Fat Weasel Ale

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

The bottle that I picked up at the Trader Joe’s in Orland Park, IL, indicates it was brewed by Schell, not Firestone, and has a 7.1% ABV. It pours a clear light yellow (amber?) with a two-fingered white head. It has a sweet, grainy aroma with a touch of lemon. The flavor is sweet and grainy with alcohol and an oily, earthy bitterness. I’d be interested in trying a Firestone version... not that it seems it would be better, but I’m curious as to whether it’s the Amber Ale of the two.

This amber ale is a hazy light yellow in color, with a fleeting thin white head. Sweet grainy aroma. Slightly sweet with just the smallest detectable amount of hop bitterness. Slick mouth feel.

12 oz bottle at Bier Stein. Light yellow pour with a thin white head. Sickly malt aroma with a sickly sweet flavor to it. Not much of note going on here.

Bottle. Pours amber, with a thin white head. Aroma is slightly sweet malt and grain, fairly weak. Flavor is similar, with quite a bit of semi-sweet malt flavor, and a bit of corn. I guess this goes into the quasi-malt-liquor category (7.2% ABV, no hops, golden, dominated by semi-sweet malt), but the malt flavor is actually pretty decent. Not bad for what it is.

12oz bottle. Light pale color, some gold/orange with a white head. No Aroma. Where’s the smell. Fusel notes, full malt, light bitterness flavors. Seems to be well balanced. Is this a Malt Liquor? Interesting, to put the least. Fizzy carbonation, high ABV for an Amber Ale. Not very amber in color either. Way off center. Buy it cause it’s cheap and packs a decent buzz, definitly not for thq quality or character.

Bottle acquired via trade with dchmela. THANKS DAVE!!! So I am not quite sure why there are so many haters of this...not as complex and mind-numbing as FW11 or as deliciously hoppy as Union Jack but it isn’t a bad beer. Not quite ripened orange peel in color with just a slight yellow tint and 1-inch ivory head with moderate sticky lacing. Aroma is a mixture of floral and fruitiness. Quite malty with caramel and toffee dominating the flavor. Again, not bad.

I cannot believe one of my favorite breweries makes this beer. Zero aroma. Looked like a hearty piss after some vitamins. Tasted like a super sweet malt liquor. Real carbonated and not finishable.

12 ounce bottle from Trader Joe’s in Short Pump/Glen Allen, VA. Pours a clear orange-ish pale amber with a medium head, low retention and moderate lacing. Grainy malt aroma with some slight caramel and fruity notes. Taste is caramel, pear and some stone fruits. Not much bitterness. Medium body.