Fat Tire Amber Ale
Poured this one into my trusty 5 pound pint glass pinched from dive bar in Binghampton N.Y. Just had to have it. Beautiful maple syrup amber with half inch head that sinks to a light skim. Smells like sweet caramel, brown sugar with lemon grassy notes on the backside. The taste is all about biscuit malt, pungent molasses, multiple cereal grains, with just enough hop, snap, crackle, and pop to balance things out just right. The mouthfeel is medium bodied. Overall I recommend this brew not only to beer geeks but to people who say they don't like beer. We all know these people: They tried beer once or twice when they were teens--pissy Coors or BudLight or some crap--and concluded that beer was not for them. Almost can't blame them. Sad stories all. This is the kind of brew they should try.