Goose Island Fat Chance Brown Ale Review

Fat Chance Brown Ale

Review Date 12/31/1996

Try? Re-buy?

Fat Chance Brown Ale is probably not a beer you will see on your supermarket shelves anytime soon, as it is a beer brewed at the Goose Island Brewing Company expressly for members of Beer Across America. The recipe for this beer was developed by a homebrewer, Paul Stevens of Shorewood Wisconsin, and was the winner of a contest similar to Boston Beer's Longshot competition, in that the winner got to brew his beer commercially.

The beer pours to a murky brown hue, with a minimal head. The nose is full of the Cascade and Chinook hops the beer was brewed with, and they are readily apparent in the first sip from start to finish. The malt is instantly overpowered by the hops, which give this beer a piny, spicy hop bite in the finish. Fat Chance is truly a hop lover's delight, definitely not a brown ale in the English sense, but a very hoppy American one. If you don't belong to Beer Across America, find a friend who does and try this ! Highly recommended!

And remember, try a new beer today, and drink outside the box.

*Pricing data accurate at time of review or latest update. For reference only, based on actual price paid by reviewer.

(B)=Bottled

(D)=Draft

(G)=Growler

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