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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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 dmschefke (371), Eastpointe, Michigan, USA
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/102/510/20
Aug 16, 2009  
Pours a nice amber orange with medium white head, lots of lacing. Aroma of citrus hops, decent malt, and some fruity tartness. Flavor matches well, but just doesn’t come together for me. This is not what I look for when infusing fruit into a beer. Drinkable, but just can’t get past it all.


JoeMurphy (30), Ohio, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/104/516/20
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.


 pete4999 (121), Buffalo, New York, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/104/512/20
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.


grebs (71), Ohio, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/511/20
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.


 Bierkrug (235), Idar-Oberstein (in Pakistan), Germany
2.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/54/102/58/20
Aug 10, 2009  
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 that the good old USA pumps out.


Bonster (81), Jersey Shore, New Jersey, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/104/513/20
Aug 9, 2009  
Nice apricot flavor but not overwhelming. One of my go to beers when I am indecisive.


 dalepryor (172), Paducah, Kentucky, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/104/514/20
Aug 9, 2009  
refreshing, tasty, sorta bitter in a good way. apricots come through nice. I like this.


 markwise (1132), 15 Minutes from Kuhnhenn in, Florida, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/104/513/20
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.



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