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Fat Weasel Ale

Fat Weasel Ale - Amber Ale

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22
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Brewed by Firestone Walker Brewing Co.
Style: Amber Ale

Paso Robles, California USA

bottled
common

on tap
unknown

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 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
1732.71/5.02.71/5.07.2%18.8English pint, Shaker
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Editor's note: Contract brewed for Stienhaus Brewing Co. / Trader Joe's by both Firestone Walker (for the west coast) and August Schell (for the east coast).
 Most Recent Top Raters Highest Ratings Who's Rated This?  
DrinkEmUpJones (14), USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/54/104/514/20
Nov 9, 2009  
Medium aroma of bread/yeast. Clear, golden color with lots of fizziness. Lots of malty sweetness up-front on the palate with metallic notes mid-palate and little to no finish. Creamy mouthfeel coats the palate, and the metallic notes become less evident as the tongue is coated. However, the malty/creaminess is balanced iwth the nice carbonation. Not bad, though would be better without the matallic notes and with more of a finish


 Foxbush (452), Richmond, Virginia, USA
2.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/104/53/103/59/20
Nov 7, 2009  
The Fat Weasel poured a clear straw colored with smallish head. Nice lacing but not much in the taste area. This is just an ordinary ale. The higher alcohol may be it best feature. It would take fewer to get a nice buzz. This is another beer form Trader Joe’s. All have been medicore. None have had me going back to get a six pack.


 drjay44 (758), Salida, Colorado, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/55/103/510/20
Oct 13, 2009  
12 oz. bottle. Pours a thin off white head over a clear light amber (SRM 7-8) body..........nose of roasted malts with a bit of toffee, and cereal dominating.....taste is light cereal, finishing with a slight hop bitterness....mouth feel is light, carbonation high. This is a very light Amber, almost a Vienna.


tpatrickr (4), Richmond, Virginia, USA
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3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/58/104/515/20
Oct 11, 2009  
Try this one again. I had it a few years ago, and was not impressed. in October 2009, after some time, I find the head more persistant, still malty, but not very aromatic. On the palate, however, this beer seems more robustly flavouful than I remember. Strongly malty on the palate with detectable alcohol, but also detecatble hops. Worth re-visiting.


 Cybercat (778), Georgia, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/103/510/20
Oct 4, 2009  
Aroma is fairly strong and malty, not complex but still inviting. It pours a nice clear golden amber with a fairly thick though not persistent white head. Flavor is malty, a little crisp, slightly fruity and slightly bitter. Texture is smooth, somewhat thick and just a little tingly. Not too shabby.


 17thfloor (1403), Chicago, Illinois, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/104/512/20
Sep 14, 2009  
12oz bottle thanks to funkybrewster. Pours a darker clear glowing golden with a fizzy soda head. Aroma of cereal grains , hard candy sweetness, candy sugar, lightly sourish. My impression was that this is a Golden Ale. Flavor is quite yeasty, some noticeable alcohol, hard candy sweetness, grassy, vanilla. Smooth carbonation, round and glassy, uniform fluffy foamy carbonation. Golden Ale?


 drowland (1360), Tallahassee, Florida, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/103/510/20
Aug 16, 2009  
Not sure where I had this puppy. I think a buddy brought it back from FL. Weak blonde flavor w/ alcohol astringency aftertaste


 Nena (120), Seattle, Washington, USA
2.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/104/54/103/57/20
Aug 8, 2009    Updated: Aug 12, 2009
Golden color with a long lasting white head. Somewhat sweet, light aroma and an inoffensive sweet, slightly fruity taste to match. Has a slight alcohol burn. I found this quite mediocre, but it is very drinkable with a high alcohol content at a buck a bottle. However, I have better ways to get buzzed so I’m leaving the rest of the six pack to my roommate.



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