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RATINGS: 1613   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.05   EST. CALORIES: 153   ABV: 5.1%
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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.


3.6
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
JoeMurphy (41) - Ohio, USA - AUG 13, 2009
I enjoy this because it’s not like anything else I drink. A "gateway beer", perhaps, but gateway to a lot of things - the mix of fruit and hops is uncommon (except in my own homebrew, near as I can tell) and I enjoy standing with a foot in each world.

3.1
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 12/20
pete4999 (629) - Buffalo, New York, USA - AUG 11, 2009
Pours a nice golden brown. Smell is very citrus-y, not much in the way of hops or any of that. Taste is crisp and tastes of sweet fruits - apricots, peaches, etc. A little bit of lemony aftertaste, I’d say. Very crisp taste and mouthfeel. Overall not a bad beer...nothing special though.

3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 11/20
grebs (71) - Ohio, USA - AUG 11, 2009
Something of a guilty pleasure. Predominantly fruity with some hops near the end. I kinda like it. Generally a good beer to get people to try to steer them away from Blue Moon and the like. Respectable.

2.3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 8/20
Bierkrug (1640) - Idar-Oberstein (In Senegal), Rhineland-Palatinate, GERMANY - AUG 10, 2009
UPDATED: JUN 18, 2011 33o ml bottle in the USA. Little head nice amber color. Apricot aroma, and taste helps hide the low quality beer. Hoppy aftertaste. Not bad for a hot summer day but falls ito the flavored beer follies.

3.4
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 13/20
Bonster (180) - Jersey Shore, New Jersey, USA - AUG 9, 2009
Nice apricot flavor but not overwhelming. One of my go to beers when I am indecisive.

3.4
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 14/20
dalepryor (256) - Lexington, Kentucky, USA - AUG 9, 2009
refreshing, tasty, sorta bitter in a good way. apricots come through nice. I like this.

3.3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 13/20
markwise (2696) - North of Tampa, Florida, USA - AUG 8, 2009
On tap at Oldsmar Tap House. Pours a clear yellow-gold with a big creamy white head. Nose is light malt, citrus/lemon, apricots, and some hop bitterness. Flavor is light malt, sugary apricots, and some citrus/ peach flavors. This is an interesting very sessionable light-bodied beer: fruity but not overwhelmingly so.

2.8
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 12/20
awiseman01 (469) - Indianapolis, Indiana, USA - AUG 6, 2009
Sample tap at BJ’s GPM. Pours pale golden orange. Nice fruity nose, fresh and inviting. Taste is very sharp, crisp, some fruit flavor but dominated by the carb bite. This is not something I would reach for again, but if I had just finished push mowing the yard and someone handed me a cold one, I would gladly accept.


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