Magic Hat Roxy Rolles

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

Aroma is of fresh hops Head is copper Color is dark ruby It starts out like a dry IPA and then the fruity malty amber comes in. It’s a nice change of pace from IPAs. Definitely hoppy enough to qualify as an IPA. Very pleasant bitter finish.

11.23.07 Bottle at tsarman’s apartment. A pretty good amber. Somewhat of a hop puff in nose and flavor, balanced with malt. I like it.

355 ml, bbe Feb 08. Dark red-brown and clear with a medium-sized lasting head. Orange-grapefruit, toasted pecan and pine straw aromas are excellent. Flavor follows with a mildly sweet entry of the same mix, becomes more cocoa, roasted nut and hoppier throughout until finally the finish is just pine-citrus enough. Nearly medium-bodied, smooth and dry. Seems almost a cross of a brown and a pale. Definitely not your typical amber, and goes against the style description provided here, but I like it.

Pours light orange-brown, semi-hazy, medium white head. Very aromatic hop character of pine, and citrus, slight malt. Flavor is similar, with a very good balance of hops and malt. Good aftertaste of citrus and pine. Very drinkable and enjoyable beer.

Pours a hazy brown with an orange hue. Smells of pine hops and peat malt. The flavor is bitter, peat, earthy with some good hop balance. It is very smooth and drinkable.

Well, this poured a clear amber, big tan head. immediate nose of hops and skunk? from a cardboard covered brown bottle? The head is nice and foamy, retained well. Taste has no trace of skunk. This is fuller in the mouth than the nose gives, and has a pleasant hop character, balanced nicely with the malt back bone. Well done. Just smelled bad?

From 6-pack drink by Feb 08. Nice clear amber color but it smells like an APA. Body is medium, maybe a little light, with fairly heavy carbonation. It tastes like an APA with citric/resiny hops, but the malts are different. That’s what makes it a winter beer I suppose. This can be viewed as a failed APA or a failed amber, but I think it’s interesting and tasty.

Slighly hoppier version of an amber ale. Better hop flavor in this one compared to some of the other Magic Hat hoppier beers. Nothing too noteworthy - non-offensive, not really memorable. Bring back the Heart of Darkness dammit!!