Magic Trait

Speciation Artisan Ales in Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸

Sour / Wild Beer - Flavoured Rotating

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7.82

ABV: 7.6%

IBU: -

Ticks: 18

Magic Trait is our golden sour base aged in stainless and then double fruited with Blackberry and Black Currant. Intense jammy fruit flavors, with a dry finish.

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7.8

blackflag321 (2772) ticked Magic Trait (2024) from Speciation Artisan Ales 6 months ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Tried from Draft at Seven Monks Taproom on 11 May 2025 at 04:00

Reubs (35338) ticked Magic Trait (2019) from Speciation Artisan Ales 8 months ago

Tried from Draft on 26 Mar 2025 at 07:36

8.1

TimE (11149) reviewed Magic Trait (2019) from Speciation Artisan Ales 3 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

pink purple color. Bourbon, oak, raspberries, blueberries. Nice fruit character but the depth isn’t there compared to magic lambic. Nice bourbon character, tart modestly Jammy. Decent depth. Good stuff but not mind blowing.

Tried on 05 Jan 2022 at 12:15

7.4

djd07 (28898) reviewed Magic Trait from Speciation Artisan Ales 4 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

On tap at Wakefest. Pours a dark purple with small pink head. The aroma is currant, berry, funk. Slick body, tart berry, currants, jammy, light funk, very good.

Tried from Draft on 14 Oct 2021 at 02:57

8.5

TimE (11149) reviewed Magic Trait from Speciation Artisan Ales 4 years ago

Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 8.5

-beautiful purple color. amazing nose of black current, black berry, very tart with just faint bourbon and oak. Lots of tannins, tarts, blackberries and black current, gentle bourbon and oak. Very dry. Amazing

Tried on 31 Jul 2021 at 05:23

7.6

radagast83 (13439) reviewed Magic Trait (2018) from Speciation Artisan Ales 4 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle shared at the Spring DC tasting. Poured a hazy red color with a small, kind of light tan head with a small white head. Medley of berries: raspberries, blackberries. Currants. Tart finish.

Tried from Bottle on 23 Apr 2021 at 06:33

7.8

nimbleprop (16618) reviewed Magic Trait from Speciation Artisan Ales 4 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 7

750ml bottle pours a deep amber/purple with some swirling pink head. Nose has cherry and raspberry, jammy but also earthy. Flavor is tart with berry, some grapefruit, vanilla too, red grape jelly. Full bodied. Enveloping, tart finish.

Tried from Bottle on 21 Apr 2021 at 15:39

7.5

solidfunk (21802) reviewed Magic Trait (2018) from Speciation Artisan Ales 4 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Nice stuff. Raspberry, blackberry. Nice balance. Tangy berry blends well. Murky reddish pour with good head. Tangy finish. Bottle.

Tried from Bottle on 10 Apr 2021 at 20:46

radagast83 (13439) ticked Magic Trait (2020) from Speciation Artisan Ales 4 years ago

Currant. Blackberry. Tart

Tried from Bottle on 10 Apr 2021 at 17:02

8.2

tiong (21241) reviewed Magic Trait (2019) from Speciation Artisan Ales 5 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Draught @ MBWAC 2020, Copenhagen. juicy, tart and funky with some farmyard, oak, berry notes and sweetness. Quite good.

Tried on 07 Feb 2020 at 22:57