Hi.P.A.
Magic Hat Brewing Company in Rochester, New York, United States 🇺🇸
IPA Regular|
Score
6.55
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Hi.P.A. is a medium-bodied groove with a fresh and fruitful nose of tympanic temptation. It begins and ends with a big hop bite that is itself forever balanced on the brink by a steady rhythm of malt. Dry-hopped for extra quenching in the face of heat and beat, it’s an ideal accompaniment to chilling out, turning inward or sailing onward through the music of the night toward the dawn of the mind. It’s the liquid way to say be here now lest you never come this way again.
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5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Sampled from a 12 oz brown bottle this beer poured a caramel color with a very small white head that faded quickly. The aroma was fruity and piney hops with a touch of resin. The flavor was dry and bitter grapefruit and floral hops. There was not a great malt base to balance the hops. The finish was long, bitter and harsh.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Feb 2008
at 12:49
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Pours a hazy, translucent orange amber with a frothy, lacing, slightly off white head. Straight forward aroma of lemons, grapefruits, flowers and clover honey. Flavor is sweet, spicy and bitter with hints of honey, clove, lemons, pine and flowers. Finish is sweet and slightly dry. Nice, love Magic Hat and this was very standard from them.
Tried
on 05 Feb 2008
at 19:57
5.9/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
2007 bottle...slightly cloudy...copper body and off-white head...mmmm malts and hops,...a nice fresh lemon zest aroma mingled with malts...some subtle pear as well...body is soft with a mild hop presence with enough malts to back it up and make it an easy to drink IPA...love the lady on the label..nice lacing as well
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Oct 2007
at 15:33
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
A hazy golden IPA with a thick creamy egg white head. Aroma is pungeant and pleasant, pinhey, and hoppy, with definite maltiness, all caramelly.In mouth, a biscuiity malt is well complemented by nice floral hops, restrained but sustained, and light grapefruit. An ideal IPA. Bought at CJs in Potsdam.
Tried
on 20 Sep 2007
at 16:40
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Brown bottle, 3/4 of a pint, best before June 2007, savoured on June 5 2007; eye: peach, clear, light effervescence, creamy white head, lots of lacing; nose: dry hops, grapefruit, citrusy, fruity, sweet; mouth: caramelized malt, fruity, sweet, then a strong surge of hops, long dry finale in hops, nice astringence, medium body, slightly sweet, quite bitter, harsh texture, lightly carbonated; overall: fine FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 3/4 de pinte, meilleure avant juin 2007, savourée le 5 juin 2007; œil : pêche, claire, légère effervescence, belle mousse blanche crémeuse, beaucoup de dentelle; nez : houblon sec, pamplemousse, citrique, fruitée, sucrée; bouche : malt caramélisé, fruitée, sucrée, puis une forte montée de houblon, longue finale sèche en houblon, bonne astringence, corps moyen, très légèrement sucrée, assez amère, texture râpeuse, légèrement carbonatée; en résumé : bien
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Jun 2007
at 15:32
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Has a light brown colour and not too much head if you pour half of it at a slant, but the little that is there sticks around for a bit. Strong hops smell with some fruity elements on the side. The taste is rather bitter from the large amount of hops thrown in. Has a sort of bite at the top of the mouth, so doesn’t go down that easy, but easy enough I would assume. Good times in a bottle.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 May 2007
at 16:54
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Poured light copper with off white head that lasted less than a minute. Initially the aroma seemed slightly spicy like a chili pepper. Behind that is sweet maltiness. The taste starts with a medley of spices that I can’t distinguish. I swear I taste chili powder. After that are light floral hoppiness and some sweet maltiness. Interesting brew.
Tried
from Can
on 18 May 2007
at 22:23
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle. Pours a golden amber color with a half finger high head that is white and dies quickly. Aromas are light of floral hops and apple juice sweetness. Flavor is malt heavy and sort of sweet. A bit of hops comes through, but calling this an IPA is a bit off the mark in my opinion.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Apr 2007
at 23:05
4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 2
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Had this on tap at the Trivia Pub in Moon. Yes, this has the typical pellucid IPA color, which is slightly darker than the wonted pale yellow american beers. Aroma? I can’t smell much but it’s probably because of the two cigar smokers nearby. I do pick up some fruity hops, but just barely. Let me expound on the flavors. IPA is not my cup of tea but this is not as IPA – ish as most IPA. I just had an amber ale that was more bitter grapefruit than this. For most high end big beer raters on this site, a beer like this may taste a bit watered-down. For me, it makes it more enjoyable; the flavors of IPA without the jackbooted medicinal qualities. This beer is bonhomie, probably one of the most tolerable IPAs I’ve tasted and I’ve tasted a few. There are slightly fruity acceptable grapefruit peel flavors on my palate. The finish is not as coarse as I expected from an IPA. I’m not sure if this should be classified as an IPA. The worst IPAs I’ve had are Blue Point Hoptical Illusion and Sierra Nevada Celebration Ale this is much more acceptable than those. Up till now my highest rated IPA was Brooklyn East India Pale Ale and East End Big Hop IPA. The anti de trop flavor of this magic hat now makes it my favorite among a style that I can care less for.
Tried
from Draft
on 24 Feb 2007
at 06:29