Magic Rock The Big Top

Brewed by Magic Rock
Style: Amber Ale
Huddersfield, England

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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simply stunning. wonderful deep red hue. big pillowy head. aromas of all kinds of fruit, strawberry, mango, cherry. tastes all the above with pine and a touch of sherbert. obviously a great malty flavour comes through. wonderfully think mouthfeel, tart & slightly sour bitter finish. keg @ sheffield tap

Keg at Arcadia, Leeds. Pours a deep ruby, finger of slightly bubbly head. Aroma is all the good youd expect, caramely malt and cloves/spice. Taste is initially a little sweet, with a caramel/sherbet thing found on, before it expands into a hoppy balloon of bliss. The malt balances it brilliantly (dominating is too strong a phrase), with a nice spicy, clovey note as well as little sweetness. The way this expands on the palate is really impressive, and right up my street. Magic Rock are yet to properly disappoint me: this is a stunner.

Keg at King Bill IV, London during the Magic Rock event. Pours rich, amber-brown with a tight, creamy tan cap. Nose holds dirty earth and pine, toasty bread, toasty grass. Medium sweet flavor with lots of pine, earth and dirt, some burnt grass, rich toasted brown bread, very light dried berries. Medium bodied with average, smooth carbonation. Moderately resinous finish with toasted pine, dry berries, mild warmth, rich brown bread. Good and ballsy.

Keg at IndyManBeerCon 2012. It pours cloudy red-brown, with a medium yellowish beige head. The nose is full of sweet red fruit: strawberry, cherry, lychee, as well as jam, pine and varnish. The taste is pine, resin, assertive bitterness, jammy fruit, lots of red berry, varnish and resinous hops, with a smooth, ballsy bitter finish. Medium body, moderate carbonation and slightly sticky mouth-feel. Wow! Balance is brilliant and alcohol is well-hidden. Delicious and utterly drinkable. Can these guys do no wrong?

Keg at the Catford Bridge Tavern. First of all thanks to the missus (who once worked for a paint firm) for coming up with an exotic colour for this brew and thanks also to Reuben for the share! Dark sienna red pour with a fluffy white head. Strong berry aroma- raspberry, redberries with hints of red apple. Fruit burst on the palate. Flavours of orchard fruit, raspberries and blackberries with a hint of caramel. Nice bitter edge. Damned fine stuff.

Keg. Deep red scarlet ale. Opaque with, as expected, a BIG TOP. decent offwhite head too. Smells of mango, grapefruit, lime. Taste is surprisingly malty, but still tons of fruits. Mango and lychee and a little plum perhaps. Finish is solid. Dry, sweet and bitter and lasting.

(keg@Catford Bridge Tavern, SE London) Dark sienna red in colour, with a medium off white persistent head and lacing. Aroma/taste caramel malt, toffee, with prominent fruity hop character, grapefruit, red berries, pine. Lovely mouthfeel/palate with sweet opening to a bitter finish. Really liked this allot, very impressive (D16)

On tap at Cardinal Pub & Bar, Stavanger. Cloudy brown colour, creamy beige head. Lovely aroma of Australian hops, notes of tropical fruits and fir needles. Intense flavour of hops throughout, again with notes of tropical fruits and grapefruit, fir and pine needles and resin. There is a sufficient malty backbone, but not much sweetness. The bitterness is firm, but not too extreme. Jolly good.

Tap at bat. Dark red with off white head. Aroma of pine, NZ hop aroma, papaya, gooseberry. Similar fruit flavours, grape with a tasty caramel malt mad slight nuttiness. Full body with a bitter finish. Taste better than it smells,tastes ddelicious

Off keg at the Sheffield tap. Well tasty imperial red ale. Loads of bitter hops and an underlying sweetness.