Magic Hat Circus Boy

Bottle. Pours to golden body with large head that disipates quickly. Doesn’t really smell that nice. Nothing noteworthy here.

Aroma is as advertised, a bit of lemony citrus, and of course the yeast common to hefeweizen, although it’s muted here. The initial pour was fantastic, with a larger than life, white fluffy head and somewhat cloudy yellow body, but then the head collapsed a bit to a thinner collar. It’s flavor is sort of ordinary, but the citrus flavor and yeast shine through. It’s mildly tart, and easy drinking, light and not filling a nice session.

Bottle brought a sixer to a KD party in Jersey City. Pours a hazy orange yellow body with an off white head. Lots of wheat spices lemon, orange, and apricot. A solid offering i thought.

Bottle.Golden straw color,with a giant white soapy head. Nose of lemon and banana. Medium body,creamy texture,and mouthfeel. Crisp finish. Not a bad beer,I like it better than traditional German Hefe.

**Here is the beer as I rated it in my notes, thinking it was a witbier. As a hefeweizen, it is so unbelievably off base, and thus rates even lower numbers.** The cloudy, lemon yellow ale features impressively luxurious and lasting foam. Toasty aromatics barely edge out dried manure funk and rotting orchard fruits. A toasted English muffin flavor has suggestions of apple, lemon curd, and pineapple. Finishing briskly tart, the ale offers a strange mildewy aftertaste. The palate is wonderfully smooth and creamy with vigorous yet soft carbonation. There is actually a very nice wit in there, if you can see past the weird phenols. This probably would have been worlds better paired with some ripe soft cheese and a hunk of crusty ryebread.

From bottle. Cloudy yellow color with scant head. Very strange aroma and taste. I guess it’s a combination of lime and lemon. The lemongrass description makes sense now. Pass!

Pours a cloudy yellow with a thick white head. Light aroma of wheat and some lemongrass. Really though, this was a very disappointing hefeweizen. It was very mild and had very little flavor. I know I have turned into a beer snob, but it was almost a drain pour for me since I knew I had some Lost Abbey in the fridge.

bottle.slight citrus aroma. light orange in color very little head. very smooth with a bit of a grassy taste.