New Glarus Fat Squirrel Nut Brown Ale

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

Bottle. Hm, pours a translucent amber ale with a nice white head. This is a bit lighter than most brown ales. The aroma is straight-up reprezentin’ brown side though. There is plenty of sweet bready malts, some caramel, a large amount of hazelnut, all in the aroma. The flavor is nutty. I mean, it’s very nutty. It almost, almost makes one question if actual walnuts were used in the brewing. This is predominantly malty sweet with nearly-sticky caramel and some faint mocha flavors, all along with a bit of toasted biscuity notes. This is a very solid, drinkable brown ale. Great session drink, I couldn’t see this ever getting overbearingly sweet or too sticky like some other brown ales I know.

Bottle thanks to Rooftoprogue. Pours a deep copper brown, but has a disappointing and diminshing white head. Color is great though. Aroma is nice, slightly sugary, nutty, malty and toasty. Very bold caramel and nutty flavors with hints of hazelnut. This really needs some sweetness to bring this into balance in my book. Bitter herbal hop finish with some hints of tea. I enjoyed this much better as it warmed.

Another very good very drinkable beer from New Glarus. Malty flavor with a decent taste of hops in the background. New Glarus has never dissapointed me.

Brown Ale with a minimal light brown head. Flavor is good but fairly straight forward. Light roasted flavor, hints of chocolate. Not bad. Very drinkable but not overly interesting either.

Bottle. Pours out a mild brown colour with a nice lacy off tan head. Scent is chocolate, malt, and light nutty notes. Taste is crisp and malty with a very mild hop backdrop. Palate is sweet and the beer is very drinkable. Nice brew but lacking slightly in complexities, but a fine example of a good brown

12oz bottle (Thanks to Buckybeer) poured a ruby red color with a small off white head. Aroma of some chocolate, carmel malts and a touch of hops. Taste is well balanced with some nutty notes. Overall a nice clean tasting brown with no flaws.

Bottle: I bought this bottle strait from the Brewery in New Glarus. Medium brown in color with very pale brown head. A little thicker than other dark ales. definate smell of nuts,almond maybe hazelnut. Same in the taste with a nice hopy finish.

Pours and orange-reddish color with a fizzy light tan head that dissapears rather quickly. Nutty, malty aroma with hints of smoke comes through, fairly pleasant all together. The flavor is mild: light caramel malt, hazlenut, and a touch of smoke. Light body which feels a bit watery at times but mostly just complimenting the light mellow flavor. Would be a great beer to enjoy in abundance during the fall and certainly the best brown ale I’ve had yet.