Elder Betty | Magic Hat Brewing Company




Brewed by:
Magic Hat Brewing Company
Vermont, United States
magichat.net
Style: Fruit / Vegetable Beer
Alcohol by volume (ABV): 5.50%
Availability: Summer
Notes / Commercial Description:
Elder Betty is a weiss-style ale with a bready malt flavor balanced by a touch of hops and complimented by the tart berry flavors of elderberry.
13 IBU
Added by Jason on 03-28-2012
This beer is retired; no longer brewed.
HISTOGRAM
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Ratings: 1,161 | Reviews: 176
3.5/5 rDev +6.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Light yellow colored beer with an aroma of light berries. Taste is bready and tart berries. Overall a light and refreshing beer that is probably best suited for the summer.
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look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Light yellow colored beer with an aroma of light berries. Taste is bready and tart berries. Overall a light and refreshing beer that is probably best suited for the summer.
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4.42/5 rDev +33.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
Malty, Light, with a fruity almost slightly tart finish. Easy to drink.
Taste Rating in Words: It's picking a plum and eating it, so fresh and inviting.
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look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
Malty, Light, with a fruity almost slightly tart finish. Easy to drink.
Taste Rating in Words: It's picking a plum and eating it, so fresh and inviting.
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3.15/5 rDev -4.5%
look: 2.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
look: 2.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
3.9/5 rDev +18.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.35/5 rDev +1.5%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
A- clear amber color with half finger head. no lacing
S- bready malts with faint hints of berry
F- bready malts...minimal hint of berry
M- malty and light bodied, goes down easy enough
O- meh...it was a nice go for a variety pack.
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look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
A- clear amber color with half finger head. no lacing
S- bready malts with faint hints of berry
F- bready malts...minimal hint of berry
M- malty and light bodied, goes down easy enough
O- meh...it was a nice go for a variety pack.
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3.57/5 rDev +8.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Retired? I just drank two from a variety pack on 23 July 2017...
Anyway, I really liked the crystal clear look of the brew in the pint glass. It pours a good, white head, but dissipates very quickly leaving no opportunity for lacing. The smell was a mixture of blueberry, wheat, bread, and some hints of sweetness I can quite put a name too. I felt it was light-bodied with a light character in the mouth but still very approachable and very sessionable as well. The taste was a very muted blend of blueberry and wheat, I wish it had been a bit more potent, thought it had a nice malt backdrop I enjoyed. Overall, not the greatest of beers, but definitely a perfect summertime beer over the usual Corona's folks like to gravitate too...
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look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Retired? I just drank two from a variety pack on 23 July 2017...
Anyway, I really liked the crystal clear look of the brew in the pint glass. It pours a good, white head, but dissipates very quickly leaving no opportunity for lacing. The smell was a mixture of blueberry, wheat, bread, and some hints of sweetness I can quite put a name too. I felt it was light-bodied with a light character in the mouth but still very approachable and very sessionable as well. The taste was a very muted blend of blueberry and wheat, I wish it had been a bit more potent, thought it had a nice malt backdrop I enjoyed. Overall, not the greatest of beers, but definitely a perfect summertime beer over the usual Corona's folks like to gravitate too...
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2.88/5 rDev -12.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3
DATE: July 22, 2017... OCCASION: having bowled with the Morgans, we set our sights on dinner...GLASSWARE: Weihenstephan weizen... pours a truly golden body with thick, clustering bubbles that form a frothy, clumpy white head that would make sea foam envious... wafting aroma of elder berry, tart raspberry, banana, clove, perfume esters, and light biscuit malts... not off-putting... first sip is effervescent, medium-bodied, fizzy and creamy enough to be a fulfilling sip in its own right...reasonable for a wheat ale, without much to detract from its path... berry is overpowered by caramel and biscuit--not what I expected, or should have... flowers and bubblegum are also present... the profile is refreshing but not a berry weisse in some respects...honestly, this works in some weird way, but I do not find it ultimately a beer I’d come back...though it reminds me of our time in Love Ladies with the Blancos, and that is worth something...
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look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3
DATE: July 22, 2017... OCCASION: having bowled with the Morgans, we set our sights on dinner...GLASSWARE: Weihenstephan weizen... pours a truly golden body with thick, clustering bubbles that form a frothy, clumpy white head that would make sea foam envious... wafting aroma of elder berry, tart raspberry, banana, clove, perfume esters, and light biscuit malts... not off-putting... first sip is effervescent, medium-bodied, fizzy and creamy enough to be a fulfilling sip in its own right...reasonable for a wheat ale, without much to detract from its path... berry is overpowered by caramel and biscuit--not what I expected, or should have... flowers and bubblegum are also present... the profile is refreshing but not a berry weisse in some respects...honestly, this works in some weird way, but I do not find it ultimately a beer I’d come back...though it reminds me of our time in Love Ladies with the Blancos, and that is worth something...
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3.5/5 rDev +6.1%
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
2.38/5 rDev -27.9%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5
3.75/5 rDev +13.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.36/5 rDev +1.8%
look: 3 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
Amber color with mild amount of carbonation. The smell of berries was noticable from afar,very strong berry wheat aroma. Taste followed aroma ending with wheat and mild hops. It may not be a great brew but it was unusuall and I enjoyed more than I expected to and would have it again
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look: 3 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
Amber color with mild amount of carbonation. The smell of berries was noticable from afar,very strong berry wheat aroma. Taste followed aroma ending with wheat and mild hops. It may not be a great brew but it was unusuall and I enjoyed more than I expected to and would have it again
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2.09/5 rDev -36.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 2
I think this is one of those beers that is better from the tap. The aroma that I got was more of just alcohol and some malt, which wasn't really that pleasant. The color and the head are as expected, but the flavor fell very short. I couldn't really tell what I was drinking as everything was muted flavor-wise. I'd skip this one in the future unless I was in the taproom.
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look: 3.5 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 2
I think this is one of those beers that is better from the tap. The aroma that I got was more of just alcohol and some malt, which wasn't really that pleasant. The color and the head are as expected, but the flavor fell very short. I couldn't really tell what I was drinking as everything was muted flavor-wise. I'd skip this one in the future unless I was in the taproom.
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3.36/5 rDev +1.8%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
3.5/5 rDev +6.1%
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
3.5/5 rDev +6.1%
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
4.02/5 rDev +21.8%
look: 3 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
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06/20/2014
Aroma, sour fruit: raspberry, BlackBerry. I’m not familiar with elderberry bourbon guessing that’s what I’m smelling. App: cloudy yellow, Small white head. Taste: airy, sweet and sour, plum,wheat. Not pasty at all for a wheat beer. Feel: above average carbonation, Very nice. Yea, magic hat.
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look: 3 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
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06/20/2014
Aroma, sour fruit: raspberry, BlackBerry. I’m not familiar with elderberry bourbon guessing that’s what I’m smelling. App: cloudy yellow, Small white head. Taste: airy, sweet and sour, plum,wheat. Not pasty at all for a wheat beer. Feel: above average carbonation, Very nice. Yea, magic hat.
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2.54/5 rDev -23%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.25 | overall: 2.5
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.25 | overall: 2.5
2.79/5 rDev -15.5%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.25 | overall: 2.75
look: 3.25 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.25 | overall: 2.75
Elder Betty from Magic Hat Brewing Company
Beer rating:
3.3 out of
5 with
1,161 ratings
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