New Glarus Fat Squirrel Nut Brown Ale

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

Bottle from Terrel at Cassanova’s. Pours a hazy amber color with a trim beige head. Smells and tastes of roasted hazelnuts and watered down coffee with traces of dark cocoa, mustard seed, barley, and caramel. A touch flat, but highly drinkable.

12 oz bottle courtesy wj94. Pours a big cloudy brown with a thick off white head. Nice caramel malt and earthy hop aroma. Nice slightly sweet malt taste with a nice touch of caramel and hop bite. Has a very earthy Euro hop profile, not overpowering but tasty. Good brew.

12 oz bottle. Pours a brownish copper with lacy beige head. The aroma is spicy and earthy with a few notes of caramel and toast. The flavor is nice... sweet caramel and a smooth, round nuttiness (not like the harsh peanut-shell thing I get in a lot of nut browns, but more like hazelnut like the commercial description mentions). A few mild fruity esters float around in there, mostly cherry and pear. There’s a touch of bitterness to the finish, but not much. The aftertaste is earthy caramel, but doesn’t stick around for very long. This was surprisingly good.

Bottle. Amber brown pour with a little carbonation. Not much aroma to speak of (good or bad). Flavor was mild malt, some hops and finished crisp and clean. A solid brown ale, makes me wish I was back in college in Wisconsin.

12oz bottle thanks to ...... Pours a clear amber with a thin, off-white head. Nose is of nut and roast malt. Taste is same as smell. Mouthfeel is thin and watery with carbonation. Not bad.

A vigorous pour into my 25cl tulip glass fills it with four-fingers of tan colored froth. The beer is a ruddy plum / amber color that shows an almost brilliantly clear, copper tinged, amber color when held up to the light. The aroma smells quite malty up front with notes of toasty grain, a light nuttiness, and a whole grain bread crust aroma. There is a backdrop of malt sweetness, a berry like fruitiness and a hint of toffee. As the beer warms a touch of herbal hop character becomes noticeable.

Lightly sweet up front, but picks up more sweetness through the middle where it picks up and finishes with a solid berry fruitiness. The sweetness is offset by a light toasted malt character, a hint of coffee in the finish and a lingering toasted nuttiness. There is an herbal hop note, the hops add to the berry notes here as well as a soft bitterness in the finish. A touch of chalk-like malt, a nice toasted whole grain bread crust flavors and a nice freshly crushed malt flavor anchor the sweeter malt notes. This beer is eminently quaffable, it is light, but not watery and has a touch of chewy malt body that just helps to make this an enjoyable brew to quaff.

This is a solid Brown ale, I like the berry like fruitiness, and I like that it is well balanced by the toasty malt character. This drinks quite easily and I could easily spend an afternoon with a couple of these beers. This was exactly what I was looking for right now.

12 oz bottle. Pours with about 3/4 inch head. Color is brown with an almost reddish tint. Has a very thin mouthfeel with almost no after taste. Tastes a little empty. It’s like looking at a DaVinci in black and white.

Not the appearance I was expecting for a brown ale . Has a caramel color with a small head.I was impressed with the first sip has a creamy easy drink ability to it. Not picking up too much nut flavor here but this is a really good beer. Alc content is virtually non present . I could easily drink a couple more of these if i had more..