On tap at Pompton Craft House, creamy vanilla sugaring coats peachy mango tang, orange-peeled yellow grapefruit bittering, salty guava-gooseberry souring and perfumed herbal spicing while lacquered pine contrasts honeyed pale malting below surface.
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FAT ORANGE CAT ROLL ME ONE OF THOSE COWBOY WITH PISTACHIO/ MARSHMALLOW
Intensely rich and creamily viscous stout places pistachio adjunct in chewy marshmallow-sugared dark chocolate syruping. Pine-sapped hop char lingers aggressively against chocolate pistachio fudging, ancillary hazelnut-glazed pecan, acorn and walnut illusions and mild bourbon vanilla subtleties.
FAT ORANGE CAT / SKYGAZER WALK ON WATER
On tap at Kitchen & Beer Bar, pureed navel orange, blood orange, tangerine and tangelo juiciness seeps thru viscous cotton-candied marshmallow sugaring like a confectionery creamsickle. Tart citrus insistence and sweet vanilla creaming pervade sweet sticky thing.
FAT ORANGE CAT SHE DRIVES A SECOND GENERATION FOUR DOOR PLYMOUTH SATELLITE NEIPA
On tap at Beef Trust, lemony grapefruit-juiced mango, guava, pineapple, peach and papaya tropicalia spreads thru floral-perfumed spicing, resinous pine tones and mild vanilla creaming in clean icy setting.
FAT ORANGE CAT BABY ELVES
On tap at Growler & Gill, stronger ‘Holiday Edition’ (9% ABV) of Baby Kittens heightens bitter grapefruit zesting, lemon-limed guava souring, tangy peach sweetness and pureed mango influence as well as waxy orange-candied tartness above honeyed pastry dough malting. Dry wood tones seep beneath the citrus-spiced surface.
FAT ORANGE CAT WHO LET THE BOOMERS OUT? PALE ALE
On tap at Jealous Monk, crushable hazy golden bronzed Citra-Mosaic-hopped pale ale collaboration with nearby Willimantic retains easygoing grapefruit, orange and pineapple tang above grassy pine resin and spicy crystal malts. A softer, less bitter India Pale Ale.
SKYGAZER / FAT ORANGE CAT FLOOFER
Syrupy cocoa nibs and roasted peanuts join tart strawberry adjunct for rich PB&J-like stout collaboration with Fat Orange Cat. Nutty burnt toast bittering underscores berry-jellied mocha treacle of creamy vegemite dessert.
FAT ORANGE CAT BABY KITTENS
On tap at Beef Trust, fluffy white-headed, pastel orange-bodied NEIPA brings sunshiny grapefruit-peeled mango-pineapple-peach-tangerine tang and lemon-limed guava souring to the fore as piney hop oiling delivers proper bittering.
FAT ORANGE CAT REMEMBER WHAT THE DORMOUSE SAID NEW ENGLAND IPA
Sunshiny grapefruit-peeled lemon zest and bitter orange rind casually confront sour gooseberry-guava-passionfruit triage and lactic vanilla smidge for juicy Citra-hopped delight.
FAT ORANGE CAT BREWING COMPANY
EAST HAMPTON, CONNECTICUT
In the rustic backwoods of East Hampton, small homestead nanobrewery, FAT ORANGE CAT, opened for biz August 2016. Along the Salmon River watershed, this agrarian wood-paneled farmhouse (with forest green aluminum top) relies mostly on locally grown ingredients to craft its delightful small-batch brews.
Brewmaster Mike Klucznik received local awards as a home brewer before embarking on his ambitious zymurgistic journey. And the everchanging lineup of homespun beers he serves (approximately 100 one-offs since the outset) gets dominated by pleasant hazy New England-styled India Pale Ales, earthy farmhouse ales and approachable sour ales.
The serenely sylvan environment surrounding Fat Orange Cat includes canvassed hillside furnishings, picnic tables, a goat farm and loose chickens sprawled across the unexcavated backyard countryside.
Fat Orange Cat’s simple raw wood interior includes a central serving station, small black insulated stainless steel brew tanks, Industrial metal-wood table and several walled beer cans.
My wife and I grab a picnic table to begin consuming six fine offerings this warm September ’19 afternoon.
First up, soft-toned flagship, Jalapeno Cream Ale, brought mild jalapeno heat to maize-dried pale malting and spritzy lemon-limed bittering, leaving green pepper sweetness upon the back end.
Another spritzy dry-bodied moderation, Take Me Down Jimmy (a farmhouse ale named after an emphatic yelp from Paul Mc Cartney’s “Junior’s Farm”), crisply combined zesty lemon tartness with sour white grape esters and phenol hop astringency.
Next came three neatly disparate New England IPA’s.
Easygoing Vote For Pedro maintained a laidback Citra-Galaxy-Amarillo hop groove as tangy grapefruit, sweet orange peel and sour lemon juicing gained candied citric tartness, light wood tones and pale malt dryness.
Juicily tropical I Am The Walrus retained a dryly salted pineapple-passionfruit-guava sedation for its relegated floral pine setting.
Better still, tart Lemondrop-hopped refresher, Ask Forgiveness Not Permission, let zesty lemon peel bittering, subtle grapefruit-orange tang and herbal lemongrass minting receive piney resilience.
But the biggest cheers came for mildly acidic fruit juiced Walkabout Peach Raspberry Sour Ale, a terrific Sweet-Tart candied knockoff with Peach Melba and Raspberry Tart suppleness afforded salty mango, tangy orange and sweet red grape illusions atop dry pale malt rusticity.
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FAT ORANGE CAT / DECADENT BAKER’S DOZEN IMPERIAL STOUT
On tap at Poor Henry’s, nebulous cinnamon chocolate-fudged stout with ancho peppering ain’t bad, but it’s not clearly defined flavor-wise. Even its bitter vanilla spell lasts too short. And the nut-charred dark chocolate finish lacks cinnamon spicing. Only likable, despite lovely cat bakery label.
FAT ORANGE CAT DO ALL 16 DANCES SAISON
On tap at Ambulance, lightly soured lemondrop-hopped farmhouse ale sweetens its white-peppered herbage and dry barnyard musk with honeyed banana-clove pleasantries.
