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Blind Faith
Magic Hat Brewing Company
- From:
- Magic Hat Brewing Company
- Vermont, United States
- Style:
- English IPA
Ranked #88 - ABV:
- 6.2%
- Score:
- 80
Ranked #26,149 - Avg:
- 3.53 | pDev: 14.45%
- Reviews:
- 494
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Apr 03, 2023
- Added:
- Aug 04, 2001
- Wants:
- 19
- Gots:
- 167
An ale of enlightenment created to aid in deciphering the puzzles along life's road, and to interpret signs in the voyages of the spirit. Blind Faith is an extremely well-balanced India Pale Ale with a crisp, refreshing hop bitterness and a deep malt body to match.
60 IBU
60 IBU
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Ratings by AlCaponeJunior:
Reviewed by AlCaponeJunior from Texas
3.3/5 rDev -6.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
3.3/5 rDev -6.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Orange and almost clear, nice two finger head with staying power, sheets of lacing quickly slide down and rejoin the head.
I get a mostly fruity smell, along with a tinge of floral hops and some bready malts. It smells quite good.
Taste doesn't really follow the smell like I had hoped. It's kind of dryly bland and a touch earthy, but not bad. There's some fruitiness but it's not as flavorful as I'd have thought. There's little bold hops presence, there's more of a subtle overture, without the usual flavors that you'd expect from an English IPA. Malts are present but seem labored, like they couldn't quite figure out what this one should taste like.
Feel is pretty light and pretty dry. Carbonation is ok but light.
Overall I don't think this one measures up to other magic hat beers that I have tried. It's decent, but that's about it.
Jun 15, 2011I get a mostly fruity smell, along with a tinge of floral hops and some bready malts. It smells quite good.
Taste doesn't really follow the smell like I had hoped. It's kind of dryly bland and a touch earthy, but not bad. There's some fruitiness but it's not as flavorful as I'd have thought. There's little bold hops presence, there's more of a subtle overture, without the usual flavors that you'd expect from an English IPA. Malts are present but seem labored, like they couldn't quite figure out what this one should taste like.
Feel is pretty light and pretty dry. Carbonation is ok but light.
Overall I don't think this one measures up to other magic hat beers that I have tried. It's decent, but that's about it.
More User Ratings:
Rated by Precisiondigital from Maryland
3.52/5 rDev -0.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.52/5 rDev -0.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Amber look to it, nice head. Foamy and lacing. The taste doesn't really pop. But it does have malt finish and tones of flight coffee bean.
Mar 11, 2019Rated by CodyBasden from Texas
3.12/5 rDev -11.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
3.12/5 rDev -11.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
Nice color, not a lot of smell to it, taste is good with bitterness at the end
Jan 17, 2019Rated by Jugs_McGhee from Colorado
3.44/5 rDev -2.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.44/5 rDev -2.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Has nice bitterness to it, which is increasingly uncommon especially in the English IPA category.
B- / WORTHY
Jan 04, 2019B- / WORTHY
Reviewed by CTHomer from Connecticut
3.55/5 rDev +0.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
3.55/5 rDev +0.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
A: crystal clear; burnt orange in color; 2 finger khaki head that receded to a thin cap; very nice lacing;
S: not very aromatic; earthy with malt behind it;
T: earthy, floral, and malty; malt dominates at the finish; mild bitterness at the end;
M: medium bodied; moderate carbonation; moderately dry finish;
O: OK, but not something I would seek out again;
Nov 22, 2018S: not very aromatic; earthy with malt behind it;
T: earthy, floral, and malty; malt dominates at the finish; mild bitterness at the end;
M: medium bodied; moderate carbonation; moderately dry finish;
O: OK, but not something I would seek out again;
Blind Faith from Magic Hat Brewing Company
Beer rating:
80 out of
100 with
1252 ratings
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