Magic Hat Jinx

Formerly brewed at Magic Hat Brewing Company
Style: Smoked
South Burlington, Vermont USA

Bottle from a NYC deli. Dark brown glowin g beer, small head with fine lacing. Dark fruit, plums and sour cherries. A little smoke, but not much. Sour cherry finish, a bit cough drops, some mint?

Acquired from the fall variety 12-pack... Brown translucent body with initially thick offwhite head that becomes about a quarter inch thick. Smells grainy and malty, with hints of yeast and alcohol. Tastes smokey, with some malt and some alcohol. Overall not bad though. Flavorful beer with a lot going on and warming feel. Good stuff.

Poured a pretty ruby amber with a slightly creamy mild tan head. The aroma was nice and malty, caramel, a lite smoked aroma, and some medium hop notes in the background. The flavor was smoked peat, malt, a bit sweet, lite hop background, mainly malt. Nice smoked.

Very rich aroma when you first open the bottle. The smoked quality really shows through. The taste is very rich with malts and a biscuit like after taste. Very good brew.

A nice, clear, deep reddish amber color, this has a light aroma, with fruit and hop notes present. The flavor is a pleasant mix of deep fruits, some spicy hops, and a good amount of caramel/yeasty malt. Pretty refreshing and different.

9/18/2007: Jinx pours a caramelized brown color with a large, fluffy, beige head that is long-lasting and creates good lacing. The aroma has a good caramelized sugar on top of of sweet apples. The flavor also has a slight applesauce quality to it in the front. It then has a good caramelized maltiness and good smoky flavor. I really like the smoke in the finish. The smokiness of this beer really complements the slightly sweet and caramel and the fruitiness of the malt. There is even a bit of chocolate that comes through here and there. Nice. This medium-bodied beer has a smooth and creamy body. According to the cap, "Beer is good food." This beer is pretty good and delivers a fairly satisfying fill.

3/4 pint bottle from Magic Hat mixed 12-pack purchased and Bigg’s Hypermarket in Harrison, Ohio. Rating #342 for this beer...



9/26/2007: Magic Hat Jinx is clear brown in color with a diminishing off-white head. The aroma has maple syrup, light molasses, roasted malts, and a faint peat-like smoke. The flavor is toasty and nutty with plenty of caramel. There also seems to be some grainy alcohol characteristic. This medium-bodied beer is smooth. This is kind of a weird, difficult to describe beer, but it is also hard to put down!

Sample(s) from 12 fl. oz. bottles shared at the September 2007 Jundale Beerklub Tasting.

12 oz bottle from a variety 12 pack. Pours a very good looking mahogany brown with a smaller sized foamy off white head. Aroma has a strong smoke backbone but has other aromas all over the place, citrus, plastic, bubblegum, chocolate, bread, lots of sweetness. Medium bodied with average carbonation and a smooth creamy finish. Flavor is more solid then the aroma with some nice smokiness, lots of doughy bread, slight nuttiness. Not the best smoked beer I have ever had by any means but a solid effort from Magic Hat.

Aroma of dirt, moss, malt and a little sweet caramel. Color is a relatively deep brown. Flavor is malty, I can slightly detect the smokes peat in the flavor, but maybe it’s just my imagination. Not too bitter, pretty good autumn brew.