PanzerOfDoom
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Any good? Worth making a clone? I hear alot of people talking about it but am unable to get it down here in SE GA.
PanzerOfDoom said:Any good? Worth making a clone? I hear alot of people talking about it but am unable to get it down here in SE GA.
I'm drinking one now that was brewed with Belgian yeast...it tastes just like Fat Tire. Personally I don't think the yeast makes a great deal of difference with Fat Tire, because the bisquit malt flavor is so dominant.flingdingo said:If you decide to brew a clone, I'd stay away from the recipes that feature Belgian yeasts. According to my local beer guru, New Belgium uses fairly traditional American Ale yeasts.
Fat Tire Cloneflingdingo said:You wouldn't happen to have the recipe, would you? I want to see how it compares to mine.
flingdingo said:You wouldn't happen to have the recipe, would you? I want to see how it compares to mine.
On a side note, New Belgium's best beer, IMO, is the 1554.
From Fred's Beer Page:
"If you do not know who this brewery is, they make a beer called Fat Tire. Apparently Fat Tire can allow people to attain spiritual enlightenment, cure cancer, will balance the debt, and restore the ozone layer. Just kidding, but a lot of people really seem to desire this beer, so get ready, because the wait is about to be over."
BYO magazine has a clone for Fat Tire.I haven't brewed it so don't know how it tastes.Here it is if interested. Brew Your Own: The How-To Homebrew Beer Magazine - New Belgium's Fat Tire Clone -
I brewed Midwest clone kit and it taste nothing like fat tire. I thought it tasted horrible at first so i let it sit longer since i didn't like it. It now taste pretty good but nothing like fat tire. I have had people say they liked it and people say they didn't even want to finish it.
I would advise against Belgian yeast when trying to brew a fat tire clone.
i may be on to something with the saison yeast. i have tried every combo of grains bills and come up short. i think they have some special yeast strain made for them. almost all of their beers have the same yeast character. i just bought some bombers while working on the outer banks of NC (since i cant get it her in VA beach). the 1554 and the mothership wit both have this similar yeast flavor that is unique. i am stoked to have some New Belgium in the fridge as my wife spent a lot of time in colorado snowboarding when she was younger. i was quite popular when i got home.
I would prefer to clone New Belgium's Abbey, Trippel, 1554, Sunshine Wheat...almost anything to producing a clone of an unremarkable beer.
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