Magic Hat Circus Boy

Brewed by Magic Hat Brewing Company
Style: Spice/Herb/Vegetable
South Burlington, Vermont USA

This is part of a beer club. Had only one bottle but was decent for the price. Poured great and had a nice finish. Would do again.

Just tapped sixtel of Circus Boy. Poured very cloudy orangish color. Small head dissipated very quickly. Distinct but not strong lemon flavor and not much else. Couldn’t detect any noticeable flavors. Light and drinkable but nothing special. Can’t wait to finish and replace with a nice Octoberfest!

Cloudy dark yellow body with a small white ring of foam. Aroma of banana and wet hay. Oily mixture of cereals, bananas, doughy yeast, white bread, citrus. Hops are almost unnoticeable. Light but weird spiciness. Expected tartness is cruelly missing. The beer is somewhat tasty but with that type of flavour spectrum you expect something refreshing and this is not the case. Don’t quit your day-job circus boy.

Bottle. This wasn’t one of the better hefeweizen’s i have tried. Defintely too spicy for my taste.

The first thing to hit me was the that the smell, though lemony, was very weak. Pours a cloudy, hazy gold. A bit on the watery side, there is definately lemon in the flavor, with an odd after taste.

Decent beer, tastes just like a pretty typical hefeweizen to me. Maybe a little more lemon than usual. Some yeastiness to the flavor. Light bodied and a little watery, but very refreshing.

Rated while drinking: Pours an ultra hazy gold color with a fluffy white head and decent lacing. Unfiltered indeed. Lemongrass in the nose. Some faint yeast-like characteristics, but mainly that Thai herb. Taste is more lemongrass. Definitely can’t be an American or a German hefeweizen. Lack of banana/clove elements. Despite that though, this must be a fresher bottle because my memory of this beer was pretty poor. The lemongrass makes for an interesting combination. Aftertaste is a little odd... but different. Palate has quite a bit of carbonation in there, but quite drinkable. Bitterness near the end. A different type of beer so to say. Nothing really that spectacular, but like so many of the Magic Hat beers promise; it’s definitely ’different’.

12oz. bottle, 9/13/7. Pleasant hops/malt balance in aroma - more promise in aroma than delivered in mouthfeel & flavor. Medium sourness, which started well, esp. with lively carbonation. Bitter finish, though, which didn’t seem to fit this beer. I bought a six pack in order to get a free tulip glass from a rep that was pouring at the distributor, so a relatively even trade.