Fat Squirrel
New Glarus Brewing Company

 

Fat Squirrel – New Glarus Brewing Company

Look – 4.0
Pours brown like a brown ale should, holding about 45° in the glass. Beautiful lacing. The head has that classic off-white color and solid retention. Looks right in the SRM17 range.

Smell – 3.75
Malty, yeasty, nutty, toasty caramel. I can really smell the malt with a little nuttiness and even a touch of Bock-like roundness. Aromas feel fuller and more integrated than I first thought.

Taste – 4.0
Malty up front with nutty, toasty caramel notes. Medium leaning toward full body. It’s filling, round, and balanced. The nut character really defines it. Feels richer than it drinks.

Mouthfeel – 3.75
Medium body that makes it feel warmer than it is. Smooth, slightly dense, almost nutrient-like in weight. Completely satisfying.

Overall – 3.75
It went down quicker this time. If you’re only having one, this might be it. It feels substantial — almost nutrient dense — like it might even be good for you. A very satisfying brown ale that shows more depth on a second pass.

Note: reviewed this a second time... As every beer on your list should be revisited... Due to the pallet calibration and mindset which often interferes with the objectivity... This beer improved by 0.45... And I'm not saying it was the beer alone... I'm still calibrating....

Man - ya’ll are tough on BA - if you loved Fat Tire - (original ) this is to me a similar beer. Perhaps my pallet isn’t as refined as yours but damn I live in CO and drink beer regularly - this one - a WI only beer - if fresh and inviting - serve cold - it’s beer - go New Glarus ! Love your stuff - get more to CO - I promise you I will buy it and drink it!!!

 

12oz bottle. Etched at bottom side of the bottle is '024253061173B'.
Clear, amber brown colored body. Two fingers of light beige colored head, and this becomes an interrupted cap and ring. Leaves behind a few short strings and spots of lacing.
Aroma of light roasted malts, caramel, and a bit of chocolate.
Taste is lightly sweet, with a mineral note. Flavors of caramel, toffee, dark cherry, chocolate, and a bit of pecan nuttiness. Mostly caramel and nuts in the aftertaste.
Thinner mouthfeel. Crisp and clean finish. Very good carbonation.
Drinks very easily, with a good flavor mix that tends to be sweet.

 

 

 

 

Smells amazing, sweet chocolate coated pecans, heavy fried bread smells. If this was a donut, it’d be phenomenal.

However taste is muted, regular wisconsin ale. Very thin, no finish. Good for background drinking, might be great by a fireplace.

Very nice nutty and caramel notes, middlingly bitter. My favorite New Glarus beer (so far)

Picked up at a Woodman’s in WI late October 2024. NG seems like the kind of brewery that can’t make a bad beer so I grab whatever I could from them during my short time in the state. Nice mellow brown ale with plenty of nutty, toasted malt and a proper level of sweetness.

A - Pours a dark brown body, transparent but the light coming through is quite dim, with a white head that fades to a fine lined cap, extensive curtains of lacing with small, fine bubbles clumping into small patches on the glass.

S - A honeyed malt hit, with a grassy and white pepper spice note from the hops.

T - Follows the nose, with a sweet bread open, like Hawaiian bread, and a bit of spice through the middle, and a quiet finish with a sweetness that lingers.

M - Moderate weight, medium weight for the size, and a clean, pleasant close.

O - A lovely Brown, quite drinkable, that does not offer great complexity, but some days that is not what is called for. This is a beer that works nicely by a fire in the cold of an Upper Midwest winter.

 

poured from a 12oz bottle into a new glarus 30th anniversary mug. pours deep brown like chestnut or mahogany with not quite two fingers of light sand colored foam. bready and biscuity malts on the nose with some light chocolate nuttiness. taste is a little more amplified version of the nose. definitely get a clean, bready malt flavor with hints of chocolate, nuts, caramel and even a little coffee. thick, sturdy mouthfeel. this beer is drinkable yet hefty at the same time. it’s not even 6% but has the mouthfeel of a 10% beer. really good and seasonally appropriate offering. glad i came back with a bunch of these.

 

Not what I am used to with browns. But was pleasantly surprised. Smells light Hazelnut with caramel notes. Tastes nutty but not sweet at all . A light crisp brown that was easy to drink.

Not as heavy as some Browns, but with all the classic brown characteristics. Hazelnut, slight caramel...but not sweet. Refined and clean, just approaching richness. Sometimes Browns get a bit of sweetness that Id rather not have. Color &smell classic. This is very easy drinking Brown that will absolutely still satisfy.

It’s nice! It’s nutty and bready and not too sweet. It’s nothing crazy in flavor but great