Magic Hat Lucky Kat

Brewed by Magic Hat Brewing Company
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
South Burlington, Vermont USA

Clear amber orange, foamy off white head. Soft fruity aromas ride a light caramel earth undercurrent. Light dirty earth and fruity-like hop tones balance on just a touch of sweet caramel toast and chocolate. Light to medium bodied, medium carbonation, bittersweet finish. No matter the style classification, it’s beginner ale in my book...

This beer is a slightly hazed golden-orange color with a medium thin and foamy off-white head that dminishes steadily. Spotty lacing on the glass. Fruity hops aroma with traces of malt. Medium body with flavors of moderately bitter hops, citrus and lightly bready malt. The finish is hoppy and lingers for a bit. Overall this IPA is forgettable.

Not as ’hoppy’ as i expected, still, decent flavor and goes down good. When it comes to IPA’s, this is middle of the pack for me.

Thanks 17thfloor! Pours a slightly hazy golden brown with a medium sized off white froth. Aroma is quite strange. A get a lot of piney hops and a bit of a floral citrus. What weirds me out is a bit of a salty vegetable character that is a bit off putting. Flavor has some mild creamy caramel and buttery sweetness. Gains a biting sharp hoppiness along with an unexpectedly sweet finish like butterscotch as 17thfloor and xnoxhatex have said. Lots of malt character in this beer gives it a huge amount of sweetness that sometimes seemed overwhelming for an IPA. Still very drinkable and easy on the palate.

Light amber color with a big beige head. Aroma of sweet malts and very mild citrus. Flavor is very sweet and malty with a little citrus hops.

12. oz. bottle from Hollywood Market in Royal Oak MI. This pours a medium amber with an off white two finger head. I haven’t been too impressed with magic hat in the past, but the price was right, so I figured I’d try this out. The aroma was subtle, but I actually thought this was pretty good. I’ve been drinking a lot of session beers lately, and this is definitely be getting this again. Cheers!

Bottle. IPA? Really? Weak hops on this one. Pretty malty for an IPA. Very mild citrus hops; more sweet. Not a fan.

Pours a light hazed copper body, low carbonation struggles through to the top to form a two-finger off-white head which holds. The pour alone suggests to me that this might be more of an Imperial IPA than anything run-of-the-mill. The aroma, too, shows thick and honey-sweet with a berry essence amidst a backdrop of acrid hopping. Sharp, pine and grapefruit bitterness are forward in the flavor yet a balance is attained with a strong malty sweetness. Full and dry to the palate with a sticky presence that makes the bitterness linger long afterwards. A sharp and strong yet strangely sessionable IPA. ~~~~~~~~~~~12 Oz. Bottle from Cornfield (thanks Buddy). Best by May 2009, consumed April 2009.