Art Hop Ale 2015
Magic Hat Brewing Company in Rochester, New York, United States 🇺🇸
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Score
6.55
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obguthr (12524) reviewed Art Hop Ale 2015 from Magic Hat Brewing Company 10 years ago
Appearance - 2 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
Yeast and new plastic smell. Clear yellow, thin head. Yeast, grass, some fusel alcohol. Light body, moderate carbonation. Not much different from a macro lager, in some ways worse.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Treated as a pilsener (but don’t ask me if its a Czech or a German), here’s why:
This was poured into a pilsener glass.
The appearance was a soft hazy burnt yellow to golden orange color with a one and a half foamy white head that dissipated within less than about a minute. Carbonation could be seen rising. Lacing stuck around the cap of the beer and slid with the sips.
The smell started off with a light sweet bready malt. Light grassy tones play eloquently with some sweet lemon crispness.
The taste was mainly sweet carrying a nice dry sweet semi-citrusy aftertaste and finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a light on the body with a nice sessionable feel to it. Carbonation runs really light and allows a big sticky feel on my tongue.
Overall, honestly, I was a bit surprised at this. I had low expectations (maybe because of the brewery), but this turned out better than I thought at least for me. Still, for a pilsener, there’s a part of me that wants to say, it’s a bit of cross between a German and a Czech one. Just drink it and find out for yourself.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Golden. White head. Smells of wheat and grass. Taste is bitter grass. I've had much better. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone
Drake (22940) reviewed Art Hop Ale 2015 from Magic Hat Brewing Company 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
12 ounce bottle. Clear golden, large fizzy white head, fair retention. Aroma of apples, bready malt, pepper, citrus hops. The taste is citrus hops, pale malt, pepper, tropical fruits. Medium bodied lingering bitterness.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
12 ounce bottle into lager glass, bottled on 4/15/2015. Pours crystal clear bright golden yellow color with a 1 finger dense and rocky white head with great retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings down the glass, with a moderate amount of streaming carbonation retaining the head. Aromas of lemon, cracker, biscuit, light honey, herbal, grass, light peppercorn, and herbal/yeast earthiness. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance of pale malt, earthy hops, and light peppercorn notes; with solid strength. Taste of lemon, cracker, biscuit, light honey, herbal, grass, light peppercorn, and herbal/yeast earthiness. Light-moderate earthy/spicy bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of lemon, cracker, biscuit, light honey, light peppercorn, and herbal/yeast earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Very nice balance and robustness of pale malt, earthy hops, and light peppercorn flavors; with a nice malt/bitterness balance with zero cloying flavors after the finish. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, fairly crisp, and slightly bready mouthfeel that is nice. Very clean on lager flavors with minimal yeast ester notes present. Alcohol is very well hidden with zero warming present after the finish as expected of 4.8%. Overall this is a very good pilsner style. All around good robustness and balance of pale malt, earthy hops, and light peppercorn flavors; and very smooth and crisp to drink. Even with the addition of peppercorn spicing, it still completely felt like a pilsner in style. A nicely enjoyable offering.