Fat Bear
Hop Butcher For The World

 

Poured into a Fremont small snifter. Pours a very dark mahogany brown, appearing opaque in the glass with a one finger dark khaki head with great retention and slippery solid lacing. Aroma of dark toasted malt, peanut butter and dark chocolate. Flavor follows, with dark toasted malt with light char, peanut butter, dark chocolate and some lactose; mild, lingering bitterness in the finish. Medium bodied with moderate to thick mouth feel. It's been a while since I've had a peanut butter stout, and I've missed them. This is a nice take on the style, only modestly sweet, with great peanut butter character and some quality tasting chocolate. The mouth feel is stellar, nearly unctuous. Probably as close to a peanut butter chocolate shake as I've had in a stout. Nicely done.

I got a tall boy can of this beer from my good friend and old neighbor from the 'Wego. It poured an opaque dark amber with thin tan ring head that left a spotty lace. The scent had rich dark chocolate and peanut butter notes. The taste was nicely balanced and easy to drink with sweet dark chocolate malt base with peanut butter presence. The mouthfeel was fuller in body and had smoove carbonation. Overall it is a solid beer.

Appearance: Pours a completely black, dark color with a massive dark tan head that lingers and grows. (4.25)

Aroma: Strong aromas of chocolate, peanut butter, cocoa with some espresso roast underneath. (4.25)

Flavor: Strong flavors upfront of chocolate and peanut butter upfront. Then some darker chocolate, alcohol burn comes through the middle with some rich fudge and peanut butter sweetness off the end. (4.00)

Feel: Heavier body, appropriate carbonation. Finish is rich, smooth, and sweet. (3.50)

Overall: First try at this peanut butter stout. Usually not a fan of the style, but has good reviews. Lots of peanut butter and chocolate upfront. Some dark fudge and espresso in the middle. Then the finish is sweet. Not much to balance the sweetness. Overly sweet, but I should have expected that. Heavy, rich, thick, sticky and sweet. (Rating:

16oz can courtesy of my wife's boss
Poured into an Imprint Belgian-style tulip

P pours black as night with a unique, slow-building 1f dark tan head; looks fantastic; heavy lace left behind
N a med-bold to bold dose of peanut butter and chocolate; very inviting
T full-on chocolate peanut butter milkshake throughout, w/ just a touch of char/earthiness in the aftertaste; some roast beneath; outstanding
Mf full-bodied and ridiculously creamy; again, like a chocolate peanut butter shake; exceptional
O absolutely blown away by this; one of the best non barrel-aged imperial stouts I've ever had; bold, rich, and awesomely-executed!

Review date: 09.01.25
Can date: not captured

Look - Pours a solid black color with a nice thick brown head.

Smell - A pretty serious roasted peanut butter scent, with some chocolate as well.

Taste - Taste also has some pretty solid peanut butter with a bit of chocolate and just a hint of caramel. Not much else to describe it.

Feel - Has a very nice creamy texture, and nice carbonation. Definitely one of the best peanut butter ales I've had.

Overall - This is a solid peanut butter ale. Very nicely done!

Appearance: Pours pitch black with a one finger tan head that slowly fades to a film; leggy with speckles

Smell: Charred malt and peanut butter with espresso, chocolate and caramel touches

Taste: The combination of the charred malt with the peanut butter and espresso is a bit jarring, particularly after the swallow, when those elements burst forward; the finish tastes burnt

Mouthfeel: Full bodied with moderate carbonatio; thick with some warmth in the gullet

Overall: I like the look, feel and smell of this beer but it is a difficult one to drink, given the interplay of the elements

Very thick, sweet, and peanut butter forward with notes of chocolate syrup, simple syrup, and caramel. Appearance and mouthfeel are the definite high notes -- the flavors teeter on the edge of cloying but things stay together enough to make for a solid dessert stout

81/100

 

 

 

The friendly taste of chocolate and peanut butter is no foreign concept for lovers of dark beer. But piled high on a robust bed of char and alcohol, do we really want to poke this bear?

Waking it up with a swift pop of the can, Fat Bear slowly lumbers out and into the glass with a deep espresso pour, off-black and dark in brown topped with a dense mocha froth. Sultry scents of dark roast coffee, cocoa, char and nuttiness greet the nose with a deep and densely packed scent of candied roast. Sweet on the tongue, early impressions of toffee, caramel, chocolate and peanut butter all spring to life in a slightly burnt peanut buttercup taste.

Thanks to the assertive roasted grain profile, a more coffee-like impression makes marks on the middle palate with a broad woodsiness, lightly smoky character that gives an elevated sense of robustness to the chocolate, caramel and smooth nutty additions. Trending deeply roasty and spicy with the aide of alcohol and hop bitterness, the dark ale achieves a classic stout balance that registers long and truly fat with malt on the late palate.

Full bodied, creamy, silky and also sharp with roast, the chewy body is off-cloying and finishing like irish whisky with those peanut buttercup accents. A long and bittersweet aftertaste shows that this stout is an adult's version of after dinner dessert, warming kahlua and coffee all in one.

 

 

 

Omn Tap at Norther tap. Pours a dense black color with a thin mocha head. Smell has peanut butter cocoa vanilla and roasted malts. Taste follows the nose with delicious peanut butter chocolate taste . Mouth feel is full smooth creamy delicious

 

Poured from a can into a snifter - dark brownish pour with heavy foam risen slowly but heavily to the surface. Huge head about 3 fingers length - just as slowly the foam rose, slow it goes down. This beer looks thick.
Smells exactly what it says. Peanut butter and jelly with some chocolate in this.
Thick peanut butter up front followed by that sweet chocolate. This beer is so delicious!
Feel is thick, chewy, similar to a lactose beer. Easy to drink, can't taste this abv at all. Sips for a 6-8% for sure.
I gotta say this one is going down in the books for the best peanut butter stouts I've had. Full bodied, feels lie they brewed actually peanut butter instead of artificial. Over everything this is delicious! Grab one of these if you see it. You won't be let down.

 

I don’t know a lot about bears. Apparently right now, a cocaine one is all the rage. And I also know that you shouldn’t pet one. But other than that, I am an amateur when it comes to Ursinolgy. That being said, what I learned tonight is that if you slap some chocolate and peanut butter in one, it’s a delight (couldn’t say that about Miley Cyrus though). Yeah, this one is here, there, and everywhere. A swish after a brick? I feel good about this one like Steve Harvey after he realized what “first runner up meant.”

Finish your vegetables, my children.