Magic Hat #9

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

Serve in Flute

330 mL and on tap. Pours a clear copper with a small white head that dwindles down to a thin layer. Aromas of dried apricot, bread, citrus. Taste is sour apricot with some white sugar and biscuity malts. Overall watery and very much apricot.

Bottle in Springfield, MA. Golden body with small head. Nose of malts and fruits and apricots. Taste of fruits, apricots too. Nice sweet taste. Not bad.

Pours a clear golden color with yeast in suspension, which surprises me a lot, very thin white head. Interesting aroma of apricots, malt and hops. The flavor is fruity, apricots, I also feel the skin of the fruit, with hops and malt, mild bitter finish. Medium body, oily texture, lively carbonation. Surprising, I thought it would be of little interest but I find it to be an interesting and easily drinkable fruit beer.

Light earthy like berry aroma from a deep golden pour. A fruitiness that is dry with just a hint of tartness. A tad thin and and a bit foamy. Not one of my favorite fruities.

Draft pint, Russell’s, Bloomsburg, PA. Pours a clear copper under a dense creamy off-white head. Very light visible carbonation. Aroma is very fruity with lots of citrus, lime, orange, a little pineapple and a little apricot. Flavor is just as fruity and citrusy as the aroma. Kinda reminds me of orange-aid. A little hoppiness on the finish but not enough bitterness to balance it out. Mouthfeel is medium bodied with lots of risidual sugars. Moderate fizzy carbonation. Overall, not one that I cared for too much.

Bottle at Stockholm Beerfestival. Hazy orange appearance. Very fruiy and a bit perfumy aroma of apricot. Fruity and sweet flavour of pine-apple candy. Short candyish aftertaste.

Strong apricot aroma, definately noticable on all levels. Great orange colour you'd expect from a nice pale ale. Good peach and apricot tones, but not enough beer tones. Some malt detected, but no hops...not a great beer.

Used to have this all the time, had it on draft @ The Saint Mark’s Ale House right near my old apartment in New York City. Pours copper with a thin ring of a bright white head. The nose is light sweet, a little bit of hops and malts. The taste is full bodied sweet and slightly fruity. Smooth palate not bad.