Magic Hat Batch 622

Bottle. Pours brown with a decent sized tan head. Aroma of smoke and barbeque sauce. flavor is of barbeque sauce, interesting flavor, but just an average beer.

I found a bunch of old singles at a local bottle shop. I was really surprised at the way this one held up. Most Magic Hats aren’t great aging beers. The aroma was very malty with a little smoke. Flavors are mostly toasted malts with a little smoke and a subtle hop finish. No where near the smokiness of Jinx. A little better balanced, though.

NIce beer, was available in mixer packs a few years ago, don’t know about now. Interesting beer, believe it was made to be a scotch ale of sorts. Wonderful smell of malts and a bit of hops (notice the specificity of my descriptions!). The taste let me down a bit -- just dull that’s all. Anyway, good effort at a scotch ale -- wish more brewers took a swipe at this style.

I couldn't decide what the aroma was like, and then I decided it smelled like a sweetened humidor. I enjoyed the mocha taste. I was surprised by the feel of the carbonation. The dark brown color was impressive.

Nice, relaxed dark beer with a smoked taste. Powerful, but not too strong-- another healthy addition to the MH family. Too bad it's only seasonal. Slightly less powerful than the Heart of Darkness.