TABLE OF CONTENTS - Minnesota Craft Brewer's Guild

New Belgium Brewing Co. - #57
Fort Collins, CO | www.newbelgium.com
New Belgium Brewing Company, makers of Fat Tire Amber Ale and a host of Belgian-inspired beers, is considered a
leader in sustainable business practices in the craft beer industry. New Belgium became the first brewery in America to
subscribe to wind energy for its electrical needs in 1998. The brewery currently produces 15% of its electricity on site
by harvesting methane from its process water treatment facility to fire a co-generation engine. New Belgium recently
installed the largest private solar array in Colorado at 200kW and it has one of the lowest water-to-beer production
rates in the industry.
New Belgium is recognized as one of Outside Magazine’s Best Places to Work and one of the Wall Street Journal’s Best
Small Businesses. The Colorado brewer is a Platinum-level Bicycle Friendly Business as designated by the League of
American Bicyclists, and one of World Blu’s most democratic U.S. businesses. In addition to Fat Tire, New Belgium
brews seven year round beers; Ranger IPA, Mothership Wit, Sunshine Wheat, 1554 Black Ale, Blue Paddle Pilsener, Abbey
Belgian Ale and Trippel. Learn more at www.newbelgium.com
Brewmaster: Peter Bouckaert | Asst. Master: Grady Hull
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Fat Tire [ 5.2% ABV | 19 IBU’s ]
Like the ageless delight of pedaling a bicycle, Fat Tire Amber Ale’s
appeal is in its feat of balance: Toasty malt flavors (sorta like biscuits
just pulled from the oven) coasting in equilibrium with crisp hoppiness.
Delicious stability - in the world of sometimes-precarious beer flavors
–is perhaps what prompted one consumer who wrote us to say, “this
beer just makes you smile.” Fat Tire’s depth of flavor, achieved with
neither a disproportionate sway toward hops or malts, tandems well
with a full spectrum of today’s engaging cuisines. Salmon, dry-aged
cheeses, roasted chilies, omelets at midnight, sweet potato French fries
and just about anything with grill marks or garlic are just a few of
the edibles we like to partner up with our Amber Ale. Fat Tire is so
named for the bike trip Jeff took through Belgium that greatly inspired
his homebrewing efforts
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Ranger IPA [ 6.5% ABV | 70 IBU’s ]
New Belgium’s foray into the true American India Pale Ales. Bring out
the hops! This clear amber beauty bursts at the starting gate with
an abundance of hops: Cascade (citrus), Chinook (floral/citrus), and
Simcoe (fruity) lead off the beer, with Cascade added again for an
intense dry hop flavor. Brewed with pale and dark caramel malts that
harmonize the hop flavor from start to finish, Ranger is a sessionable
splendor for all you hopinistas. Thank your Beer Ranger!
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