 argo0 (6229), Washington DC, USA
May 18, 2008 (draft) Creamy tan head atop hazy mahogany body. Aroma is mild, medium sweet, chocolate, light raisin. Taste is medium sweet, chocolate, raisin, light caramel, faint earthy. Watery light body, easy drinking.
muzzlehatch (4424), Burlington, Vermont, USA
Jun 6, 2008 12 ounce bottle from the summer variety pack, purchased at City Market in Burlington, VT (June 2008) and sampled at cellar temperature from a Samuel Smith glass. A big fizzy faintly tan head disappears rapidly above the translucent dark walnut body....nose is strongly nutty, sugary, somewhat loamy/earthy....simple malty-sweet body is pretty tasty with notes of molasses and vanilla, but the too-thin body isn’t supportive enough and it all peters out too quickly. Just OK.
acrdz (4364), Boulder, Colorado, USA
May 14, 2008 In short: Another forgettable pallid offering from Magic Hat.
Draft at Brickskellar, it’s dark red or even dark brown, surprising compared to what I was expecting. Faint and simple nose of moldy smoke, wet cardboard and mashed grains. There’s a small amount of chocolate that seems to develop far into the finish, and that’s really the only redeeming thing offered in this beer. Earthy minerals and lightly smoked barley malt, help up by a weak palate and oily, thin texture.
DocLock (4170), Lower Pottsgrove, Pennsylvania, USA
Jun 5, 2008 Bottle. Pours medium brown with 1-finger off-white head. Nose is roasty vienna malt, brown sugar, some nuts and tannins. I pegged this as a vienna. The flavor is vienna malty, with rock sugary and brown sugary notes, mild hops, and mild tannins.
JoeMcPhee (3807), Jackson Heights, New York, USA
May 3, 2008 Nice light brown beer. Good clarity. Aroma is very nutty and sweet. Fresh dark toasty maltiness. Quite fresh and sweet with a nice cocoaish/chocolatey character. Light sweet dates/plums with a lightly sulfurous yeastiness on the back. Easy to put back and it would make a great session beer. I want more beer like this here.
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