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Magic Hat #9

Magic Hat #9 - Fruit Beer

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 Percentile 
52
overall
Brewed by Magic Hat Brewing Company
Style: Fruit Beer

South Burlington, Vermont USA

bottled
common

on tap
common

Broad Distribution
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 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
12393.07/5.03.06/5.04.6%79.4Flute
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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 beer brewed clandestinely and given a name whose meaning is never revealed. Why #9? Why, indeed. A sort of dry, crisp, fruity, refreshing, not-quite pale ale. #9 is really impossible to describe because there’s never been anything else quite like it. Fermented with our 150 year old strain of top-fermenting English yeast.
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 Onslow (174), Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/56/103/512/20
Jun 25, 2009  
On tap at Palmer’s, LaGrange Illinois.. I had no idea regarding the style, just ordered something I had not had before. If I had known it was a fruit beer I might have noticed the fruit. As it was I found it to be a rather light, sweet, well balanced, but somewhat nondescript brew.


 adavis234 (133), Columbia, South Carolina, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/102/56/103/511/20
Jun 22, 2009  
12 oz bottle. Pours a clear, gold color with a lot of carbonation. Yeasty wheat nose with a hints of grapefruit and orange. Grapefruit, orange, apricot and other fruits dominate a fizzy mouthful. Sweet finish with not much aftertaste. Although this beer is ok, I don’t understand the adulation it receives from many beer drinkers. I also don’t really consider it a "not quite pale ale."


lordsummerisle (17), New York, USA
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/102/55/103/510/20
Jun 20, 2009  
Very light beer with taste of pear, apricot, and faint hops. Nicely carbonated. Definitely a unique brew and totally drinkable, just nothing special in my mind.


ALCOHOLNIZM (59), WARWICK, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/102/55/103/515/20
Jun 19, 2009    Updated: Aug 2, 2009
POURS GOLDEN WITH NO HEAD TASTES LIKE APRICOTS BUT VERY LIGHT ACTUALLY SEEMS LIKE A LIGHT VERSION OF APRIHOP ITS A VERY GOOD BEER BUT NOT GREAT ONE, TO WATERY


 JonnyC22 (162), Huntsville, Alabama, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/104/512/20
Jun 19, 2009  
Chocolatey, malty, tinged with a dull pear finish. I didn’t know it was a fruit beer when I bought it or took the first sip, so it was a little shocking. Overall it’s pretty good now knowing what it was attempting.


wench (30), st. paul, Minnesota, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/515/20
Jun 18, 2009  
Had the other day on tap was good, perfect for the warm days of summer. Very fruity with a hin t of apricot, oeange with a very cloudy appearance.


 Leighton (234), New York, New York, USA
4.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/59/104/518/20
Jun 15, 2009  
The Magic Hat flagship brew, as far as I’m concerned. A complex taste that truly escapes description. You could savor this beer or session it. I recommend the latter. Buy a case and get after it. Cheers.


 Skeegle (476), Maryland, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/102/57/103/513/20
Jun 8, 2009  
Nice beer that is light and completely unoffensive. I found the flavor profiles of this one to be all over the place. Immediately it tastes like it has some hops, and then it kicks with some sugars, and then its like this orangy/banana/clove/apricot punch to wind it down. The finish is a bit long and nicely lasting though. A solid beer.



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