Odd Notion - Poppy Agave Pilsner (Spring 2009)
Magic Hat Brewing Company
- From:
- Magic Hat Brewing Company
- New York, United States
- Style:
- Herb and Spice Beer
- ABV:
- 5%
- Score:
- 81
- Avg:
- 3.52 | pDev: 14.49%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 69
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Feb 26, 2018
- Added:
- Jan 22, 2009
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 4
SCORE
81
Good
81
Good
No description / notes.
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Reviewed by BlackBeerPirate from Illinois
3.02/5 rDev -14.2%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
3.02/5 rDev -14.2%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Taste: crisp, herbal, big grassy floral hops. Sweet complex, herbal nose. Gold/amber hue, clear, delicate lace to head. Medium/full body. Agave may smooth out beer. Had this in fall of 2016.
Oct 03, 2017
Reviewed by BEERMILER12 from Maine
3.56/5 rDev +1.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.56/5 rDev +1.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
A: Pours a golden color with 2 fingers of head that fades down to a thin cap
S: Quite a bit of agave sweetness up front with some floral notes and maltiness
T: Follows the nose. Starts off with the agave sweetness and some floral notes and then goes into a light maltiness and some nutty notes from the poppy seeds. Finishes with a very light bitterness and lingering agave notes
M: Medium bodied with moderate carbonation
O: An easy-drinking and fairly straight-forward brew with a focus on the agave and some poppy influence. Quite easy to drink, but nothing memorable, especially for a pale ale
Jan 09, 2017S: Quite a bit of agave sweetness up front with some floral notes and maltiness
T: Follows the nose. Starts off with the agave sweetness and some floral notes and then goes into a light maltiness and some nutty notes from the poppy seeds. Finishes with a very light bitterness and lingering agave notes
M: Medium bodied with moderate carbonation
O: An easy-drinking and fairly straight-forward brew with a focus on the agave and some poppy influence. Quite easy to drink, but nothing memorable, especially for a pale ale
Reviewed by Bockrules from New Mexico
3.5/5 rDev -0.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.5/5 rDev -0.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
poured from the bottle into a pint glass
A - Pours a medium gold with plenty of tiny bubbles streaming to a two finger, slightly off-white head. Head is gone halfway down the glass, leaves behind marginal lacing.
S - Familiar pilsner malt smell with unfamiliar agave. Interesting - certainly not bad.
T - Pilsner malt upfront. The body is standard pils with a hint of poppy seed flavors while agave plays an slight unusual, sour dance in the background. Malty finish that fades to a noble-hop aftertaste.
M - Between medium and light bodied with moderate carbonation.
Yes, this beer is two years old, but it doesn't seem any worse for the wear. Hell, it's been all over the country with me and I figured tonight was a good night to finally review it. Basically it seems like a pretty standard pilsner with a few oddities thrown in. A far cry from bad, but something a certainly don't regret not being in existence any more.
Jun 16, 2011A - Pours a medium gold with plenty of tiny bubbles streaming to a two finger, slightly off-white head. Head is gone halfway down the glass, leaves behind marginal lacing.
S - Familiar pilsner malt smell with unfamiliar agave. Interesting - certainly not bad.
T - Pilsner malt upfront. The body is standard pils with a hint of poppy seed flavors while agave plays an slight unusual, sour dance in the background. Malty finish that fades to a noble-hop aftertaste.
M - Between medium and light bodied with moderate carbonation.
Yes, this beer is two years old, but it doesn't seem any worse for the wear. Hell, it's been all over the country with me and I figured tonight was a good night to finally review it. Basically it seems like a pretty standard pilsner with a few oddities thrown in. A far cry from bad, but something a certainly don't regret not being in existence any more.
Reviewed by BeerAdvocate from Finland
3.65/5 rDev +3.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.65/5 rDev +3.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
From BeerAdvocate Magazine Volume III, Issue II:
Nice! Magic Hat pulled out their supreme extremeness for this one. A Golden Ale with added poppy seeds and agave.
Good white froth to start off with, though it dissipates to a thin lacing. Clear and bright pale golden, a typical lighter color for the spring season. Fruity and nutty aroma with some mildly sweet maltiness in the back. Moderate-sized body is a little chewy and smooth. Nutty and bitter at first, maltiness comes in with a sweet biscuit flavor almost like homemade shortbread. The agave leaves an odd trace of sweetness, and the poppy keeps it nutty along with the malt. Finishes semisweet with a long linger of bitterness.
