Magic Hat Roxy Rolles

Brewed by Magic Hat Brewing Company
Style: Amber Ale
South Burlington, Vermont USA

Pours into the glass a clear, dark reddish colour which is slightly muddy with an off white head. Aroma is slightly sour, and rasiny. Maybe a bit prunish. Taste is sour as well. Interesting taste, not a typical amber. Not too biscuity, very smooth and creamy. Kind of sweet apple notes, very fruity. Overall another pleasent brew from Magic Hat.

THOUGHTS: I avoided this for a long time and now they moved it from a winter to autumn ale. Fairly nice. The balance is a little off to me. I guess it is really more the transition from sweet to bitter that seems of. Nice, but I’ve had way better and worse amber ales. This was really only slightly better than average. The aroma was very nice, but it didn’t translate to the flavor. TECHNICAL: Bottle. Poured a clear, dark, reddish amber with a small, off-white head that mostly diminished and left fair lacing. The aroma was moderate to heavy molasses, caramel and nutty malts; light to moderate floral and herbal hops; light sour cherries; and caramel apples. The initial flavor was sweet, acidic, sour and slightly bitter; while the finish was lightly sweet, rather sour and bitter (the sour and bitter blend). There was caramel apple, metallic, herbal and floral hops, cherry, sour malt and sour cherry. The medium body was a little syrupy and then fairly dry with very fizzy carbonation and a dry and rather metallic finish.

bottle. pours a thick cloudy copper color with a thin tan head. has a hoppy, carmel aroma. has a caramel flavor at first, then turns warm and bitter with a bit of a nutty finish.

12 oz bottle. Pours a hazy dark mahogany with small, bubbly beige head. The aroma is a little bit tinny at first, then fades to a mellow caramel sweetness with a touch of earthy hops and distant campfire smoke. The flavor is caramel with a bit of toasted malt. Again I get a distant campfire smoke note that’s actually kind of pleasing. It finishes with earthy hops, a bit of tobacco, and an interesting spicy note. Not too bad.

Bottle with a different label than shown here, 5.1% alc. not 5.8%, has a hazy red-amber-brown pour with a two finger or more high head made of off-white and light tan bubbles, head quickly fades to a thin cover, left some lacing on the glass, aromas of caramel, dark bread, faint chocolate, toasted malt, brown sugar sweetness, faint peach and orange citrus with some spices, lots of hop dryness after the finish, flavors of caramel, toasted malt, faint chocolate, and hop citrus and bitterness, has a good bit of hop dryness at the finish and thereafter, I think this would be better with a bit malt flavor to balance and more mouthfeel, otherwise a pretty nice Amber Ale.

12 oz. bottle. Pours a clear mahogany color with a decent, frothy light brown head, hints of lacing. Aroma is dark roasted malts, caramel, earthy, resin, and citrus hops. Flavor is roasted malts, coffee, grass, and resin hops. Mouthfeel is oily, fairly carbonated with a dry, bitter finish. Very drinkable, kind of has a bite at the end.

12 oz bottle. Poured amber in color with a small off white head that left light lacing on the glass. Aroma is faint with caramel malt, and light hops. Tastes of toast, caramel, lightly spicy hops to finish it out. In the seasonal pack. I wouldn’t go out of my way to get a bottle again.

Hoppy fruit aroma like apricots and tangerines. Cloudy and deep amber like an unfiltered red. Yellow-brown head with some staying power. Acrid hoppy flavour mellowing out with a bittered autumn caramel finish. the hoppiness stays on the tongue a while. great with seasonal fall local foods.