Fat Weasel Ale

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

Serve in English pint, Shaker

Pour is a orange with a white head. Aroma is sweet malts and i can actually smell the alcohol. Flavor is some citrus and malts but here comes the alcohol. Should a amber have 7.2%?. Finish is very boozy. Nothing you want to have after a long day at work.

Hazy dark golden with a fine white head. Nose is a mildly malty sweetish aroma. A bit sweet on first sip with some amazing acidity. body is medium. finish is not too wonderful. I sorta shuddered a little.

UPDATED: JAN 12, 2007 Didnt taste the alcohol untill my second sip but from then on the strong 7.2% hit me with every sip thereafter. I really wanted to like this beer but it there were just too many off notes and too little redeming qualities. However, drinkable and not crap.

Fat Weasel Ale is marigold yellow in color with a small ivory head. It is clear with a generous amount of lively carbonation. The aroma is malty with undertones of orange, pear, and apple cider. A hint of the alcohol is also present in the aroma. The flavor is also brown sugar and modestly sweet. It also has the same undertones citrus, pear, and apples that were in the aroma. The alcohol (7.1% ABV) also also makes itself known, but isn’t too overstated or astrigent (until the beer gets really warm!). The finish is dry, slightly acidic, and moderately bitter (grassy and floral hop flavors). The body of the beer is on the lighter side (light to medium light), but fits well with the flavors. It isn’t overly carbonated, so it’s decent on the palate as well. Overall I am satisfied with this brew for the price. I had been wanting to try some of the Trader Joe’s "store brand" beer for awhile now to see if it was anygood. It isn’t the best stuff out there, but for the low price and alcohol content, I think that this beer is better than some of the alternatives! 12 oz bottle from Trader Joe’s. Brewed and bottled by Steinhaus Brewing Co., New ulm, MN.

Pours bright amber with a touch of haze under a large head that leaves a sticky, giraffe-back lacing as it falls. From the first whiffs of the aroma, I’m convinced I’m going to enjoy this brew. Raisiny cookie-dough malts over dry wheat followed by lemongrass hops that strive to be citric. As it warms, some fat alcohol notes weasel in (oh... I get it now). Flavor turns out a little disappointing, kinda tasting like a weak Dunkel crossed with a Bohemian Pilsener. Non-descript sweet malts precede an herbal, grassy bitterness, all the while injected with some alcohol notes that further thin the flavors. Not bad and quite the little whopper at 7.1%. I’d buy again for that reason alone.

<font size=-4>Single 12 oz. bottle from <a href=http://www.ratebeer.com/><a href=http://www.traderjoes.com/index.html>Tr Joe’s, Orland Park, IL 60462</font>

UPDATED: JAN 4, 2007 This is another contract brew by the Firestone Walker Brewing Company labled Stienhaus Brewery and sold by Trader Joes. There is a very similar named brew with an almost identical lable called Fat Weasel Amber Ale which is pretty bad. This is actually somewhat better. Poured a medium yellow color with a large foamy head that left moderate lacing. Nose is mild malts and some hops.. Mouithfeel is watery, and flavor are of light malts and milld hops. A very average brew. Not remarkable, but not bad either.

Yeah, I was walking home from work today and this guy gave me one for free...the beer had very little flavor. No body, but there was some alcohol present. Id never buy it though.

UPDATED: JAN 4, 2007 By the sight of this thing it’s not an amber ale. The color is actually a creamy pale yellow. Froth is shallow and semi creamy w/ partial lacing after dissipation. Aromas of sweet grains. Medium nectar w/ soft residual effers. This brew drinks like a marzen almost w/ it’s malty sweetness and hay like nuances. Then it’s 7% so maybe it’s just a decent malt liquor. At any rate it’s not an amber ale by any means. The finish is slightly bittered. Overall: the value excedes the quality but I’m not poor so...I’ll pour me another Ale Smith =)