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#9
Magic Hat Brewing Company
- From:
- Magic Hat Brewing Company
- Vermont, United States
- Style:
- Fruit and Field Beer
Ranked #354 - ABV:
- 5.1%
- Score:
- 78
Ranked #28,274 - Avg:
- 3.4 | pDev: 17.94%
- Reviews:
- 1,752
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- May 01, 2023
- Added:
- Jun 09, 1998
- Wants:
- 107
- Gots:
- 1,362
SCORE
78
Okay
78
Okay
Notes:
A beer cloaked in secrecy. An ale whose mysterious and unusual palate will swirl across your tongue and ask more questions than it answers. A sort of dry, crisp, refreshing, not-quite pale ale. #9 is really impossible to describe because there's never been anything else quite like it.
20 IBU
20 IBU
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Reviewed by MadMadMike from Florida
3.67/5 rDev +7.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.67/5 rDev +7.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Chilled 12 ounce bottle straight up. I haven’t seen #9 in some time, thought it was discontinued or something. Random grab at a Total Wine in Miami.,. No date stamp scared me a little.,.
Same as I remember - by no means a bad beer (no such thing, right?), has an old skool crisp pale ale vibe to it. Unpretentious and sublime. Nice to quaff one again.,.
May 01, 2023Same as I remember - by no means a bad beer (no such thing, right?), has an old skool crisp pale ale vibe to it. Unpretentious and sublime. Nice to quaff one again.,.
Reviewed by Ashes2Ashes
5/5 rDev +47.1%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
5/5 rDev +47.1%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
I personally love this beer, I saw alot of 3.75 rating which was a shock to me. This beer is a classic of the 90s and is still going strong for good reason. I am currently sipping one and I'm 32 years old. I remember seeing the cap with the hypnotizing swirl on it and witty sayings in the cap when I was just a kid. When I got older I started drinking these and understood why my parents loved them. I hope this beer stays around long enough for me to keep enjoying my childhood. As weird as that seems, with this beer and reading the caps it reminds me of the good times I once had when I was little growing up in the 90s. I miss that free spirit attitude everyone had and the beers taste helps me reminisce those awesome years.
Jul 04, 2022
Reviewed by HardCider from Pennsylvania
3.74/5 rDev +10%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.74/5 rDev +10%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
This beer pours a clear amber color with a moderate white head. The aroma is sweet and yeasty. Its has a pleasant, sweet, fruity taste. A good session beer.
May 30, 2022
Reviewed by tekstr1der from New Hampshire
3.91/5 rDev +15%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.91/5 rDev +15%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Classic indeed - early gateway beer that I drank the snot out of so many times. Ton of interesting and titillating flavors combined. Would love to revisit this one if it's still brewed.
Mar 02, 2022Rated by Mattalica
4.5/5 rDev +32.4%
look: 5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
4.5/5 rDev +32.4%
look: 5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
Not heavy, refreshing, classic taste
Mar 01, 2022
Reviewed by ANIMOUL from Vermont
3.75/5 rDev +10.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.75/5 rDev +10.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Poured from a 12 oz can from a variety pack. Pours bronze like with decent foamy head; rapidly recedes. The "fruit and field" style threw me off as it tastes more like a standard lager. Meh.
Jan 07, 2022
Reviewed by Peach63 from New York
3.92/5 rDev +15.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.92/5 rDev +15.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Pours golden yellow with a 1/2" white head, which lasts. Moderate lacing.
Aroma is floral, caramel, light citrus, grassy hops.
Taste is caramel, citrus, light pine.
Light to medium body, moderate carbonation. Dry finish.
Pretty decent Pale Ale. Less bitterness than an IPA.
Nov 24, 2021Aroma is floral, caramel, light citrus, grassy hops.
Taste is caramel, citrus, light pine.
Light to medium body, moderate carbonation. Dry finish.
Pretty decent Pale Ale. Less bitterness than an IPA.
#9 from Magic Hat Brewing Company
Beer rating:
78 out of
100 with
5940 ratings
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