Fat Tire Amber Ale - New Belgium Brewing

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rAvg: 3.62
pDev: 15.47%
Reviews: 1657
Hads: 2342

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Brewed by:
New Belgium Brewing

Colorado, United States

Style | ABV
American Amber / Red Ale | 5.20% ABV

Availability: Year-round. bottle (1310), on-tap (283), can (61), growler (2), nitro-tap (1).

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Reviews by Siriusfisherman:

Siriusfisherman

Montana

3.73/5 rDev +3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

Serving Type: Bottle poured into 12oz challis

Appearance: A dark clear body, dark amber or brownish-red. About one and a half fingers of frothy, fine foam on top.

Smell: Subtle, but malty and hoppy.

Taste: Very crisp and malty once it enters your mouth, somewhat of a burnt taste. It goes with the burnt flavor dying away and a hoppy finish coming into play. Easy to drink, very full flavor.

Mouthfeel: The carbonation is mild and tingles a little while after a little while. This does not compliment the taste very well, but does not infringe upon it very much either.

Overall: A very drinkable, dark amber ale. It has great flavor and great head making it quite an appealing bear to sip and look at. It is however, missing something. I cannot put my finger on it but I must say it fell short of my expectations I had for it. With that said though, I would not turn my shoulder to it if my friend brought it to the lake to have a drink, it is easy to drink and has a very nice flavor.

Serving type: bottle

08-27-2011 02:14:20 | More by Siriusfisherman

More User Reviews:

Dpayne

Michigan

3.25/5 rDev -10.2%

05-23-2013 01:04:23 | More by Dpayne

thampel09

New Jersey

2.5/5 rDev -30.9%

05-22-2013 13:25:26 | More by thampel09

hdf561

Virginia

3/5 rDev -17.1%

05-21-2013 23:36:51 | More by hdf561

verge

California

3.5/5 rDev -3.3%

05-21-2013 18:18:32 | More by verge

canders0927

Texas

3/5 rDev -17.1%

05-21-2013 14:47:12 | More by canders0927

BeerAficionadoMCMXC

California

3.75/5 rDev +3.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3

You're not my beer, Fat Tire, but I'll drink you anyway. Appearance is a solid amber. Smell is interestingly of cereal and hops, citrus hops at that. Let's give her a taste. I get a hoppy and malty beer with a creamy finish. Nicely done overall. I'd drink it again, but I have an embargo against all NB beers for personal reasons. I'd say drink up if it's your cup of brew hah hah.

Serving type: bottle

05-21-2013 07:30:58 | More by BeerAficionadoMCMXC

cfitterer

Arizona

3.75/5 rDev +3.6%

05-21-2013 05:19:34 | More by cfitterer

maxcoinage

Illinois

3.75/5 rDev +3.6%

05-20-2013 17:54:51 | More by maxcoinage

InspectorBob

New Jersey

3.5/5 rDev -3.3%

05-20-2013 16:32:18 | More by InspectorBob

Mcvs1507

Indiana

3/5 rDev -17.1%

05-20-2013 05:30:29 | More by Mcvs1507

Sokool

Washington

3.5/5 rDev -3.3%

05-20-2013 05:28:24 | More by Sokool

Turbo

Minnesota

4.25/5 rDev +17.4%

05-20-2013 01:36:09 | More by Turbo

BRYeleJR

Massachusetts

4.25/5 rDev +17.4%

05-20-2013 00:42:05 | More by BRYeleJR

DMB

Massachusetts

3.5/5 rDev -3.3%

05-19-2013 22:56:51 | More by DMB

ClayO

Arizona

3.5/5 rDev -3.3%

05-19-2013 22:35:47 | More by ClayO

Mississippi

Virginia

3.5/5 rDev -3.3%

05-19-2013 13:49:09 | More by Mississippi

grumblebee

California

3/5 rDev -17.1%

05-19-2013 03:52:16 | More by grumblebee

timiskin

Ontario (Canada)

3.75/5 rDev +3.6%

05-19-2013 02:55:45 | More by timiskin

DrewsBrews450

North Carolina

4.1/5 rDev +13.3%
look: 3.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4

Copper color with a nice fluffy white head good laceing. Sweet butter biscuit, slight bit of hops for the smell. The taste much like the smell biscuits with sweet butter carmal malt, slight hoppy finish. Mouthfeel is kinda thin but no biggie for this amber ale. The one thing I like most about this amber ale is the sweet butter biscuit that it does so well that many other amber ales don't have. it makes it a little more then just caramal malts like most amber ales.

Serving type: bottle

05-18-2013 23:15:53 | More by DrewsBrews450