New Belgium Fat Tire 3.07 1691

New Belgium Fat Tire

	Percentile
	53
	overall

Brewed by New Belgium Brewing Company
Style: Amber Ale
Fort Collins, Colorado USA

bottled
common

on tap
common

Broad Distribution
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Ratings	Average	Score	ABV	Style Pctl	Serve in
1691	3.07/5.0	3.07/5.0	5.2%	68.3	English pint, Shaker

Commercial Description:
Named in honor of our founder Jeff’s bike trip through Belgium, Fat Tire Amber Ale marks a turning point in the young electrical engineer’s home brewing. Belgian beers use a far broader palette of ingredients (fruits, spices, esoteric yeast strains) than German or English styles. Jeff found the Belgian approach freeing. Upon his return, Jeff created Fat Tire and Abbey Belgian Ale, (assuming Abbey would be his big gun). He and his wife, Kim traveled around sampling their homebrews to the public. Fat Tire’s appeal quickly became evident. People liked everything about it. Except the name. Fat Tire won fans is in its sense of balance: toasty, biscuit-like malt flavors coasting in equilibrium with hoppy freshness.

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Ryan82SM (259), Louisville, Kentucky, USA

2.4	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
2.4	5/10	2/5	5/10	3/5	9/20

Jul 4, 2009

Aroma of floral hops and biscuit. Golden red appearance with scant head. Flavor has some lightly spiced yeast, apples and caramel. Palate is creamy and slightly lively. Alright, decent, nothing special.

dalek123 (103), Houston, Texas, USA

2.9	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
2.9	5/10	3/5	6/10	3/5	12/20

Jul 2, 2009

On tap at the Alamo Drafthouse in Houston. Pours copperish, amber with not much head. Taste is bready with a mild bitter finish. Not much character to this one, in my opinion. Decent, easy drinking, but not great.

SHANER4 (378), Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA

3.3	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.3	6/10	4/5	6/10	3/5	14/20

Jul 2, 2009

bottle 22 oz. - copper colored pour with small white head. Aroma - grainy malt, yeast and toasted grains. Flavor - toasted grains, sweet malt and subtle hop bite. Palate - light/medium mouthfeel with average carbonation. Finish is dry and does not linger. Overall - pretty average beer, good beer for summer day but nothing that great.

Savvy1982 (318), Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada

3.3	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.3	7/10	3/5	7/10	3/5	13/20

Jun 29, 2009

Bottle. Pours a honey-amber, crystal-clear color, with a thin, sticky off-white head with decent lacing. Nose is, it’s better than I expected. sweet and sour malt, fruit, biscuit. Flavors of fruit, toffee, mild but well-balanced hops. Considering how widespread this is

twistedviews (68), California, USA

3.7	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.7	4/10	4/5	8/10	4/5	17/20

Jun 26, 2009

pretty good. new belgium’s mothership wit and 1554 are a little bit more of my favs though. ill drink it if i got it!

thechandler (271), Morgantown, West Virginia, USA

3.1	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.1	6/10	3/5	6/10	4/5	12/20

Jun 24, 2009

Heard a lot about this so I decided to try it. Pours amber/copper. Flavor is sweet, crisp and a little malty. Overall, not amazing, but definitely solid.

beerledgend (919), Meadowbank Auckland, New Zealand

2	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
2	5/10	3/5	3/10	2/5	7/20

Jun 24, 2009

Bright orange colour with huge white head. Biscuit/malty aroma. Butthat hop was hiding, right at the back. Thin and bland, watery, short mouthfeel. Dissapointing.

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