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Mad Hatter - Oak-Aged
New Holland Brewing Company
- From:
- New Holland Brewing Company
- Michigan, United States
- Style:
- American IPA
- ABV:
- 7.12%
- Score:
- 84
- Avg:
- 3.71 | pDev: 11.32%
- Reviews:
- 162
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Apr 10, 2019
- Added:
- Dec 26, 2005
- Wants:
- 11
- Gots:
- 41
No description / notes.
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Ratings by YoDude:
Reviewed by YoDude from Illinois
4.24/5 rDev +14.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
4.24/5 rDev +14.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
Appearance: Deep amber and poured with a one inch thick head. Head slowly recedes to a ring while ample lacing is retained from the initial pour line.
Smell: The nose hits you a foot from the glass; floral hops and vanilla with a hint alcohol get the mouth watering.
Taste: Vanilla and toasted oak lead to a sweet caramel and bitter finish.
Mouth feel: It has a full body and good carbonation, with a nice finish of alcohol warmth and lingering resin bitters.
Overall: Of the Mad Hatter variations, this is my favorite. The Kentucky oak barrel aging really adds another level of flavors to this solid American-style India Pale Ale. Drink it fresh. No need to age any further as New Holland has done it for you. I will always pick up a bottle when in stock at my local beverage retailer.
Serving type: 22 oz. bottle poured into a tulip glass
May 04, 2013Smell: The nose hits you a foot from the glass; floral hops and vanilla with a hint alcohol get the mouth watering.
Taste: Vanilla and toasted oak lead to a sweet caramel and bitter finish.
Mouth feel: It has a full body and good carbonation, with a nice finish of alcohol warmth and lingering resin bitters.
Overall: Of the Mad Hatter variations, this is my favorite. The Kentucky oak barrel aging really adds another level of flavors to this solid American-style India Pale Ale. Drink it fresh. No need to age any further as New Holland has done it for you. I will always pick up a bottle when in stock at my local beverage retailer.
Serving type: 22 oz. bottle poured into a tulip glass
More User Ratings:
Rated by Cannibalgasm from Minnesota
3.64/5 rDev -1.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.64/5 rDev -1.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
On tap at G Allens
Jul 28, 2015Reviewed by pat61 from Minnesota
4.19/5 rDev +12.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.19/5 rDev +12.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
L: Pours brilliant chestnut producing a 1” white foam collar that grips the side of the glass.
S: Vanilla, malt, fruit, melon.
T: Starts malty supported by big, large pitted fruit flavors and a hint of melon. Hoppy bitter finish.
F: Very creamy, medium full body, medium to medium low carbonation.
O: Nice, drinkable beer but needs just a little more cow bell.
Jul 12, 2015S: Vanilla, malt, fruit, melon.
T: Starts malty supported by big, large pitted fruit flavors and a hint of melon. Hoppy bitter finish.
F: Very creamy, medium full body, medium to medium low carbonation.
O: Nice, drinkable beer but needs just a little more cow bell.
Reviewed by moonboogie_n8 from Michigan
3.59/5 rDev -3.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.59/5 rDev -3.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
I've tried a few of the "hatter" brews from New Holland, and this one seems to be the most underwhelming.
the oak age is something you either enjoy, or wish it was just absent in this type of beer.
this one may be the latter.
by all means try it if you like Oak Aged IPAs, but for me it takes away instead of adding.
regardless, it's an agreeable beer full of hoppy bitterness and the right balance of malt to add some would say an over the top sweetness, but goes well with the aging.
also, cheap and available.
Jun 14, 2015the oak age is something you either enjoy, or wish it was just absent in this type of beer.
this one may be the latter.
by all means try it if you like Oak Aged IPAs, but for me it takes away instead of adding.
regardless, it's an agreeable beer full of hoppy bitterness and the right balance of malt to add some would say an over the top sweetness, but goes well with the aging.
also, cheap and available.
Mad Hatter - Oak-Aged from New Holland Brewing Company
Beer rating:
84 out of
100 with
493 ratings
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