Magic Hat Lemon-Ginger Hocus Pocus

Formerly brewed at Magic Hat Brewing Company
Style: Spice/Herb/Vegetable
South Burlington, Vermont USA

Serve in Lager glass, Tumbler

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Draught at the Sunset Grill in Allston. Creamy, with weizen-like wha flavors and ginger. The ginger flavor is light but noticeable. Decent and drinkable but bland.

This one tasted like off-beer. The ginger was astringent and over-done. Hocus Pocus normale does not nearly have the backbone for this infusion.

Pretty odd. I don’t care much for ginger in beer, except for Hitachino White, and this didn’t do much to change my mind. The lemon and ginger go surprisingly well together, (I’m not a food expert by any means) I wouldn’t put them together, but i really didn’t enjoy this beer to give it a terribly great rating. I do appreciate the 22oz bomber bottle revival, though.

Lighter than the normal hocus. Interesting though. Lemon and ginger flavors are obvious. A refreshing summer brew. Somehow this brew evades the whole wheatness of hocus pocus and is simply a spiced brew. Yet it is invigourating.

Bomber-sized bottle. Slightly hazy light amber hue, with foamy lasting head. Nose is certainly lemon-gingery up-front; stronger on the pungent spice than the fruit. Interesting, but not very beer-like to me. Flavor is also more fruity-spicy than wheat-beer-like, though a bit of malt does come through toward the end. Pretty thinnish body. I wanted to like this, as I’ve been liking Magic Hat overall more this year, but can’t really recommend it. Can’t imagine what the garlic-flavored one was like.