BrewNoobMatthew Hurst
@shep133 Fat Tire is a @NewBelgium beer, and when I was living in the midwest is was one of my favorites, hard to find on the East Coast.
BrewNoobMatthew Hurst
@ericstl6 @Shep133 Sounds like Fat Tire is a victim of the brewery's own branding, which pushes the style's name above their own brewery
NewBelgium_MONew Belgium Missouri
@BrewNoob @ericstl6 @Shep133 I wouldn't call Fat Tire a victim of anything except being awesome. Twenty years and still a top 10 #craftbeer
NewBelgium_MONew Belgium Missouri
@Shep133 @BrewNoob @ericstl6 If we're getting really technical Fat Tire is an Ameri-Belgo Pale Ale that is Amber in color. An Amber Ale.
NewBelgium_MONew Belgium Missouri
@Shep133 @BrewNoob @ericstl6 Not much in common other than the color. Dry hopped with Willamette hops its our take on a Belgian Amber/Pale.
NewBelgium_MONew Belgium Missouri
@Shep133 @BrewNoob @ericstl6 I'm not sure if our founder, Jeff Lebesch, ever tasted Yuengling before he brewed Fat Tire. Good question...
NewBelgium_MONew Belgium Missouri
@Shep133 @BrewNoob @ericstl6 Haha!! You got me. I think it's a tasty beer, though. Still curious if Jeff ever tried it pre Fat Tire.
EvanBennEvan Benn
@Shep133 @newbelgium_mo @brewnoob @ericstl6 not a week goes by that I don't hear about how much ppl in stl coveted Coors b4 it was here
NewBelgium_MONew Belgium Missouri
@davbak @shep133 @evanbenn @brewnoob @ericstl6 I'm sure there are still people 'bootlegging' Fat Tire into states where we actually sell it
NewBelgium_MONew Belgium Missouri
@EvanBenn @shep133 @brewnoob @ericstl6 Ha!! I guess we are a victim. I need a tasty Ameri-Belgo Pale Ale to cope with the pain.
BrewNoobMatthew Hurst
@ericstl6 also, thanks for the context (never would have guessed from the tweet). We don't get any New Belgium beers on the East Coast :(