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Fat Orange Cat Brew Co.

Very unremarkable NE hazy ipa

A- Tallboy pours into a tulip glass with a floury golden-orange body and a two inch crown. The thick and frothy head has pretty good retention and lacing forms with one big sheet at the top.

S- Citrus hops first with floral, herbal, berry and fruity notes following that. Grapefruit and orange strong with hints of pineapple, tangerine, passionfruit, vinous grapes and grass. Light hints of pale barley and sweetness.

T- Honestly quite a bit different from the aroma. Between the bitterness and a very herbal/spicy hop flavor it just has an odd taste overall. You still get the citrus like grapefruit and orange as well as some pine resin but that spicy berry note resonates throughout. A touch of crackers and bready malts as well as medium sweetness.

MF- Light-medium bodied brew with a fairly high level of the bubbles. Texture is between frothy and foamy and it ends with that spicy/citrus bitterness.

Aroma has a standard citrus/floral/herbal/fruity hop smell but the taste is honestly a bit odd and hard to describe. Like a spicy herbal bitterness with some grapefruit and berries. Just not all that clean.

 

 

 

Looks like fruit parfait with pineapple, guava, papaya, mango aroma. Tastes like vodka soaked fruit. Don't mean that in a bad way, I mean it in a good way. Very hoppy and might be best NE IPA I ever had.

 

 

 

This beer is like a sour pickle - it may take some getting used to. Once you do, though, you are in tune with a robust, overhopped whatevercoast style IPA. It's totally worth the indulgence, but having just one adds to the quality of the experience.

The color is fully muddied by tones of bright sediment. The aroma is pungent, but not too strong. Actually excellent. The taste is at first very astringent and tangy, but you get used to it and it works into you. A devilish brew, for sure.

Highly recommended.

16 ounce can into tulip glass, canned in 9/2019. Pours very hazy deep golden/orange/amber color with a 1 finger fairly dense and fluffy off white head with great retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice dense spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of big tangerine, red grapefruit, lemon, lime, peach, pear, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, papaya, mango, honeydew melon, berries, citrus peel/zest, wood, mint, dill, peppercorn, pine, wheat, white bread dough, toasted biscuit, light honey, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of citrus/fruity/tropical/fairly earthy hops and bready malt notes; with big strength. Taste of big tangerine, red grapefruit, lemon, lime, peach, pear, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, papaya, mango, honeydew melon, berries, citrus peel/zest, wood, mint, dill, peppercorn, pine, wheat, white bread dough, toasted biscuit, light honey, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness. Light pine, citrus peel/zest, herbal, floral, woody, grassy, peppery bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of tangerine, red grapefruit, lemon, lime, peach, pear, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, papaya, mango, honeydew melon, berries, citrus peel/zest, wood, mint, dill, peppercorn, pine, wheat, white bread dough, toasted biscuit, light honey, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a while. Awesome complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical/fairly earthy hops and bready malt flavors; with an awesome malt/bitterness balance, and no cloying/astringent flavors after the finish. Lightly increasing dryness from lingering bitterness. Medium carbonation and medium-plus body; with a very smooth, creamy/bready/grainy, fairly sticky, and lightly resinous/rindy mouthfeel that is great. Minimal warming alcohol for 7.9%. Overall this is an awesome NEDIPA. All around awesome complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical/fairly earthy hops and bready malt flavors; very smooth and easy to drink for the ABV, with the mellowly bitter/drying finish; great soft feel for the style. Awesome Lemondrop, Azacca profile. Very juicy, vibrant, and fairly dank/earthy hops; with a nice sized wheat/oat/malt backbone. Light residual sweetness with lingering resin dryness. A really enjoyable offering, and impressively well made style example as expected of the brewery.

 

 

 

16oz can, I don't see a clear date...opened 9-15-19.
1" white dense head with long lasting retention settles in at a full 1/4" and the beginnings of a full frothy lace.
Beer is orange and opaque...perception of full bodied thickness before it's ever drank.
Oranges, tangerines, creamy vanilla, slight hint of mint...doughy undertone.
Flavor matches the aroma almost word for word. Juicy citrus and very little perceptible bitterness. Medium length and surprisingly (dry-ish) finish.
Full body, soft mouthfeel, carbonation is low or just has a perception of being mild. Smooth.
Good to Very Good.

 

 

16oz can. Poured out a cloudy, golden orange color with a small, off-white head of foam. It smelled of orange pineapple and guava. Sweet, tropical fruit taste with a sharp bitterness.