Fat Weasel Ale

Brewed by Firestone Walker Brewing Co.
Style: Amber Ale
Paso Robles, California USA

Bottle. Pours a clear deep golden that quickly effervesces in to a quickly fading white head that lingers as a bubbly film concentrating around the edge of the glass. Aroma is bland sweet malt while flavor brings much the same with a bit of a floral note and an astringent finish. Thin and light with a mild carbonation.

12oz bottle served in a shaker. Lightly hazy darker golden pour with a thin head of off-white foam that quickly settled into a lasting cap. Light lacing. The aroma had toasted grain and some light floral hops. The flavor consisted of pale malt, light toast, oranges, and some flowery hops. Very light bitterness. Medium-bodied with moderate carbonation. Drinkable, but pretty bland.

Bottle. Pours a translucent amber, with minimal head, almost none in fact. Aroma is corn sweetness and flowery hops. Flavor is similar, but more initially bold than I would have expected. This fades quickly to a semi-watery, almost pilsenery finish, only minus the funk. Pretty smooth. Mouthfeel is extra light. Alcohol taste is non-existent, except fora slight burn 5 - 10 seconds after the swallow. It’s just fine.

Pours a clear golden color with a 1/4 inch white head and moderate carbonation. Aroma is a floral hoppiness, light apple sweetness and some pils and corn sweetness hidden in there as well. Flavor has a light apple juice note, a lightly grassy hop presence in the middle and finishes slightly dry. I can’t believe there is 7.1% alcohol in the brew because you can not taste an hint of it. Overall a decent brew for pretty cheap.

Clear gold... looks like a pale lager. Smell is kind of bad. Taste is not much better. Trader Joe’s could do better, although the price was right. Only real upside to this beer was the high alcohol content and the price.

Clear golden body with minimal head. Corn and grass aroma. Slightly sweet taste with a hint of hops. Clean ending.

Bought at Trader Joe’s. Pours a clear golden with nice carbonation and a one finger white head. Nose is not big offering sweet fruit, malt, and grain. Alcohol is noted in the flavor. Caramel malt is prominent as well. Soon the beer smoothed out. It needed that, too. It became a nice beer. Finish is fruity and that alcohol never went away. One not to give up on but it begins too aggressive.

In Chicago so must be brewed by Schell. Pours a medium golden with a thick fluffy white head. Aroma is sweet and malty, with a rich grainy sweet corn character with a very light citric note. Flavor starts with a caramel and toffee sweetness before gaining a light hop bitterness that stays very reserved through the finish. As the beer warms, some alcohol notes become quite apparent and a metallic bite lingers through the aftertaste. Medium body and a bubbly carbonation. I was up and down on this beer but I don’t think it is as bad as many seem to say, a little off balance but easy drinking