Fat Weasel Pale Ale

Brewed by Mendocino Brewing Company (United Breweries Group)
Style: American Pale Ale
Hopland, California USA

Serve in Lager glass, Shaker

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Amazing texture and flavor, like a fine Abbey Ale. Almost Duvel-ish, that good!!! Trader Joes in San Francisco once had cases of this stuff going for a buck a bottle, THEE most amazing store "special" blowout ever encountered. I bought as much as I could carry. Never see it in LA. Scumptious!!!

Celebration Ales Brewing Company--Trader Joes Contract--"Fat Weasel Celebration Ale--""Laissez Le Bon Temps Rouler""--Green Bottle". 2000 Release--25.9 oz. Bottle. 8.00% ABV--40 IBU’s? (4.0 / 5.0) Belgian Ale--Dubbel--Mild lace head. Clear rich amber color. Hot Belgian floral mild hop front. Hot sweet mellow Belgian rich caramel fruit ester body mellowed by light dead sediment. Clean mild hop end.Aged Well! 2/16/2005

Cloudy medium gold pour with quickly fading white head. Very nice aroma at 1st with a touch of malt, and fragrant hops, that turned malty and a bit overly yeasty and bready as it warmed. Taste is very balanced with a nice malt and hop presence with a touch of yeasty flavor coming in soon after all with a minimum bitterness. Very good and drinkable all around with a light hoppy finish.

12 oz. bottle- color of , pale gold , with a acceptable whitish head - nose of fresh hops , malt , cherries , orange , grains , and lemon – taste of spruce , slight resin , sweet malts , and grains - body is light to medium , smooth , and with light carbonation – aftertaste of malt , and some red fruit

An average pale ale. The hops are a bit to mild and the beer is out of balance. I also taste some citrus flavors. Middle of the road pale ale.

350 ml bottle from TJs. Pale golden amber with almost no head. Sweet malty and bready aroma and taste with a smooth finish and some citrus notes.

UPDATED: AUG 30, 2007 Bottle. Pours clear light golden with a large foamy white head. Aroma is grainy and vegetal, with lots of yeast and bread, slightly sweet, and just a hint of hops. Taste is biscuity and yeasty with a backbone of slightly sweet malt and a moderate amount of bittering hops. This isn’t really an APA, but it’s pretty good if considered as a blonde ale. In any case I think it’s considerably better than the ratings would indicate.

12oz bottle from Trader Joe’s: Clear golden amber color with a medium fading white head. Aroma is sweet and fruity. Flavor is sweet with a touch of apricot with a soft spicy bitterness and a lightly dry orangy finish. Light bodied, clean and smooth with moderate carbonation.

fat weasel is another in a long line of below average ales. Not much flavor, not very hoppy, and somewhat over carbed. wouldnt try it again.

Golden, hazy body - has some hefeweizen-like characteristics in appearance. Aroma is predominately yeasty, lightly cheesey. This lacks the hop content i want. Going down the consistency is just too watery. While this isn’t great,I thought it was better than the current 1.95 / 7% would indicate.