2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
When you read a Magic Hat label you can never really figure out what style the beer actually is. Smoked beer it is! Quickly diminished foam, solid amber body and malts sweetness come through.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
I was a tad dissapointed at the lack of smoke, but I like smoky beers. It was on the malty side of the mysterious malt/hop balance. Pretty drinkable and worth buying.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
Probably my favorite Magic Hat. I recommend A fresh growler from the brewery. Out of a bottle just does not taste the same. Its a very pleasant color of warm brown like maple syrup. It has a full and sticky off white head that smells of scotch and hopps. The taste is similar to the smell. There are hints of scotch and smokiness, brown sugar and carmel. But the addition of the hops balances it all out perfectly. I am not to keen on sweet beers. I prefer IPA’s and bitterness. But the sweetness and scotch flavors are balanced just right by the hops. One of my favorite seasonal beers to drink throughout the fall.
3.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 11/20
Nose is wine grapes, sweet. No smoke on the nose but its really there in the mouth. I think this smoke taste goes beyond subtle. Toothpaste flavour on the finish. Mouth is mostly malts. No real depth.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Pours a murky/cloudy dark brown and has a tan frothy head. Aromas of sour hops, touch of smokiness, bread and little citrus. The flavor is more on the smoky side throughout, with hints of chocolate, sweet/sour hops, bread, caramel, and a little nut. A pretty decent all around beer that does I must say remind me of autumn. I can see myself out in the woods at a camp fire drinkin this one.
2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Poured a clear dark copper color with a thin tan head that reduced to just a film very quickly. The aroma that was there I couldn’t detect any specific scents. The flavor was mild and a bit smokey, but not too distinguishable as to flavors being detected, just like the aroma. I could taste the alcohol at only 6.9%ABV. I’ll have to try this one again. I just didn’t get it.
2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 9/20
nothing impressive, tastes like a bland porter or stout, not really sure how to describe it
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
12 oz bottle from a variety 12 pack. Pours a very good looking mahogany brown with a smaller sized foamy off white head. Aroma has a strong smoke backbone but has other aromas all over the place, citrus, plastic, bubblegum, chocolate, bread, lots of sweetness. Medium bodied with average carbonation and a smooth creamy finish. Flavor is more solid then the aroma with some nice smokiness, lots of doughy bread, slight nuttiness. Not the best smoked beer I have ever had by any means but a solid effort from Magic Hat.
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