#9 | Magic Hat Brewing Company
Brewed by:
Magic Hat Brewing Company
Vermont, United States
magichat.net
Style: Fruit / Vegetable Beer
Alcohol by volume (ABV): 5.10%
Availability: Year-round
Notes / Commercial Description:
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
Added by BeerAdvocate on 06-09-1998
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Ratings: 5,682 | Reviews: 1,696
5/5 rDev +47.1%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
Wonderful.
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look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
Wonderful.
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3.34/5 rDev -1.8%
look: 3 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
look: 3 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.65/5 rDev +7.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.22/5 rDev -5.3%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
Different but enjoyable. Apricot-forward taste. Good feel and easy to drink with light fizz. Give it a try.
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look: 3.25 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
Different but enjoyable. Apricot-forward taste. Good feel and easy to drink with light fizz. Give it a try.
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3.26/5 rDev -4.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
2.98/5 rDev -12.4%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3
3.41/5 rDev +0.3%
look: 4 | smell: 2.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
look: 4 | smell: 2.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.45/5 rDev +1.5%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.59/5 rDev +5.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
Tried this at a pool room where this was considered top shelf.
Certainly better than the usual pedestrian fare. Not a bad brew, aroma is light and okay, mouthfeel decent, nothing really good nor bad here. When I'm back at that pool room, rack em up, Gimmie a #9.
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look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
Tried this at a pool room where this was considered top shelf.
Certainly better than the usual pedestrian fare. Not a bad brew, aroma is light and okay, mouthfeel decent, nothing really good nor bad here. When I'm back at that pool room, rack em up, Gimmie a #9.
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3.47/5 rDev +2.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.25/5 rDev -4.4%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
3.54/5 rDev +4.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.94/5 rDev +15.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
A decent crisp beer with a medium sweetness and light body.
Looks typical clear amber poured into a pint with a standard thumbs width of foam. Smells good to me, light and floral. Would probably breach the cusp of cloy if the beer had more character, but it knows it's limits and settles well into average and drinkable.
Likewise taste is interesting without being adventurous. It hints at an interesting concept but chooses to suggest instead of delivering. Probably for the best, as I could see this idea turning into a nasty end product.
As is, I'd actually recommend this if it showed up on your doorstep. Very drinkable. Light, smooth and not overpowering. Standard.
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look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
A decent crisp beer with a medium sweetness and light body.
Looks typical clear amber poured into a pint with a standard thumbs width of foam. Smells good to me, light and floral. Would probably breach the cusp of cloy if the beer had more character, but it knows it's limits and settles well into average and drinkable.
Likewise taste is interesting without being adventurous. It hints at an interesting concept but chooses to suggest instead of delivering. Probably for the best, as I could see this idea turning into a nasty end product.
As is, I'd actually recommend this if it showed up on your doorstep. Very drinkable. Light, smooth and not overpowering. Standard.
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3.98/5 rDev +17.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Crisp and refreshing with nice after taste.
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look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Crisp and refreshing with nice after taste.
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3.02/5 rDev -11.2%
look: 3.25 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.25
look: 3.25 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.25
#9 from Magic Hat Brewing Company
3.4
out of 5
based on 5,682 ratings.
look: 3 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25