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Fat Pants Brewing Co.

8335 Crystal View Road
Eden Prairie MN 55344
Telephone: +1 952-658-6987
Hours: Sunday-Thursday 11:00am-10:00pm, Friday-Saturday 11:00am-11:00pm.
Brewer: Don Anderson, Rick Reinert
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Notes

Visited: February 21, 2025

Opened: 2019

Contributor: Mike Feekart

Fat Pants features a permanent, indoor food truck.

Updated: February 28, 2025

Beer List

'Ockey 'Head

American-Style Malt Liquor

6.70% abv.
- Date: February 21, 2025 (#12044)
  
  Package: draught
  
  Place: at the brewery
  
  Score: 16 points
  
  Appearance (3)
  Bright golden. Low dense head.
  
  Aroma (3)
  Mildly grainy, bready.
  
  Mouthfeel (8)
  Medium body, fizzy. Grainy malt, toasty. Grassy hop flavor, low-medium bitterness. Corn in the finish.
  
  Overall Impression (2)
  "Minneadian Lager"

Bajo

Session India Pale Ale

5.00% abv.

Date: June 5, 2021 (#10545)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 17½ points

Appearance (3)
Bright golden-amber, thick dense head.

Aroma (3)
Mildly fruity, very mildly biscuity.

Mouthfeel (9)
Light-medium body, smooth. Huge fruity hop flavor, kinda citrusy. Low-medium bitterness. Toasty, biscuity malt way in the background. Fruity, mildly grassy finish.

Overall Impression (2½)
Real good Pale Ale.

Bernstein

German-Style Märzen/Oktoberfest

6.00% abv.

Date: October 1, 2022 (#11133)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 16½ points

Appearance (3)
Bright red. Moderate creamy head.

Aroma (4)
Toasty, bready, nutty.

Mouthfeel (8)
Medium-big body, fairly fizzy. Deeply toasty, like toasted bread crust. Grassy hop flavor, low bitterness. Sweet very toasty finish.

Overall Impression (1½)
Good beer, but it's really toasty and really sweet.

Camo

American-Style India Pale Ale

7.10% abv.

Date: February 21, 2025 (#12042)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 19 points

Appearance (3)
Bright amber. Dense head.

Aroma (4)
Intense biscuit, big citrus.

Mouthfeel (9)
Medium-big body, moderate carbonation. Big grassy, citrusy hops, nicely bitter. Sturdy biscuit malt background. Lingering bitter finish.

Overall Impression (3)
Real good balance.

Date: October 1, 2022 (#11134)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 16 points

Appearance (3)
Golden. Nice creamy head.

Aroma (3)
Nice clean malt. Hint of grass.

Mouthfeel (8)
Light body, smooth. Great clean malt flavor all the way through. A little sweet. Very very mild floral hop flavor, very very low bitterness. Sweet malt finish.

Overall Impression (2)
Good beer, but sweet.

Date: February 21, 2025 (#12045)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 20 points

Appearance (3)
Black. Big creamy beige head.

Aroma (4)
Oak, coconut. Mild roast, lots of malt. Mild alcohol.

Mouthfeel (10)
Thick. Smooth. Malty, roasty, chocolatey. Sweet but not sticky. Alcohol is in the background. Coconut, oak finish.

Overall Impression (3)
Fantastically complex.

Date: November 24, 2023 (#11515)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 20 points

Appearance (3)
Brilliant golden. Moderate creamy head.

Aroma (4)
Clean malt, fresh noble hops. Mildly floral, mildly grainy, mildly sulfury.

Mouthfeel (10)
Light-medium body, fizzy. Nice floral hop flavor up front, with a medium bitterness that last all the way through. Grainy, bready malt background.

Overall Impression (3)
Great beer.

Date: February 21, 2025 (#12043)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 15 points

Appearance (3)
Tawny amber, slight haze. Creamy head.

Aroma (3)
Mild biscuit malt, mild grassy hops.

Mouthfeel (7)
Medium body, kinda fizzy. Intense grassy hop flavor all the way through. Fairly bitter. Piney finish.

Overall Impression (2)
Not bad, but off balance.

Date: June 5, 2021 (#10544)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 14 points

Appearance (2)
Bright golden, low head.

Aroma (3)
Bready. Mild coriander.

Mouthfeel (7)
Light body, moderate carbonation. Bready wheat. Citrusy, grassy, very mildly spicy. Grassy, wheat malt finish.

Overall Impression (2)

Date: May 6, 2021 (#10497)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 16 points

Appearance (2½)
Yellow. Slight haze. Moderate head.

Aroma (3)
Bready. Grassy.

Mouthfeel (8)
Light body. High carbonation. Bready malt, grassy hops, nicely balanced. Low bitterness, a little fruity-floral at the end.

Overall Impression (2½)
Pretty good beer.

Date: November 24, 2023 (#11517)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 12 points

Appearance (3)
Brilliant red. Creamy head.

Aroma (2)
Brown, slight haze. Low dense head.

Mouthfeel (6)
Medium big body, smooth. Fair bit of solvent in front of minty hops and darkly sweet, mildly roasty malt.

Overall Impression (1)
Not impressed.

Date: October 1, 2022 (#11136)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 18 points

Appearance (3)
Brilliant golden. Creamy head.

Aroma (3)
Very clean, mildly bready.

Mouthfeel (9)
Light body, reasonably fizzy. Clean bready malt all the way through. Mild floral hops, low bitterness.

Overall Impression (3)
REAL GOOD clean beer.

Date: June 5, 2021 (#10546)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 14½ points

Appearance (3)
Bright golden-amber, moderate head.

Aroma (3)
Piney, grassy, resiny hops.

Mouthfeel (7)
Medium-big body, smooth. Resiny hop flavor, medium bitterness. Biscuity, kinda sweet malt. Oddly sulfury. Grassy hop finish.

Overall Impression (1½)

Date: October 1, 2022 (#11135)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 17½ points

Appearance (3)
Golden. Moderate creamy head.

Aroma (3)
Clean. Mildly grainy.

Mouthfeel (9)
Light body, fizzy. Clean grainy malt. Floral hop flavor, low bitterness.

Overall Impression (2½)
Good and clean and simple.

Date: November 24, 2023 (#11516)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 16½ points

Appearance (3)
Brilliant red. Creamy head.

Aroma (3)
Toasty, grassy, with a hint of molasses.

Mouthfeel (8)
Medium body, fairly fizzy. Dark caramel malt. Grassy, almost resiny hops, a bit more bitter than I expected. Darkly malty finish, with fruity, grassy, resiny hops.

Overall Impression (2½)
Bigger and more bitter than your usual Irish Red, but tasty nonetheless.

Date: June 5, 2021 (#10547)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 18½ points

Appearance (3)
Bright amber, dense head.

Aroma (3½)
Fruity Pebbles hops. Mildly perfumey.

Mouthfeel (9)
Big, kinda chewy, smooth. Lots of clean malt behind some nicely balanced grassy, citrusy hops. Medium-big bitterness all the way through.

Overall Impression (3)
Doesn't drink nearly as big as it is.