Fat Weasel Ale

Brewed by August Schell Brewing Company
Style: Amber Ale
New Ulm, Minnesota USA

Serve in English pint, Shaker

Bottle purchased at Trader Joe’s in Chapel Hill, NC. Pours orange/copper, clear, small white head. Aroma is faint caramel, sweet. Flavor is similar, but very thin. Hard to believe the ABV is correct. Slight bitterness in finish. I would like a bit more in the flavor and perhaps a little more hops.

UPDATED: JAN 23, 2008 August Schell version. 12 oz. brown, longneck bottle. Weird date code on bottle neck. Poured out a hazy yellow color, with a soapy tan head. Aromas are of sweet malts, some adjuncts, earthy hops. Flavors are smooth for a beer of this ABV. Smooth tasting corn, malts & hops make for a decent beer overall. Finished slightly sweet. This beer deserves a higher overall rating for sure.

A very average ale. I don’t know that I buy a 7.1 abv, It certainly didn’t taste like it. Anyway, it was very middle-of-the-road. Not bad for a Sunday night before work beer.

12 oz. bottle, made by Schell’s. Unlike the Trader Joe’s Jumping Cow amber I had yesterday, this one has a bit more ruddy malt, under a white, slightly lacy head. Could almost pass for a Honker’s Ale. Taste shows a little more hop bite than the JC, too. Citrussy bite of NW hops, but not a lot. My label claims 7.1% alcohol. Still, it goes down pretty quickly, and forgettably. Not too bad for a "store brand" beer from the provisioners of "Two Buck Chuck."

350 ml bottle from TJs. Clear golden amber with a fizzy white head. Sweet aroma with noticeable hops. Crisp citrus taste with a sweet floral finish.

Bottle... Poured straw with a fizzy head. Malt aroma, maybe some grain or a yeasty presence too. Starts off fruity and punchy with hops and malt, but the finish is weak. It seems like they had this idea for a beer, and they were going with it, and than gave up somewhere. Anyway, this page says it’s an amber, the sign at trader joes says its a Belgium influenced beer... I’m confused?

12oz bottle, Firestone Walker version. pours copper-straw color with small white head. nose is really grainy. flavor is sweeter than expected, lots of grainy and corny sweetness and good dose of bitterness for some balance. too adjuncty and sweet. why does this need 7.2%abv? this also tastes like no amber i’ve ever had. more like a malt liquor. not horrible at first but at around sip 5 it gets pretty gross.

Honey and hay aroma, the intermingling of which approaches gasoline, but not quite.Clear amber color, no head and little carbonation to be seen. Flavorless but with a sweet and slightly floral finish.