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Magic Hat #9 3.06 1277

Magic Hat #9

Percentile
52
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bottled
common

on tap
common

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
12773.06/5.03.06/5.04.6%78.8Flute
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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peafarmer (1), annapolis, Maryland, USA
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3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/510/104/59/20
Dec 22, 2003  
This ale woke me up like no ipa ever has. Its taste is so unique and pleasant that I will add it to my "must have" list.


 KarmanGhia (276), Tallahassee, Florida, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/104/516/20
Jun 22, 2005  
This pours a caramel with a white head and the nose is very fuity and perhaps yeasty. The first thing that strikes you about this beer is that it is uniquely fruity upfront with apricots and perhaps a cherry hint. there’s only a mild bitterness, and the finish is a very nice but slightly musky yeastiness. Overall this could pass as a very good pale ale - i.e. the fruit is not overbearing and it tastes like a real beer.


 FROTHINGSLOSH (2047), GREENSBURG, Pennsylvania, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/515/20
Mar 27, 2005    Updated: Dec 4, 2009
Sampled this one on draft at Zeno’s in State College, PA. It poured a medium gold color with a small white head. There was a light sweet fruity aroma. The flavor was dry apricot with light malt notes underneath and a dry almost seed like flavor on the finish. Much dryer than I would have expected given the style and aroma. A pleasant beer overall and one I would get again.


 rhapsouldize (174), Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/516/20
Mar 15, 2004  
Sweetish fruity beer with definite, but not overpowering, notes of apricot. I've always liked this beer a lot. Medium copper color with a medium white head that leaves some thin lace. Very drinkable.


 jon112981 (327), Chevy Chase, Maryland, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/56/104/514/20
Jan 24, 2005  
Fruity aroma and taste. Light amber color in the glass. Watery but good finish. Very sweet beer.


dthmtldgn (32), barrington, New Jersey, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/58/103/516/20
Jul 23, 2004  
i have heard only good things about this brewer before i had ever found it, and this was the first flavore i tried. the apricot wasnt overwhelming, as in other fruit beers ive had. definetly will pick this one up again.


 eve (240), Iowa City, Iowa, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/515/20
Feb 28, 2006  
On draft at House of Brews in NY, a tangy sour apricot-y aroma with thin head. Tastes of fruit and bread or yeast rolls with a light apricot flavor, less than in the aroma and certainly not overwhelming like some apricot beers. Palate is smooth and velvety with bright orchard fruit and just enough crisp hops for balance, melting into a soft mellow finish. Nicer than I expected.


 Firemoose15 (542), Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/514/20
Jun 6, 2005  
Out of a bottle,thanks rich again almost done with the starters. A nice waffting smell of apricots eminates throught the clean golden mixture with a nice white head. The taste is interesting, a swirling mix of sweetness, apricot,pear and a slight presence of hops. Reminded me of a good woman. I liked it overall. Tasty



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