Curiouser Ale
Magic Hat Brewing Company

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From:
Magic Hat Brewing Company
 
New York, United States
Style:
Fruit and Field Beer
ABV:
5%
Score:
+8 ratings needed
Avg:
3.99 | pDev: 1.25%
Ratings:
2 | reviews: 2
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Jan 06, 2005
Added:
Sep 17, 2004
Wants:
  1
Gots:
  0
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Reviewed by UnionMade from New York

4.04/5  rDev +1.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
Thanks to Mikeys01 for splitting this odd brew with me.
The beer pours a strange, almost radioactive, peachy pink. Completely hazed. A short, peach colored head forms on the pour, thinning into a weakened, broken film. Decent head retention, with a little bit of blobby lacing. A good amount of sediment remains in the last ounce or so of the bottle, creating a solid peach opacity. One of the strangest beer colors I've ever seen. I can understand the desire to package this in clear bottles, as the color alone would be a selling point to the more adventurous.
Not expecting much, the aroma is surprisingly complex. Soft wheat malt forms a base for a surprising amount of complexity. Mild berry notes, mostly raspberry with a touch of blueberry and strawberry. Not surprising, but what was is the strange, lambic-like funk that lurks beneath. An edgy, berry driven tartness creates sharpened undertones, with hints of forest dirt and other funky odors more inclined towards lambic. Certainly not what I expected from a flavored wheat beer.
The flavor starts with a mild, easygoing wheat maltiness. Not a whole lot of presence up front, until the berry flavor comes through the middle. A blurred medley of berry flavors, mostly raspberry, with hints of blueberry and strawberry mildness. A bee stung acidity creeps into the finish, bringing this beer from the realm of boring fruit beer into something more akin to lambic. Nice fruitiness throughout. Not too much, but enough to maintain through the malt. Very slight notes of earth, wool and hay add complexity with a pervasive funkiness that continues into the aftertaste. The acidity easily competes with what sweetness is derived from the malt. Relatively dry in the finish, with a well carbonated bouyancy. Light to medium bodied.
Certainly still within the realm of fruit-flavored wheat beer, but perhaps sneaking a tendril or two into the unexplored territory of artisanal farmhouse ales. Much more complex than I expected, certainly better than the masses of fruity wheat brews out there. Magic Hat could certainly have gotten crazier, but the beer is odd enough to stand out. I'd say it's worth a try at least once.
Jan 06, 2005
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Reviewed by scottum from Vermont

3.94/5  rDev -1.3%
look: 5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
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Woah, this is a wierd little brew. Curious indeed. Poors out a hazed pink orange with a white headskie. I'm thinking this is like a raspberry hefe, but I have no idea really. Orange flavors are big in there. Wierd all around, but very hefe-like nonetheless. Another crazy beer from Magic Hat. Check it out.
Sep 17, 2004