3.5 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Enjoyed at a Halloween party last weekend. One of the best Magic Hats I’ve had in a while. Smoked peat on the nose. The flavor with strong smoke, maybe too much, but it had more flavor and body that most M.H.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
10/28/05 - Pours brown, tough to see through it. Smells and tastes of peat, grass, smoke, and malt. This was kind of nasty but I liked it too. Very unique brew indeed.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Hazey brown pour with a very small head...not a lot of carbonation here.
Aroma is grassy. Taste is malty as hell...sour throughout. Not bad.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
From the bottle, pours very dark, light head. Smells lightly malty, a bit of almond? Definitely nutty to the taste. Full flavor, and pretty good.
4.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 19/20
pours out of the bottle and amber-brown with a minimal bubbly head. smells of light caramel. tastes of mild hops, almond, caramel and vanilla. slight bitterness lingers in the background. silky and smooth medium-bodied mouthfeel. a real treat.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
UPDATED: OCT 29, 2005 Bottle. Deep Amber/Ruby color, decent head, minimal lacing. Stouty, almost chocolate, Malty sweet, some caramel, maybe maple or toffee, smokiness, well balanced. Very good.
2.4 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
BOTTLED. Brown with a very small head. Aromas of malt, rotten something-or-other, and smoke. Funky burned flavor- gotta be the smoke (I didn’t realize it was a smoked when I was sampling it)... has a bit of a chicoryish flavor, but not quite. I’ve come to the conclusion that the advertising gurus of Magic Hat have come up with the plan to make catchy, nice labels in order to try and make up for the low quality products produced by the brewery. I’ve yet to find something from magic Hat that’s impressed me- but I’ll keep trying.
3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
12 oz bottle: poured dark brown with an ominous tan-white head, na maybe that was because i was watching the old 80’s version of amityville horror in honor of the halloween season. nose of subtle spice and tanics, slight malt filter. on the palate first pushes a sweet malt character that blends to an unfermented trick. makes you believe its big and full of flavor but dies trying. more sweet molasses and off flavors push. reminds me of a dunkel weissen or weak double. not so impressed with these beers.
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