Anti Oxidant Acid Ale
Magic Hat Brewing Company
- From:
- Magic Hat Brewing Company
- New York, United States
- Style:
- Flanders Red Ale
- ABV:
- 5%
- Score:
- 83
- Avg:
- 4.05 | pDev: 19.51%
- Reviews:
- 4
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Apr 19, 2006
- Added:
- Jan 27, 2005
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
SCORE
83
Good
83
Good
No description / notes.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by plaid75 from New York
2.73/5 rDev -32.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2
2.73/5 rDev -32.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2
I tried this beer at the Vermont Brewer's Festival. It is Sour Ale aged in cabernet barrels.
The brew poured an interesting cloudy light ruby color. There was a fizzy head about a finger high with decent retention and good lacing.
The aroma and flavor were consistent with one another. Hints of citrus and cherry dominated. Several minor flavor were present - wine, oak and vanilla. Frankly, it tasted like a spoiled cheap bottle of cabernet. Not necessarily a good quality in a beer.
The mouthfeel was very effervescent - consistent with the beer's sourness.
Not a very drinkable beer. The acidity stayed with me for a few hours as well.
Certainly an interesting concoction.
Apr 19, 2006The brew poured an interesting cloudy light ruby color. There was a fizzy head about a finger high with decent retention and good lacing.
The aroma and flavor were consistent with one another. Hints of citrus and cherry dominated. Several minor flavor were present - wine, oak and vanilla. Frankly, it tasted like a spoiled cheap bottle of cabernet. Not necessarily a good quality in a beer.
The mouthfeel was very effervescent - consistent with the beer's sourness.
Not a very drinkable beer. The acidity stayed with me for a few hours as well.
Certainly an interesting concoction.
Reviewed by weeare138 from Pennsylvania
4.17/5 rDev +3%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
4.17/5 rDev +3%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
On draft in the VIP lounge of the VT Brewers Fest...
This one was aged in barrels of Cabernet with pomegranates.
Appears a reddish brown with a small white cap. Tiny spots of lacing.
Smell is of tart fruit with a Belgian-esque aroma and very pungent brett.
Taste is tart and sour but very drinkable for the style. Well balanced with pomegranates and a slight oaky wininess.
Mouthfeel is of well rounded tartness that lasts with a pleasant pucker.
Drinkability was nice for this style. No overkill of flavors.
I mentioned to fellow BA's, Davo & Slander, that this reminded me a bit of the New Glarus Sour Brown only better.
Jul 19, 2005This one was aged in barrels of Cabernet with pomegranates.
Appears a reddish brown with a small white cap. Tiny spots of lacing.
Smell is of tart fruit with a Belgian-esque aroma and very pungent brett.
Taste is tart and sour but very drinkable for the style. Well balanced with pomegranates and a slight oaky wininess.
Mouthfeel is of well rounded tartness that lasts with a pleasant pucker.
Drinkability was nice for this style. No overkill of flavors.
I mentioned to fellow BA's, Davo & Slander, that this reminded me a bit of the New Glarus Sour Brown only better.
Reviewed by francisweizen from Washington
4.7/5 rDev +16%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.7/5 rDev +16%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Lovely, just lovely. My most anticipated and first sample of this years EBF. Dark red with a nice pinkish-off-white head of foam. The aromas were absolutely amazing. Brett! Fresh red cherries or other sour, tart, citrus fruits balanced with other completely different sweet fruity hints, as well as a superb yeast funkiness, and a lovely drying finish that was nieter sweet or sour. So intriguingly good, and from a freakin' US brewery! Mouthfeel was medium bodied and just right, and the drinkaiblity was very good as well. I need more of this now! I need 64oz samples next time!
Jan 31, 2005
Reviewed by marburg from Michigan
4.62/5 rDev +14.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.62/5 rDev +14.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
The planets must have aligned to bring me to NY to try this beer, and I'm so very glad they did.
Dulled brown-red in color with a strong, arid aroma of Flemish funk -- and these hints of sourness and wild fungus somewhat belies its true nature. Big, intense fruit flavors dominate up front. The wine barrels used for aging lend a strong berry and alcohol sweetness (almost bourbon-like, it's so strong) to the flavor, completely washing away any hint of funk. Two sips later, there's a bit more emerging. Then a bit more. Finally, after sipping on a sweeter beer for a moment, the brettanomyces emerges like a bat out of hell. The fruits up front give an unripened cherry tartness, and the brett is really strong through the finish.
A little sweet. A little sour. A little funky. A lot good.
Jan 30, 2005Dulled brown-red in color with a strong, arid aroma of Flemish funk -- and these hints of sourness and wild fungus somewhat belies its true nature. Big, intense fruit flavors dominate up front. The wine barrels used for aging lend a strong berry and alcohol sweetness (almost bourbon-like, it's so strong) to the flavor, completely washing away any hint of funk. Two sips later, there's a bit more emerging. Then a bit more. Finally, after sipping on a sweeter beer for a moment, the brettanomyces emerges like a bat out of hell. The fruits up front give an unripened cherry tartness, and the brett is really strong through the finish.
A little sweet. A little sour. A little funky. A lot good.
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