{"id":199,"date":"2016-01-07T19:15:33","date_gmt":"2016-01-08T00:15:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/beerme\/?p=199"},"modified":"2016-01-11T16:36:24","modified_gmt":"2016-01-11T21:36:24","slug":"for-fat-heads-fans-theres-no-rivalry-in-beer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/beerme\/pittsburgh\/for-fat-heads-fans-theres-no-rivalry-in-beer\/","title":{"rendered":"For Fat Head’s fans, there’s no rivalry in beer"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nI remember my first Head Hunter IPA.<\/p>\n

I had tasted another Fat Head’s<\/a> beer before, a tripel contract-brewed in Belgium for the Carson Street saloon and craft beer bar, but this was something else entirely. I didn’t know all the details then, but I had heard about a new Fat Head’s brewpub in Cleveland … and I had heard the IPA was excellent.<\/p>\n

And that was an understatement; loaded with rich citrus and sharp pine flavors, Head Hunter wasn’t for the faint of heart, then or now … but it is for anyone who appreciates an aggressive, well-built IPA.<\/p>\n

Since then, the Fat Head’s empire — spanning from the South Side to Cleveland’s western suburbs and now to a new brewpub in Portland, Oregon — has grown exponentially. The brand’s portfolio grows each year and with it the list of awards it brings home from the Great American Beer Festival and the World Beer Cup.<\/p>\n

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