a good amount of barrel notes. Taste starts with the spicy/savory cinnamon, a little brown sugar, caramel, barely there vanilla and some strength from the barrels. A bit heavy on the cinnamon (for me)
Tried from Can on 16 Apr 2026 at 05:45

1.6/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 2.5 Flavor 0.5 Texture 2 Overall 0.5
Can from Vintage. Pour is slight haze on dirty pale. Nice white head stays for a while. Nose is slight perfume covered BO with a diesel back up. Very bitter on the first taste. Bitter on the second gulp and really bitter near the middle. Quite strong and in yer face on the terribly on style bitter blast. Bitterness sticks to yer palate and never lets go. Some some co2 with the taste of old weather beaten real rubber inner tubes, unflavored handsoap combined with pine tar sap and rotting fermenting green grapefruit rinds, all mixed together in a food processor. Mouth coating SOB. I need a fresh clean cold macro pale lager Alpha to chase this down. If you like IPA, put this on yer bucket list.
Tried from Can from Vintage Estate Wine and Beer on 08 Apr 2026 at 18:03

7/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 7
Tried from Can from Horrocks Farm Market on 24 Feb 2026 at 01:21

7.8/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Tried from Can from Horrocks Farm Market on 14 Feb 2026 at 01:01

7.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 7 Overall 8
Reviewed from notes.
Can to snifter.
Appearance: dark copper/auburn color with a two finger white foamy head which slid off nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: pumpkin fleshy sweetness, light vanilla, pie crust and/or biscuity malts, light vanilla, brown sugar, lactose and cinnamon
Flavor: combines all the prior noted aromas together to an even keeled sweet to spicy character; finishes like pumpkin pie
Texture: medium bodied, steering towards being a sipper, some smoothness and a hint of cinnamon sting to the tongue (but really, that was extremely hard to pick up as it's super faint)
Overall: it's liquified pumpkin pie with booze in it, what's not to love during the Autumn season? Of course, I'd return to this beer and I also hope to try the non-impy version of this some day.
Tried from Can on 13 Feb 2026 at 01:09

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7.5 Texture 7 Overall 7.5
Reviewed from notes.
Can to becher glass.
Appearance: semi-murky dark yellow to bronze color with a two finger white foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: citrusy to piney hoppiness, slight orange rind, clean malts
Flavor: blends the prior noted aromas together to a nice bittersweet quality; mild finish of citrusy and piney hops
Texture: light bodied, very sessionable, some smoothness along the tongue, some dryness
Overall: it fits the style and I don't mind it, so pick some up and take 'em fishing or do something outside.
Tried from Can on 13 Feb 2026 at 00:54

7.3/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Dark orange with a medium sized foamy head. Bitter with caramel, pine, citric and peppery hops. Long finish. Moderately full bodied.
Tried from Draft at Mad Mex (Monroeville) on 01 Feb 2026 at 01:04