Magic Hat Jinx

Formerly brewed at Magic Hat Brewing Company
Style: Smoked
South Burlington, Vermont USA

Serve in Dimpled mug, Lager glass, Stein

Beautiful pour and a taste that reminds me of a New England autumn. Nice head out of the bottle is a nice touch.

pours a dark brown with a small head. Aroma is malty and grainy. Taste is sweet malts/caramel and is lightly smoky. not too bad.

Dark red, slightly hazy, minimal head. Smokey aroma with hints of chocolate and charcoal. Malty, no hop flavor but a touch of bitterness. They went light on the peat, tastes like a smokey brown. A tasty one-time beer.

Good for fall. That being said, it wasnt that great of a beer. Heavily malted, slightly smokey, earthy, and pretty much as described above. It seemed like it was missing something though... not sure what, but whatever it is missing, it’s keeping me from sensing the "memories of summer and the first frost on abandoned fields"..... not sure that any beer can give you that, but this definitely doesn’t have it.

Seems like they went half way to be safe. It has the merits mentioned, but it needs the body, and a deeper flavor to be a memorable pour.

On tap at Buffalo Wild Wings in Rochester. All in all, a difficult beer to rate. The only sure thing is that it really was not anything over the top. The beer did not go well with an 80 degree day in August. Perhaps in late fall I will re-rate...

Totaly not like anything I have had before. Have to say that made it taste better than it probably would have otherwise. It is, howevery, truly a nice smoky beer.

UPDATED: JAN 19, 2008 This is my second Magic Hat. The Jinx was enjoyed at the Richbrau Beer Festival. It was hard to rate . Not much that caught your fancy. It was dark amber with some hops but nothing very distnctive.