#9
Magic Hat Brewing Company in Rochester, New York, United States 🇺🇸
Brewed at/by: Genesee Brewing CompanyPale Ale - American Style / APA Regular Out of Production
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Score
5.93
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A sorta dry, crisp, refreshing, not quite pale ale whose mysterious and unusual palate will swirl across your tongue with subtle notes of fruit and a floral hop bitterness.
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7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Aroma is fruity peach. Appearance is clear, light yellow-gold with small persistent head, light lacing with minimal retention, sustained carbonation. Taste is medium sweet fruity peach. Palate is medium bodied with lively carbonation--a little too much initially but mellows as it sits in the glass. Quick finish. Overall, a nice highly drinkable beer with good flavor profile. Not complex but good either on its own or paired with food.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Apr 2015
at 21:11
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
On tap at Spuyten Duyvil, Brooklyn. Pours hazy golden, small white head. Malty and fruity, caramel, apricot.
Tried
from Draft
at
Spuyten Duyvil
on 22 Feb 2015
at 02:24
4.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 5
Not quite sure what to make of this yeasty, malty concoction. It wasn’t bad, but it wasn’t good.
Tried
on 20 Jan 2015
at 22:05
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
On tap at St. Augustine's, pours a clear copper with a small beige head. Aroma is rather subtle, with English yeast, light fruitiness, and some bready malt. Flavour is very fruity, with notes of apple and pear upfront, followed by yeast and some dry but sweet finishing notes. Very low complexity. Not very interesting stuff.
Tried
from Draft
on 04 Nov 2014
at 23:32
Tried
on 08 Oct 2014
at 23:02
5.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 5
Dark orange / brown. Nose is spicy, herbal and fruity. Taste is peppery with a bit of apricot and pear-like taste. dry finish but a bit too sweet.
Tried
on 09 Aug 2014
at 16:16
5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Bottled 355ml. -at some restaurant in Recife. Clear golden coloured, small to medium sized off-white head, ,ild perfumy fruity nose. Sweet malty, fruity hoppy and light caramel with mild bitterish finish. Also some light peachy notes. So-so, expected better.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Jul 2014
at 10:56
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
1 pint 6 fl oz bottle. Dark golden, nearly amber in the glass, light unclear, small head. Dull apricot on the nose. Starts little bit dry fruity with low bitterness. Black tea and malt in the background. Not bad at the 86° F we have now and better than every iced soft drink. But nothin´ more.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Jun 2014
at 18:50
4.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Reviewed from notes.
The appearance had a caramel brown colored body, decent off white head dissipated very quickly, no lacing.
The smell had apricot and malts.
The taste was extremely sweet through fruits and malts, noted alcohol.
The palate sat about a light to medium, semi-sessionable, alcohol felt, bland and watery aftertaste and finish.
Overall, its decent for the style, I think Magic Hat did what they wanted. This is their flagship beer, but for me, probably won’t come back to, honestly not that thrilled.
The appearance had a caramel brown colored body, decent off white head dissipated very quickly, no lacing.
The smell had apricot and malts.
The taste was extremely sweet through fruits and malts, noted alcohol.
The palate sat about a light to medium, semi-sessionable, alcohol felt, bland and watery aftertaste and finish.
Overall, its decent for the style, I think Magic Hat did what they wanted. This is their flagship beer, but for me, probably won’t come back to, honestly not that thrilled.
Tried
on 28 Mar 2014
at 10:36
5.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 4
12oz bottle from Drum Hill Liquors, Chelmsford, MA. Dark amber with a ring of cream head; aroma is vegetable rather than fruit; as is the taste; and the finish is cloying after a brief spritzy fizz. Whatever the secret is, I don’t really want to know.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Feb 2014
at 18:24