Magic Hat Lucky Kat

IPA? Meh. Watery, astringent, cloying, yet bland. This beer is lame; I used to expect a lot from Magic Hat when I was first getting into craft beer, but this is pathetic.

Worth a buy for the bottle. Not a terrible beer, but nothing that stood out for me. Pours a very light orange, with a fairly big head on it. Aroma is weak, but a mix of watery hops and rubbing alcohol. Flavor is a bit more subtle. The hops and rubbing alcohol are present, but a little more malt profile than I expected, and a few different hop flavors, which was nice. Thin and watery on the palate.

Pours a clear honey color with a frothy slightly off-white head. Aroma is of malt sweetness, a little honey, fruit - apricot or pear, and a slight mustiness. Fruit flavor up front, but the body is too thin, the middle is lacking because of lack of body. The finish, however, is excellent, just a hint of sweetness leads into a nice drying hop finish. Hop flavor lingers nicely on the tongue. Overall - a disappointment.

Location: 12 oz Bottle from Gilly’s, drank it 3/8/09.

Aroma: Hoppy and a little citrus
Appearance: Golden, orange color, thin cloudiness
Flavor: Decent beer, drinks like an American Pale more then an IPA I think
Overall Impression: You know what? This was better then I expected. It’s a hoppy Pale, but it doesn’t offer too much else.

12oz bottle. Lightly hazy amber in color, verging on brown, with a lasting head. The aroma is earthy, toasty malt, some caramel, pear, and, spicy hops. The flavor is malty and earthy with toast, caramel, tangerine, and a firm bitterness. The profile has an english feel, with a fruity yeast character and toasty malt body, balanced by pretty bitter hopping, but low hop aroma. Rather good mouth-feel, with tight carbonation. One gripe is that the alcohol is slightly noticeable in both the aroma and flavor.

This is a decent beer, but I am having a hard time calling it an IPA.Aroma was very malty- burnt caramel mostly. Pour was a nice clear orange with a one finger off white head that laced the whole way down the glass. Taste was like a hoppy Vienna if that makes sense. Burnt caramel with a nice strong hoppiness that dries the mouth and cheeks. There is what I can only describe as a burnt caramel smoke in the aftertaste. Very tasty, though and nice aggressive carbonation.

I love IPA’s but this fell a little short of what I expected. It had a lighter flavor than HIPA and was a little weak. I tried it, thats all I can say.

This was sampled in Cass, WV while on a skiing trip. The IPA poured a cloudy orangish and lacked body. Good citrus flavors and balance with the malts. The IPA poured with a smallish head and no lacing. The finish had some bitterness.