Magic Hat Jinx

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

Bottled. Poured deep reddish-orange with a short, but well-retained toffee head.. nice lacing as it descended. The aroma picked up sweeter drawn caramel with overtones of lightly-smoked peat and earth.. really nice. The flavor had less-sweet caramel and toffee at the core surrounded by earthy highlights, pine resin, and smoked, slightly sour woody notes.. finished with a bit more sourness and bitterness, in an entirely refreshing way. Medium-bodied with low carbonation and nice balance on the palate.. smoke usage was moderate at most.. I’d gladly drink several more.

One of my favorite Magic Hat beers. I like the smokey aspect of it, but it needs to have more hop character to it to be a great beer. It’s pretty complex but needs to be cleaner as well.

12oz bottle: Dark amber body with a everlasting, soapy tan head. Stale malts meet the nose, offering little except for mild caramel and old coffee. The supposed peat addition becomes somewhat apparent in the body, but I have to search for it. I’m not sure if I would categorize this as a smoked beer, maybe Scottish ale would be more appropriate. Either way, seems stale, one dimensional and forgettable.

Bottle.Dark brown beer with a thin tan head. Aroma dark fruit,bread and faint herbal hops . Flavor is brown bread,faint smoke,caramel,and maybe cherries. Nice mouthfeel. An odd but solid offering .

Pours dark copper or amber, decent head. Aroma of malt, fruit, not much smoke. Taste is dark fruit, sweet malt. Again, not much smoke. Light hop bittering. Mouth is smooth, medium-bodied, and. Overall, a decent session.

clear dark amber...or light brown. decent quickly disappearing tan head. toffee light chocolate aroma with a very light smoke presence. sweet toffee chocolate flavor a hint of bitterness and again very very light smoke. bitter dry chocolate finish light smoke decent bit of toffee sweetness. medium body. not bad...it just seems like an ok brown ale but not much more.

Rust colored pour with a 2 finger tan head. Somewhat sour dark fruit aroma with a hint of smoke and tasty malt. Moderate caramel and dark fruit flavors blend with some slight sourness and smoke. Medium body with an average amount of carbonation.

Bottle from a NYC deli. Dark brown glowin g beer, small head with fine lacing. Dark fruit, plums and sour cherries. A little smoke, but not much. Sour cherry finish, a bit cough drops, some mint?