A new Fat Tire beer! Fat Tire Amber is the classic New Belgium so many love, and so many beer geeks love to hate. Not me though, I’ve always enjoyed its smooth malty character myself. Regardless, there have been a few variations and iterations on that brew over the years, including a 12-pack sampler with various collaboration beers under the Fat Tire and Friends name. I never tried any of those, but I did order a mug of Fat Tire Belgian White at Taco Mac.

I truly enjoy a good Belgian white, pungent and spicy with coriander and zesty with citrus peel. They can be quite refreshing indeed. I was curious, and pointed my phone’s browser to the New Belgium website to learn more.

25 years ago we started brewing Fat Tire Belgian Style Ale. It became an iconic beer, and a symbol synonymous with craft. Now, for the first time, we’re adding a new beer to the Fat Tire family: Fat Tire Belgian White. Taking inspiration from our decades of experience brewing Belgian beers, Fat Tire Belgian White is made with Seville oranges and Indian coriander, both freshly ground less than a mile from our Fort Collins brewery. It’s a fresh, perfectly sweet, natural tasting Belgian White.

Ingredients listed there:

Yeast American Wheat Ale Yeast

Hops Nugget and Cascade

Malts Pale, White Wheat, and Oats

Fruits/Spices Grains of Paradise, Fresh Ground Seville Orange Peel, Fresh Ground Indian Coriander

Special Processing Freshly ground Indian coriander, sourced from Old Town Spice Shop in Ft. Collins, Colo. less than a mile from New Belgium, paired with juicy Seville orange peel gives Fat Tire Belgian White its bright, yet mild sweetness.

Fat Tire Belgian White has an alcohol content of 5.2% by volume with 12 IBUs. You can get it for as low as $8.54 a six-pack at Target or $13.99 a 12-pack at Total Wine. I paid $5.75 for a 23-ounce mug at Taco Mac.

My mug of Fat Tire Belgian White arrived a cloudy white color with a thick fluffy head and a, frankly, Lackluster bready wheat nose. Taking a sip, the beer was tart crackery wheaty in the palate with light citrus notes, but where’s the coriander? I couldn’t find it myself. The beer is balanced with dry tart wheat in the finish.

Fat Tire Belgian White is smooth and drinkable but really an average example of the style at best. I want robust citrus and spice in this style, and the former showed up meekly and the latter not at all. As fate would have it, I sampled a witbier from another Colorado brewer shortly before this, sent to me by my buddy Dale Roberts. That beer was New Image Moped Blood Orange Witbier. Spice and citrus? Yeah, they got that.

Fat Tire Belgian White is not a beer I would buy again.

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

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