Magic Hat #9

Brewed by Magic Hat Brewing Company
Style: Fruit Beer
South Burlington, Vermont USA

Absolutely one of my favorites. A great, light, crisp taste which doesn’t overwhelm and always refreshes. The soft amber color and the fresh scent are always inviting.

Pours amber with a finger of white head. Aroma is very fruity and sweet, but the beer has a little bit of bite to it. It still maintains the fruity taste, but the light hop kick keeps the flavors crisp. This is definitely a unique brew.

Bottle at Mad Mex (Monroeville). Pours a clear amber, thin white head. Aroma is malt, some hops and floral notes. Flavor is a little sweet, apricot, maybe something else I can’t put my finger on. Nice smooth finish, easy drinking beer.

very odd. of course, this reeks of fruit. but also seems to have some kind of malt backbone. the weird part is that this seems to be the same malt (in aroma and flavor) as circus boy, but circus boy is a wheat? well, i guess maybe this is too. at any rate, unlike many other fruit beers out there which overwhelm you with fruit so much that you have little left to remind yourself its a beer, this at least has some kind of malt in there. hops are at a minimum but the fruit flavor is sort of subdued and more properly described, strange. very dull appearance, perfectly bland gold/yellow like a rice beer or urine, at least the aroma/flavor has something to offer. this is indeed intreguing.

Bottle 10oz. 08’. Pour is golden straw with a nice white head. Aroma is fruit and malts. Flavor is sweet apricots and honey. Light bodied refreshing beer.

Draft. Pours a yellow with big fluffy white head. Aroma...fruit. Taste is the same (apricot and berry). Refreshing and different beer.

Tried one on draft today. Very fruity (Orange-apricot ?) nice flavor. I like this one!

This is a nice beer, a nice ale with a small bite to it. Nothing extraordinary but a decent malt infused beer from Vermont.