New Glarus Fat Squirrel Nut Brown Ale

Brewed by New Glarus Brewing Company
Style: Brown Ale
New Glarus, Wisconsin USA

I sometimes wonder how I get a winter seasonal in the middle of summer, but nevertheless. Pours a light coppery brown with little head.... the age is starting to worry me, very little carbonation. Then I get my first taste. Not a thing to worry about, this is really good. The flavor has a lot of sweet malts with a clean hazelnut finish. Very refreshing and pleasing to drink. A really well put together brown ale.

I first sampled on tap and thought: Not much hops. Mild, sweet, mellow. Carmel and hazelnut create a blandness. The I finally sampled a single bottle and was stunned at how much stronger the malt, ops, nut flavours were. Still a bit sweet for me but this is better than rogue hazelnut and at least as good as moose drool’s brown nut.

An attractice, orangish brown color with a thin, malted milk ball core-colored head. Warm, chocolatey, cocoa, malty, caramel sweet, toasty, hazelnut aroma. WOW, perfect for a brown ale. Flavor is of an American brown ale. Caramel forms a perfect foundation for the complex aroma components that transition flawlessly into the flavor as well. That caramel foundation is balanced more by a dry, cocoa powder sensation than hop bitterness or acidity. The addition of a beautiful, bright, dark fruit (from the warm ferment) in the flavor only increases its complexity and is why New Glarus beer are some of the best. A great effort at perfecting one of the hardest ale styles to brew correctly.

From a 12 oz. twist cap long neck brown bottle with a blurb on the right side of the label, no bottled/freshness date. Poured a clear reddish copper brown with a foamy off-white head that settled into a thin lacing. Had a nose of green fruits, toasted hazelnuts pieces, caramel and light whiffs of cola. Medium carbonation and a softly crisp, smooth lightish medium bodied mouthfeel. Pleasant tasting, cocoa powder, toasted nuts, a bit of sugary caramel, a very light fruitiness, not much of a hop presence and a salty nuts and sugary caramel finish, overall, for me, I thought it was a bit thin in places. A decent English Brown Ale, but not something I would be a regular buyer of.

Slight hoppy, musty aroma with a medium light tan head. Amber in color with real nice bubble production. Taste is nothing to special here, just an honest toasted malted flavor with no after taste. Head disappears quickly although carbonation still ongoing at mid-beer. Nice medium ale structure, not to light, not to heavy. Really, just right.

once again another great new glarus product. Very smooth and overall very good!

Bottle. Pours a tea-like clear brown with a thin beige head that disappears quickly. Nuts, rye and barley with a slight bitterness. Alright.

Pours amber brown with medium light tan head. Sweet nuttty caramel aroma . Nice mouth feel, easy drinking.