We really dig this beer--it's a trip, and something we'd love to come back to. Proof again that extreme beer is not just about high levels of alcohol and bitterness that ruins your taste buds. A slice of peaceful beer revolution in a bottle.
Sep 10, 2010Nice! Magic Hat pulled out their supreme extremeness for this one. A Golden Ale with added poppy seeds and agave.
Good white froth to start off with, though it dissipates to a thin lacing. Clear and bright pale golden, a typical lighter color for the spring season. Fruity and nutty aroma with some mildly sweet maltiness in the back. Moderate-sized body is a little chewy and smooth. Nutty and bitter at first, maltiness comes in with a sweet biscuit flavor almost like homemade shortbread. The agave leaves an odd trace of sweetness, and the poppy keeps it nutty along with the malt. Finishes semisweet with a long linger of bitterness.
We really dig this beer--it's a trip, and something we'd love to come back to. Proof again that extreme beer is not just about high levels of alcohol and bitterness that ruins your taste buds. A slice of peaceful beer revolution in a bottle.
Reviewed by GeeL from Massachusetts
4.07/5 rDev +15.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 4
4.07/5 rDev +15.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 4
Hi. Still new to the review thing, but here goes...
Got this as part of a variety pack to drink during a get together on a pretty hot and humid weekend. I drank it while brewing a batch of beer on a 80 degree humid day and my kitchen was all steamy from the 5 gallons of potential yumminess at a rolling boil.
I had no idea what to expect. Because of the brewing, I didn't take the time to read other BA reviews. I wish I did take a minute however...
B: as in bottle... It took me a while even to figure out what the beer was. Magic Hat isn't afraid to get all abstract in their bottle art, not to mention the inspirational sayings on the bottle caps. By the way, much like fortune cookies, the sayings are much more fun if you say "in bed" at the end of them... :)
A: Semi cloudy. Looked very much like a wheat/hefe beer. Some light foam on the top that dissipated very slowly and helped bring the aroma up and out of the glass (tapered pilsner glass)
S: Think wheat/hefe meets Saison/Farmhouse. Some sourness, tree fruit is evident (apples, pear).
T: Hmmm. Odd is certainly an apt description. Think wheat ale meets Saison/Farmhouse ale meets sour style beer (Flemish). Like I said... odd. It took a few sips, but I liked it. It was fruity, kind of musty, and some spice in there as well. It really seemed to be a wheat/hefe style beer. This beer is definitely more complex than the inital appearance and smell leads on and was refreshing.
M: carbonation offered an initial 'bite' on the palate, but had some smoothness to it as it kind of foamed a little in the mouth. It wasn't thin, it coated my mouth, helping the flavor linger a bit.
D: I could easily drink a few of these, particularly on a hot steamy day and if I wasn't thinking of the typical definition of beer. This is an odd drink. My palate would likely get tired after 2 or so.
Sep 05, 2009Got this as part of a variety pack to drink during a get together on a pretty hot and humid weekend. I drank it while brewing a batch of beer on a 80 degree humid day and my kitchen was all steamy from the 5 gallons of potential yumminess at a rolling boil.
I had no idea what to expect. Because of the brewing, I didn't take the time to read other BA reviews. I wish I did take a minute however...
B: as in bottle... It took me a while even to figure out what the beer was. Magic Hat isn't afraid to get all abstract in their bottle art, not to mention the inspirational sayings on the bottle caps. By the way, much like fortune cookies, the sayings are much more fun if you say "in bed" at the end of them... :)
A: Semi cloudy. Looked very much like a wheat/hefe beer. Some light foam on the top that dissipated very slowly and helped bring the aroma up and out of the glass (tapered pilsner glass)
S: Think wheat/hefe meets Saison/Farmhouse. Some sourness, tree fruit is evident (apples, pear).
T: Hmmm. Odd is certainly an apt description. Think wheat ale meets Saison/Farmhouse ale meets sour style beer (Flemish). Like I said... odd. It took a few sips, but I liked it. It was fruity, kind of musty, and some spice in there as well. It really seemed to be a wheat/hefe style beer. This beer is definitely more complex than the inital appearance and smell leads on and was refreshing.
M: carbonation offered an initial 'bite' on the palate, but had some smoothness to it as it kind of foamed a little in the mouth. It wasn't thin, it coated my mouth, helping the flavor linger a bit.
D: I could easily drink a few of these, particularly on a hot steamy day and if I wasn't thinking of the typical definition of beer. This is an odd drink. My palate would likely get tired after 2 or so.
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