Circus Boy
Magic Hat Brewing Company in Rochester, New York, United States 🇺🇸
Wheat Ale Regular|
Score
5.75
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Unfiltered and unfettered, Circus Boy is a unique and refreshing American-style Hefeweizen. Is he a who? Or a what? Or perhaps some of both? Be amazed by the flavorful haze of this wonderful wheat beer.
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7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
12 ounce bottle into weizen glass, bottled on 2/3/2017. Pours lightly hazy/cloudy pale golden/yellow color with a 1-2 finger fairly dense and fluffy white head with good retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings down the glass, with a moderate amount of streaming carbonation retaining the cap. Aromas of lemon, pear, apple, wheat, cracker, biscuit, white bread dough, herbal, and grass; with lighter notes of banana, bubblegum, pepper, clove, and yeast earthiness. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance and solid complexity of fruity/light spicy yeast, lemongrass, and pale malt notes; with solid strength. Taste of lemon, pear, apple, wheat, cracker, biscuit, white bread dough, herbal, and grass; with lighter notes of banana, bubblegum, pepper, clove, and yeast earthiness. Light herbal/grassy bitterness, yeast spiciness, and wheat tang/tartness on the finish. Lingering notes of lemon, pear, apple, wheat, cracker, biscuit, white bread dough, herbal, grass, light banana/pepper/clove, and yeast earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Nice robustness, balance, and solid complexity of fruity/light spicy yeast, lemongrass, and pale malt flavors; with a nice malt/bitter/spiciness balance, and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Lightly increasing dryness from bitter/spiciness and carbonation. Clean finishing. Medium-high carbonation and light-medium body; with a very smooth, moderately creamy/bready/grainy, fairly crisp, and slightly sticky/tangy mouthfeel that is great. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 4.5%. Overall this is a nice American wheat/Hefeweizen hybrid style. All around nice robustness, balance, and solid complexity of fruity/light spicy yeast, lemongrass, and pale malt flavors; very smooth, crisp, clean, and refreshing to drink with the mildly bitter/spicy finish. Feels like a mix of American/German wheat yeasts, which have nice fruity character presence and solid complexity. Not overdone on the Lemongrass spice, and nice malt presence/balance for the low ABV. A nicely enjoyable offering, and pretty unique brew.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Sep 2017
at 19:44
5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 6
12oz bottle from the state store
Pours clear golden with a small white head that dissipates quickly, light lacing. Aroma of banana, cloves and wheat. Flavor of lemon, wheat, bitter and dish towel
Drinkable, barely
Pours clear golden with a small white head that dissipates quickly, light lacing. Aroma of banana, cloves and wheat. Flavor of lemon, wheat, bitter and dish towel
Drinkable, barely
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Dec 2016
at 22:07
6/10
Tried
on 22 Oct 2016
at 09:39
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle. It pours a pale yellow color with a white head. The aroma is sweet and lemony with strong lemongrass notes. The flavor has some decent wheat malt and more intense lemongrass. Pretty sweet and simple. Only light hints of hefeweizen yeast. Kinda boring but refreshing by the poolside.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Aug 2016
at 17:27
6/10
Tried
on 14 Dec 2015
at 02:14
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
12oz bottle. Pretty unimpressive aroma for the style...grainy, doughy, not much banana or clove, more along the lines of an American Wheat. And it’s filtered...so maybe a Kristalweizen? The lemongrass is not a bonus, giving it a perfume-like artificial tinge. Drinkable, but pretty shabby overall.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Jul 2015
at 22:32
4.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 3
Bottle. Hazy yellow color, medium white head. Aroma of white pepper and cereal. Taste is peppery grain.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Jun 2015
at 19:51
7/10
Tried
on 31 Mar 2015
at 20:20
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
light yellow color 2 finger white headl. aroma of banana esters and wheat (pretty standard served very cold but it’s a very thin beer, wheat backbone, a bit of lemon and pineapple. standard
Tried
on 09 Aug 2014
at 16:13
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Some coriander, bread yeast. Fruit finish and some candied malt aroma. Lemongrass makes this hefe cool. Bottle.
Tried
from Can
on 02 Jun 2014
at 09:23