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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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 DocHop (278), Baltimore, Maryland, USA
2.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/55/102/510/20
Mar 5, 2008  
Pours golden/light amber with a pretty thick white head that doesn’t want to go away. Hints of apricot/orange in the smell. Spritzy fruit taste right off the bat but leaves an almost stale taste after that. Not awful but too many would make me sick.


 KnN (712), Greenbelt, Maryland, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/512/20
Mar 5, 2008  
Interesting fruity taste. Not so much on the hops, and not anything identifiable right off the bat, but not entirely unpleasant. Good summer beer.


SoBloHero (56), Buffalo, New York, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/513/20
Mar 5, 2008  
The first pour gives off a mild apricot smell. The taste has a hit of apricot and other fruits (orange slightly). I love the taste of this beer in the summer. It has a medium body but a nice mild taste.


 evilempire (122), sheffield, South Yorkshire, England
1.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/103/53/102/57/20
Mar 4, 2008  
a beer that seems to be unsure what it’s trying to be. too much fruit to be considered a hint, not enough to be a true fruit beer. apparent use of fruit syrup leads to a sweet, cloying beer that just doesn’t deliver


 HonkeyBra (1266), Lemont, Illinois, USA
2.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/54/103/58/20
Mar 4, 2008  
On Tap somewhere in Grand Rapids, Mich, where the bartender told me it was a pale ale. Very disappointing. Golden color. Fruity nose. Gross, fruity, sticky taste. Medium body. I’d give it a second shot, maybe.


 DandyWolfFloyd (331), Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/514/20
Mar 4, 2008  
Suprisingly this is a classified as a fruit beer, but either way it’s great. Magic #9 is aromatic with a hint of neutral to sweet fruti. It’s appearance is bordering on plain to different, depending on your exp. Flavor and palate work together to give you a very consistent force and brew.


 Vas19 (293), Maryland, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/55/103/59/20
Mar 3, 2008  
Pretty amber gold color. Quick vanishing head. Lot of fruit and some hop in the aroma. Nice fruit/apricot taste. Not too sweet or to sour. Something slightly off to me though. I want to say it tastes fake.


 iride15 (169), Orlando, Florida, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/513/20
Mar 3, 2008  
Not to fruity and ill-balanced, but still a good beer. Sweet flavor, but it lacks something. medium body.



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