RE: Mystery Beer

Found it on beeradvocate.com. Here's their review of "Fat Tire" 3.64 80 New Belgium Brewing Inc. Fort Collins, Colorado, United States read BeerAdvocate's review write a review by email SJP (22.8) who gave it 3.6 / 5 This is a pretty interesting amber ale. Doesn't look too pretty- has a nice big head, but the color is closer to a golden copper then anything that could be described as "red" or "amber." Aroma is quite pronounced and very, very malty. Nice, but almost too much. Taste is similar- huge malt presence followed by some hops breaking through in the end. As the bottle says, a real "biscuit" flavor is apparent and there are also a few alcohol notes which show up in the finish. Pretty drinkable, although the maltiness gets to be a bit much. The bottle claims that this beer's "balance" is its strong point. I wouldn't agree, but I kind of like this one anyway. Worth trying. -- style: Amber / Red Ale -----Original Message----- From: Dave Cox [mailto:north-shore-brewer@earthlink.net] Sent: Thu 5/1/2003 10:36 AM To: mba(a)thebarn.com Cc: Subject: Mystery Beer A friend of mine just got back from a business trip to Denver. One of his collegues was looking for a beer called "Fat Tire". My friend told this person that he could probably get it for her in MPLS. He Tried Blue Max and Surdyks without success. Any of you beer detectives out there ever see this one? I don't have any info on brewery or even style. My guess is that it was discontinued.