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Magic Hat #9

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52
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bottled
common

on tap
common

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
12483.06/5.03.06/5.04.6%79.3Flute
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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 6ROW (253), corpus christi, Texas, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/104/54/103/513/20
May 27, 2009  
golden/yellow pour with a small white head. tart tangy aroma. taste is malty and unbalanced.


ZR2Blazer (46), Roanoke, Virginia, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/57/103/515/20
May 26, 2009  
Bottle - pours a nice golden yellow, looks like a light beer. Very little head, dissipates quickly. Has an undertone of citrus fruit. The bottle says on the label, "not quite pale ale" I would have to agree. Does not contain the strong citrus or hops of an APA, but does have some under tones that are similar to one. I think this is a great introduction into APA’s. I would buy this again.


bierslaaf (33), Cape Town, South Africa
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/103/513/20
May 23, 2009  
This light golden beer with a medium white head and decent lacing has a very intereting fruity malty mixed aroma. The flavour is again a well balanced fruit & malt with some apricot in both the taste and short and crisp finish. Different and pleasant.


 WVHouseofBeer (360), Morgantown, West Virginia, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/103/511/20
May 22, 2009  
Eh there wasn’t much flavor going on here. I didn’t taste much fruit; it just tasted like a watered-down pale ale. You’re right Magic Hat, it’s not quite a pale ale because there isn’t quite enough flavor.


 RHeastings (394), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/512/20
May 20, 2009  
Enjoyed from a 12oz bottle in a pub glass on several occasions. Initially, I was not a fan of this beer, getting notes of soap and other unpleasant flavors in some samplings. Recently, I had the beer again via draft and was more impressed (or perhaps, less displeased). The pour shows a medium yellow to light golden color. The nose is essentially of one-sided apricots; not unpleasant, but not complex, either. The flavors are again are essentially a one-sided balance of apricots with a little bit of malt to add a touch of complexity. Overall, not terrible, especially given the style, but not unbelievable.


 zdk (207), New York, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/103/515/20
May 17, 2009    Updated: Sep 24, 2009
A reliable beer. Taste is fruity with a bit of tartness at the end. the right amount of carbonation for an ale, IMO. This beer inspired me to move beyond grocery store macros.


 tgncc (809), Bellmore, New York, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/511/20
May 15, 2009  
I don’t know why this is a Fruit Beer; it’s more like a standard Pale Ale, maybe a little more fruity. The aroma is caramel, malty, fruity. The appearance is a pale amber/yellow color, just like a pale ale. The flavor is also like a pale ale, notes of caramel, fruit, bread. The finish has a medium bittering from hops. Decent overall, not spectacular.



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