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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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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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 Ungstrup (14754), Frederiksberg, Denmark
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/56/103/513/20
Aug 8, 2003  
The aroma is fresh, malty and hoppy - a little artificial. It is amber and has a fine head. The flavor is like the aroma combined with a strong note of peach.


 Papsoe (14642), Frederiksberg, Denmark
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/102/55/103/510/20
Mar 15, 2005  
(Bottle 35,5 cl) Unusual brew using English top-fermenting yeast and also wheat. And then it’s a fruit beer - I would’ve guessed raspberries, but it turns out to be....apricot!!! Fully golden, unfiltered with a pretty decent head. Pronounced, dry fruit flavours and almost no sweetness. Well, not a complete pleasure.


 omhper (12155), Stockholm, Sweden
2.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/102/55/102/58/20
Sep 30, 2006  
[Bottled at Stockholm Beer Festival] Hazy golden. Rich apricot jam aroma. Sweet with rounded mouthfeel. Not sticky, but soo much apricot jam that it covers everything else, turning out one dimensional.


 oh6gdx (8801), Vasa, Finland
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Oct 3, 2006  
Bottled. Hazy orange colour, small white head. Aroma of caramel, malts, fruity hops and some slight hayish notes. Flavour is lots of apricot, hops, malts, grass and caramel. Smooth and refreshing, but not necessarily a superb flavour experience.


 joergen (8430), Frederiksberg, Denmark
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/510/20
Oct 7, 2006  
Bottle at Stockholm Beerfestival. Cloudy golden coloured with a white head. Aroma of fruits and caramel. Flavour of malts, fruits, caramel and hops.


 kp (8400), Woodstock, Georgia, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/104/512/20
Sep 1, 2007    Updated: Oct 4, 2008
Date: 12/17/2005
Mode: Bottle

Appearance: clear amber, thin white head,
Aroma: soft slightly sweet fruity apracot aroma,
Body: creamy body,
Flavor: dry fruit flavor, really nice apracot flavor, hint of tartness, great fruity character without being too sweet or fruity

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 12/20
Rating: 3.1/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: *4


 fiulijn (7150), Como; Lausanne (CH); Malmö (SWE), Italy
2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/54/102/57/20
Jan 11, 2007    Updated: Feb 15, 2009
2008-09-06, Draught at R.F.D., Washington DC, as Not Quite Pale Ale, 4-3-4-2-7=20
Deep blond color. A poor Ale, with soft corners and some baking yeast character, maybe a light fruit touch too.

2006-09-06, bottle, 6-3-6-3-12=30
Amber color; big head. Some malt flavor with a gentle fruitness; the aroma as well shows some redberry touch. Quite bitter at the end. Drinkable.


 argo0 (6861), Washington DC, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/513/20
Dec 31, 2002  
Clear light copper body with quickly vanishing white head. Aroma is earthy hoppy, somewhat sweet, some apricot fruitiness. Taste is light -- moderately sweet apricot that’s tempered by some mild earthy hoppiness. Somewhat sticky on the palate, detracting from its summer-beer feeling.



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