#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: 5,704 | Reviews: 1,703
1.13/5 rDev -66.8%
look: 1.5 | smell: 1 | taste: 1 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 1.25
look: 1.5 | smell: 1 | taste: 1 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 1.25
3.04/5 rDev -10.6%
look: 3 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3
look: 3 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3
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
3.57/5 rDev +5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Pours a hazy gold into a fifteen ounce glass mug the same temperature as the beer. Two finger white head that dissipates rapidly to a thin rime. Really pretty lacing.
Mild fruit with hints of apricot and apple.
Tastes bright and clean. No funk at all. Fruit is definitely not the predominant flavor. Thought it would be more fruity. Reminds me of a weak lager except for the lack of hop bite.
Light and refreshing on the palate. Good carbonation. Faint sweet finish.
Overall a nice beer. Very drinkable. Mild is the best word I can think of to describe it.
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look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Pours a hazy gold into a fifteen ounce glass mug the same temperature as the beer. Two finger white head that dissipates rapidly to a thin rime. Really pretty lacing.
Mild fruit with hints of apricot and apple.
Tastes bright and clean. No funk at all. Fruit is definitely not the predominant flavor. Thought it would be more fruity. Reminds me of a weak lager except for the lack of hop bite.
Light and refreshing on the palate. Good carbonation. Faint sweet finish.
Overall a nice beer. Very drinkable. Mild is the best word I can think of to describe it.
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3.46/5 rDev +1.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
I drank this one right out of the bottle at a picnic. The color was a golden amber. I couldn't tell about the head and lacing. The nose was intriguing: malty, with apricot and interesting spices. The first thing I tasted was apricot and bready malt with some sweet vanilla or caramel. It's medium-bodied with moderate carbonation. You don't even notice the 5.1% ABV. Honestly, I expected a little more from Magic Hat. It was okay to drink with burgers and hot dogs but I wouldn't seek it out.
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look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
I drank this one right out of the bottle at a picnic. The color was a golden amber. I couldn't tell about the head and lacing. The nose was intriguing: malty, with apricot and interesting spices. The first thing I tasted was apricot and bready malt with some sweet vanilla or caramel. It's medium-bodied with moderate carbonation. You don't even notice the 5.1% ABV. Honestly, I expected a little more from Magic Hat. It was okay to drink with burgers and hot dogs but I wouldn't seek it out.
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3.46/5 rDev +1.8%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
3.75/5 rDev +10.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.48/5 rDev +2.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.6/5 rDev +5.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Crisp and refreshing with not much of a head. Smell and carbonation is not strong, but the flavor is subtle but interesting...I just bought a 12 pack and this is the first of many...could grow on me!
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look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Crisp and refreshing with not much of a head. Smell and carbonation is not strong, but the flavor is subtle but interesting...I just bought a 12 pack and this is the first of many...could grow on me!
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3.05/5 rDev -10.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
L) Pours an amber with small white head that dissipates rather quickly.
S) The smell is interesting. It isn't strong on the hop aromas, it more or less has a belgian import funk to it.
T) Honestly, the same can be said of the taste as the smell. It is definitely interesting, but it isnt super complex or flavorful.
F) Medium-high carbonation. It's fine.
O) eh
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look: 3.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
L) Pours an amber with small white head that dissipates rather quickly.
S) The smell is interesting. It isn't strong on the hop aromas, it more or less has a belgian import funk to it.
T) Honestly, the same can be said of the taste as the smell. It is definitely interesting, but it isnt super complex or flavorful.
F) Medium-high carbonation. It's fine.
O) eh
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4.78/5 rDev +40.6%
look: 5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
Natchitoches July 2, 2017
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look: 5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
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3.57/5 rDev +5%
look: 2.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
Look - Pours a clear light copper color with a thin and crackly white head that dissolves immediately.
Aroma - Apple cider, grains, sourdough bread.
Taste - Fruity up front, juicy apricot, syrupy sweet, a faint hint of caramel, thin malt towards the end with a tart aftertaste.
Feel - Light-Medium bodied, tart, ample carbonation, refreshing.
Overall - A nice change of pace and all in all a pleasant ale.
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look: 2.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
Look - Pours a clear light copper color with a thin and crackly white head that dissolves immediately.
Aroma - Apple cider, grains, sourdough bread.
Taste - Fruity up front, juicy apricot, syrupy sweet, a faint hint of caramel, thin malt towards the end with a tart aftertaste.
Feel - Light-Medium bodied, tart, ample carbonation, refreshing.
Overall - A nice change of pace and all in all a pleasant ale.
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3.5/5 rDev +2.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.42/5 rDev +0.6%
look: 5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
look: 5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
3.92/5 rDev +15.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.65/5 rDev +7.4%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
2.59/5 rDev -23.8%
look: 4 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 2.5
Can stamped J086 1306:14. I hope that's not the 130th day of 2016. English pint.
A: pours a slightly hazed orange copper with 1 finger beige head and loads of streaming carbonation. Very nice lacing and pretty good retention.
S: a little bready caramel. Vague fruit. That vague fruit grows more prominent as it warms and becomes cloying and awful.
T: there is something off here. Arrives with an immediate medicinal fruitiness. Bready and ever so slightly citric middle turns to a refreshing but weird end, which leaves a disgusting artificial cough syrup aftertaste.
M: mid bodied, high carbonation, and pretty clean.
O: I seem to recall having had this a couple of times about a decade ago and liked it, or at least thought it was okay. I am going to assume this can is a year and a half old. This was unqualifiedly awful.
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look: 4 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 2.5
Can stamped J086 1306:14. I hope that's not the 130th day of 2016. English pint.
A: pours a slightly hazed orange copper with 1 finger beige head and loads of streaming carbonation. Very nice lacing and pretty good retention.
S: a little bready caramel. Vague fruit. That vague fruit grows more prominent as it warms and becomes cloying and awful.
T: there is something off here. Arrives with an immediate medicinal fruitiness. Bready and ever so slightly citric middle turns to a refreshing but weird end, which leaves a disgusting artificial cough syrup aftertaste.
M: mid bodied, high carbonation, and pretty clean.
O: I seem to recall having had this a couple of times about a decade ago and liked it, or at least thought it was okay. I am going to assume this can is a year and a half old. This was unqualifiedly awful.
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4.08/5 rDev +20%
look: 3 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
look: 3 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
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
#9 from Magic Hat Brewing Company
3.4
out of 5
based on 5,704 ratings.
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5