Magic Hat #9

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

12 oz. bottle. Pours an orange/amber color with average head. Smelled of hops, a little pine/citrus. Tasted the same, sweet with a light to medium body.

Very light orange color, no head, foamy whtie edges. This one sinks. Smells like it will taste like seltzer water. Other beers that smell like this I haven’t liked. What I expected. No real flavor at all. This one shoud remain cloaked in secrecy. This is not a beer that I ever want to drink again.

Very nice aroma. pours a beautiful dark orange , sweet apricot taste, one of the better apricot beers. with a short easy finsih. this beer is great under guiness as a "black magic" the only problem i have is its getting to commercial where im from. I feel Fat angel is a much better beer

One of my Favorite and the closest thing to a session beer (for me) I’ve found. Pours a bit of a copper color, with hints of fruit and hops, and the flavor matches. Hints of orange at first finishing with a slight hoppyness.

Got this 12oz beer in a trade and drank it back home in Ireland. I didn’t actually know that this was an apricot take on an APA until I poured it and the sweet hints hit my nose. They aren’t overpowering but they are really the only ones that I think is remarkable from the orangey pour with a light 1 finger head. As an APA the taste isn’t too strong, just some basic light malts but the apricot really is the remaining taste. Finishes on the dry side as the apricot kicks in on your tongue. It has more character than some APAs in the sense that there is some fruit twist to it, but I don’t detect much hops. Mouthfeel is alright but not too full. I think that you could drink multiple of these in one session, but it probably wouldn’t be something that I would want to drink consistently. I think that I would prefer more traditional APAs, but I’d recommend this to others who maybe want something a bit different in their APAs.

On tap at Z Lounge. Pours a nice light amber color with a think white head that doesn’t want to go away like an old psycho girlfriend. It leaves small thin lacing around the glass too by the way. Aroma was fruity, spicy, and a light scent of hops. Taste was that of apricots and other slightly sweet fruits mix nicely with the hops and grains to give this beer an interesting flavor. Definitely an enjoyable for me trying this beer, will most certainly try again.

An instant favorite. I was so confused and delighted by the apple-orange aftertaste while I was drinking it I had to keep going back for more.

Nice fruity, hopsy smell to it. Flavor is very light, with a nice yeasty aftertaste.