Fat Cat Brewery

Brewpub in Norwich, Norfolk, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Associated with 4 Venues

Established in 2005

Contact
98-100 Lawson Road, Norwich, NR3 4LF, England
Description
Based in Norwich, Norfolk, The Fat Cat Brewing Company produces an award winning range of real ales and makes them available right across the UK! Bottled beers and cask ales all year round, occasional keg specials too.

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6.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

5th July 2017
Chelmsford Beer Festival. Cask. Almost opaque dark brown beer, bubbly pale tan head. Palate is smooth and mildly dry, modest carbonation. Big candy fruits! Parma violets! Light fruits and mild spice. Mild and tangy licorice. Airy finish. Unusual!

Tried from Cask on 16 Jul 2017 at 05:59


6.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

5th July 2017
Chelmsford Beer Festival. Cask. As Fat Cat ’25PA’. Light haze on this gold beer, small white head. Smooth palate, semi dry, modest fine carbonation. Soft and sweetish malts. Very mild creamy malt. Good smooth piney hop. Ripe citrus. A little sweetish mango intertwined with floral bitterness. Light semi dry finish. Tidy.

Tried from Cask on 15 Jul 2017 at 12:56


5.8
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Gravity dispense (bag-in-box) @ Fat Cat Brewery Tap, 98-100 Lawson Road, Norwich, Norfolk, England NR3 4LF. [ As Fat Cat Scrumpy Cat Cider ].Clear medium orange yellow colour with virtually no head. Aroma is moderate apple, sweet apples, fruity apples, sulfur, yellow apples. Flavor is moderate sweet with a average duration, yellow apples, sweet apples, sulfur notes. Body is medium, texture is oily - watery, carbonation is flat. [20150804] 6-2-6-3-12

Tried from Draft on 03 Jun 2017 at 15:35


5.8
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Cask (gravity) @ Fat Cat Brewery Tap, 98-100 Lawson Road, Norwich, Norfolk, England NR3 4LF. [ As Fat Cat Cecil’s Revenge ].Clear medium orange yellow colour with a small to average, frothy - fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, fruity malt, pale malt, light to moderate hoppy, fruity. Flavor is moderate sweet and light to moderate bitter with a average duration, biscuit malt, sweet malt, fruity malt, light hoppy. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20150804] 6-2-6-3-12

Tried from Cask on 31 May 2017 at 11:08


4.6
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Hazed golden color with a small white layer on top. Moderate intensity in the aroma. Medium body and a soft carbonation level. Tad sweet and a moderate bitterness. Malty, mild fruity and herbal flavor. Not really anything to write home about.
[Cask at Fat Cat in Norwich, England]

Tried from Cask on 15 May 2017 at 01:57


4.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5

Clear golden color with a small white layer on top. Moderate intensity in the aroma. Medium (-) body and a soft carbonation level. Ok balanced sweetness versus bitterness. Caramel malty, mild fruity and herbal hoppy flavor.
[Cask at Fat Cat in Norwich, England]

Tried from Cask on 14 May 2017 at 06:18


5.1
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Clear golden color with a tiny layer on top. Moderate intensity in the aroma. Medium body and a soft carbonation level. Tad sweet and a moderate bitterness. Malty, mild fruity and herbal/grassy flavor. Not really a wild cat. Anyway not the worst golden ale I have tried.
[Cask at Fat Cat in Norwich, England]

Tried from Cask on 13 May 2017 at 01:07


5.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Clear deep golden color with a white head. Moderate intensity in the aroma. Medium body and a soft carbonation level. Tad sweet and a moderate bitterness. Fruity, malty and herbal hoppy flavor. Decent thirst quencher.
[Cask at Fat Cat in Norwich, England]

Tried from Cask on 12 May 2017 at 08:58


7.1
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Cask at The Fat Cat Brewery Tap, Norwich, Saturday 6th May 2017 Pours clear light gold, excellent clarity. Nice sweetness, fruity with some mushy tropical flavours. I like this. A6 A5 T7 P4 Ov13 3.5

Tried from Cask on 06 May 2017 at 06:04


6.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Cask at the Fat Cat & Canary, Norwich. Pours mid gold with a small off-white head. Aroma of hop, light tropical and citrus fruit, and malt. Medium sweetness and moderate bitterness. Medium body, texture slightly watery, soft carbonation.

Tried from Cask on 04 May 2017 at 15:21