Fat Weasel Ale - Steinhaus Brewing Co.

Jason

Massachusetts

3.08/5  rDev +3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3

12 oz brown long neck bottle with no freshness date or info about the beer or brewery.

Sufficient lace, fluffy and off white … the retention is good also. Hazed pale amber golden colour.

Fruity, alcoholic esters and sweet residual malt dextrin aroma.

Chewy and slick body, spicy alcohol with suggestions of cinnamon and black pepper. Sweetness is abundant underneath the alcohol, flavours of honey and dough biscuit come to mind. Fruitiness is of ripe golden raisins and pears. Faint solvent like character. Hops are there but lost in a way as they through down a bitterness and leave. Warmth from the alcohol increases and a residual sweetness in the finish.

The higher alcohols are a bit too much to handle and throw the brew off balance, add the sweetness to this and it drops a drinkability even lower. Not a horrible beer at all but just not something I’d go back to anytime soon.

Serving type: bottle

09-29-2002 17:34:49 | More by Jason

Todd

Massachusetts

3.35/5  rDev +12%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3 | feel: 4 | overall: 3

A good, sweet and malty beer. Light coloured, hardly a true amber brew. The 7.1% abv was a bit extreme and out of place -- lots of fussel alcohols on the palate, which also made it less enjoyable and drinkable as a result.

It was okay, but I wouldn't drink another.

Serving type: bottle

12-19-2001 11:38:19 | More by Todd

Wedcat

California

3.5/5  rDev +17.1%

06-19-2013 01:06:53 | More by Wedcat

AnitaBrewski

Massachusetts

3/5  rDev +0.3%

06-17-2013 23:00:20 | More by AnitaBrewski

maxwelldeux

North Carolina

2.25/5  rDev -24.7%

06-03-2013 01:48:41 | More by maxwelldeux

cre83

Washington

3/5  rDev +0.3%

06-03-2013 01:11:33 | More by cre83

leprechaunandfatman

Illinois

3.75/5  rDev +25.4%

05-26-2013 21:02:17 | More by leprechaunandfatman

SFNC

North Carolina

2.5/5  rDev -16.4%

05-19-2013 14:53:00 | More by SFNC

fastrodney

North Carolina

3.5/5  rDev +17.1%

05-09-2013 22:49:52 | More by fastrodney

secondtooth

Indiana

3.06/5  rDev +2.3%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

Pours a murky golden-amber, with a rich, frothy head. Lace is thin and insubtantial.

Nose is caramel and toasted malts. Simple.

Taste is also very malty, with toasted grain and a touch of fruitiness. I also get some honey and caramel. Seems overall to be too sweet and a tad of balance-wise. Not one I'd return to.

Serving type: bottle

05-08-2013 13:57:42 | More by secondtooth

yesyouam

New York

3.3/5  rDev +10.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3

Fat Weasel Ale is a lively golden ale topped with a soft, creamy, white head. It leaves thick sheets of foam on the glass. It has a light aroma of citrus and wood. It has a smooth, medium body with a chalky finish. It has a sweet and sour malt flavor. It's tangy and the bitterness is ample and wooden. I guess this is a Scotch ale.

Serving type: bottle

05-06-2013 01:19:04 | More by yesyouam

jimmah120

Minnesota

3.35/5  rDev +12%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25

12oz bottle, no date. the bottle art makes this stuff seem ominous.

semi-unfiltered, orange-amber ale look, with a thin layer of foam. smell is dusty grain, dark fruit, beef jerky(?), and some numbing hops. taste is similar to malt liquor, but slightly better: fermented apple, slick/sweet malt, touch of bittering hops.

for a malt liquor, this is pretty good stuff. as a 'strong ale' it fails.

Serving type: bottle

05-02-2013 06:58:18 | More by jimmah120

mattparsons

New Hampshire

3.75/5  rDev +25.4%

04-16-2013 23:09:26 | More by mattparsons

Spikester

Oregon

2.15/5  rDev -28.1%
look: 2.5 | smell: 1.75 | taste: 2 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.5

Pours clear blonde amber with one finger of quick vanishing white head. Lots of fine bubble lacing far outlasts the head.
Smell is slightly floral.
Taste is sweet malty something with a good back of bitterness. Hops? Who knows.
Mouthfeel is like a light Barleywine or Malt Liquor. Olde English 800 pops to mind.
Overall pretty disappointing. Bargain priced buzz IMO.
Also says River Trent Brewing Co. Ukiah California.
There actually is some kind of a date stamp below the label but I couldn't read it.

Serving type: bottle

03-28-2013 06:59:19 | More by Spikester

BrewBear

Massachusetts

3/5  rDev +0.3%

03-21-2013 15:09:41 | More by BrewBear

Caskaway

Illinois

3.5/5  rDev +17.1%

03-13-2013 01:44:20 | More by Caskaway

Goobastic

New York

3/5  rDev +0.3%

03-01-2013 03:44:13 | More by Goobastic

t0rin0

California

3/5  rDev +0.3%

02-20-2013 04:12:48 | More by t0rin0

Zanico

Ohio

2.75/5  rDev -8%

02-10-2013 23:44:50 | More by Zanico

tastymug

Ohio

2.75/5  rDev -8%

02-10-2013 22:37:10 | More by tastymug

TheMarkE

California

3.5/5  rDev +17.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Appearance: Decent amount of foam and lacing.

Smell: Malts and hops, slightly fruity.

Taste: Nicely balanced between sweet malts and hops. Not too bitter, but enough of a hop presence to give it some flavor.

Mouthfeel: Medium bodied, fairly smooth. Leaves a slight bit of "beer" taste behind, similar to the adjunct brews.

The Verdict: Pretty good brew. Another one of Trader Joe’s line of affordable beers, this one is my favorite so far. Easily worth the $5.99 price, you get a strong 7.1% pale ale. It is labeled River Trent Brewing, but is probably from Mendocino.

Serving type: bottle

02-07-2013 21:35:11 | More by TheMarkE

matjack85

Illinois

1.75/5  rDev -41.5%

02-07-2013 01:11:40 | More by matjack85

ShutOutTheSky

3/5  rDev +0.3%

01-17-2013 03:59:57 | More by ShutOutTheSky

Lukass

Ohio

4.5/5  rDev +50.5%

01-06-2013 19:49:25 | More by Lukass

zenithberwyn

California

3.75/5  rDev +25.4%

01-05-2013 01:05:04 | More by zenithberwyn