Like Coors before it, New Belgium's Fat Tire ale lost a lot of its allure once it became available in local bars and liquor stores. Any beer geek worthy of the title will tell you that there's more to New Belgium than just Fat Tire. more ›

The more we dive into New Belgium's selections, the more flabbergasted we become at the popularity of Fat Tire. Sure, we've said ourselves that Fat Tire serves as an entry beer to the other offerings New Belgium brews. If conventional wisdom says that you only get one chance to make a good first impression, then Fat Tire would seem like the wrong entry point for New Belgium. more ›

Your hipster and/or Chad beer options just got more crowded this week with the launch of Shiner Bock in the city. To help you out in hunting the Texas brewery selection down, Shiner has set up a neat little website briefly describing the beer, its history, and - most important - a list of locations where you can find Shiner Bock. The list, which we're hoping is partial, is sort of the lowest common denominator... more ›

Our apathy towards Fat Tire aside, Chicagoist quickly discovered that the New Belgium Brewery would be our idea of a dream brewery, and working quality control there is in our top five dream jobs, if we didn't have to pull up stakes and leave Chicago in order to do so. more ›

It’s been two months since Fat Tire Amber Ale, from Fort Collins, Colorado-based New Belgium Brewing Company, made its long-awaited (legal) Chicago debut, complete with commemorative labeling on the bottles. Like the inspiration for Seinfeld’s Soup Nazi, who’s looking to open franchises eight years after that show was consigned to syndication, Chicagoist is striking while the iron is quickly cooling, weighing in on the fast receding Fat Tire phenomenon. more ›

It's Super Bowl weekend, which means that sometime shortly after the coin toss we who actually want to- you know, watch the game- will be subjected to a series of mind-numbing commercials featuring farting horses; women with pneumatic breasticles; middle-aged men casually strolling through the Rockies; comic dating situations; and referees penalizing ordinary people; all for the purpose of promoting cheap beer. The adage "life is too short to drink cheap beer" gets repeated so... more ›