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Elder Betty
Magic Hat Brewing Company
- From:
- Magic Hat Brewing Company
- Vermont, United States
- Style:
- Fruit and Field Beer
- ABV:
- 5.5%
- Score:
- 76
- Avg:
- 3.31 | pDev: 16.62%
- Reviews:
- 177
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Mar 03, 2022
- Added:
- Mar 28, 2012
- Wants:
- 18
- Gots:
- 193
Elder Betty is a weiss-style ale with a bready malt flavor balanced by a touch of hops and complimented by the tart berry flavors of elderberry.
13 IBU
13 IBU
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Reviewed by Brian_L-2056 from West Virginia
3.55/5 rDev +7.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
3.55/5 rDev +7.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
Pours a hazy pale orange color with plenty of carbonation. Smell is sweet. Taste is sweet and mild, very pleasant to drink. The feel is silly smooth, overall not a bad brew at all, very easy drinking
Oct 09, 2018Reviewed by feuematt from Pennsylvania
3.5/5 rDev +5.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.5/5 rDev +5.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Light yellow colored beer with an aroma of light berries. Taste is bready and tart berries. Overall a light and refreshing beer that is probably best suited for the summer.
Aug 21, 2017Reviewed by D1noB from Oklahoma
4.42/5 rDev +33.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
4.42/5 rDev +33.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
Malty, Light, with a fruity almost slightly tart finish. Easy to drink.
Taste Rating in Words: It's picking a plum and eating it, so fresh and inviting.
Aug 20, 2017Taste Rating in Words: It's picking a plum and eating it, so fresh and inviting.
Reviewed by Dodo2step from Pennsylvania
3.35/5 rDev +1.2%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
3.35/5 rDev +1.2%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
A- clear amber color with half finger head. no lacing
S- bready malts with faint hints of berry
F- bready malts...minimal hint of berry
M- malty and light bodied, goes down easy enough
O- meh...it was a nice go for a variety pack.
Jul 29, 2017S- bready malts with faint hints of berry
F- bready malts...minimal hint of berry
M- malty and light bodied, goes down easy enough
O- meh...it was a nice go for a variety pack.
Reviewed by jjamadorphd from Florida
3.57/5 rDev +7.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.57/5 rDev +7.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Retired? I just drank two from a variety pack on 23 July 2017...
Anyway, I really liked the crystal clear look of the brew in the pint glass. It pours a good, white head, but dissipates very quickly leaving no opportunity for lacing. The smell was a mixture of blueberry, wheat, bread, and some hints of sweetness I can quite put a name too. I felt it was light-bodied with a light character in the mouth but still very approachable and very sessionable as well. The taste was a very muted blend of blueberry and wheat, I wish it had been a bit more potent, thought it had a nice malt backdrop I enjoyed. Overall, not the greatest of beers, but definitely a perfect summertime beer over the usual Corona's folks like to gravitate too...
Jul 23, 2017Anyway, I really liked the crystal clear look of the brew in the pint glass. It pours a good, white head, but dissipates very quickly leaving no opportunity for lacing. The smell was a mixture of blueberry, wheat, bread, and some hints of sweetness I can quite put a name too. I felt it was light-bodied with a light character in the mouth but still very approachable and very sessionable as well. The taste was a very muted blend of blueberry and wheat, I wish it had been a bit more potent, thought it had a nice malt backdrop I enjoyed. Overall, not the greatest of beers, but definitely a perfect summertime beer over the usual Corona's folks like to gravitate too...
Reviewed by dacrza1 from New Jersey
2.88/5 rDev -13%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3
2.88/5 rDev -13%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3
DATE: July 22, 2017... OCCASION: having bowled with the Morgans, we set our sights on dinner...GLASSWARE: Weihenstephan weizen... pours a truly golden body with thick, clustering bubbles that form a frothy, clumpy white head that would make sea foam envious... wafting aroma of elder berry, tart raspberry, banana, clove, perfume esters, and light biscuit malts... not off-putting... first sip is effervescent, medium-bodied, fizzy and creamy enough to be a fulfilling sip in its own right...reasonable for a wheat ale, without much to detract from its path... berry is overpowered by caramel and biscuit--not what I expected, or should have... flowers and bubblegum are also present... the profile is refreshing but not a berry weisse in some respects...honestly, this works in some weird way, but I do not find it ultimately a beer I’d come back...though it reminds me of our time in Love Ladies with the Blancos, and that is worth something...
Jul 22, 2017
Elder Betty from Magic Hat Brewing Company
Beer rating:
76 out of
100 with
1170 ratings
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