3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Dark amber to dark brown with a mostly receding wispy tan head. Tastes of dark fruits, some spice, perhaps tending towards smoke but no dominant smokey notes. Medium to full bodied with lush carbonation.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Bottle. Pours clear amber caramel, off white head. Aroma is malty, hoppy, fruity, metallic, smoky (? or is that just the power of suggestion). Flavor is grassy, alky (as cheapdark would say) bitter, and slightly smoky. The body isn’t as robust and complex as I would have figured from the description on the bottle.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
I would consider this a very good brown beer. Full malty flavor with a cocoa after taste. Very pleased.
2.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 11/20
UPDATED: OCT 30, 2008 Brown with decent, foamy tan head / Faint nose of caramel and sweet malt / Light to medium body, fizzy, thin in fruit and finish / Flavors of caramel and coca cola with peat notes / Pedestrian.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle. Pours copper with a thin beige head. Sweet caramel malt aroma with light smoky wood. The flavor is rather light with sweeter malt and a touch of smoke. Decent.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
I’ll be honest i don’t like magic hat but this might be the exception. A chocolate brown color and a fair sized head beer was handed to me by a friend. Sticking my nose in this made me feel like i was stepping into a lumber yard or a wood shop. Very nice ceader or oak aroma. The taste was malty but with a hint of peat. Might be a good beer if you feel like drinking whiskey but dont wanna get to drunk, allt he same flavors are there.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
From a 12 oz bottle. Pours a rich deep amber color. Very light head disappeared quickly. Slightly smoky aroma. Taste was pretty good with a light smoky flavor and light earth malt tones. Very nice. I feared that the smoky peat flavor would be overpowering but that wasn’t the case. I would definitely drink this one again.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
The pours heavy orange hue, with a med sized beige head. The aroma is dominated by the smoky malts, with some floral highlights. The first thing I notice about this beer is the heavy carbonation, so I have to let is sit to really find the flavor....The Hops are bitter, and pleasant. The smoke flavor was stronger than I was expecting given the description. The malts are over powered by their smoke flavor to bring too much maltiness to the tounge. A good offering.
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