Magic Hat Brewing Company
Client Brewer
in Rochester,
New York,
United States 🇺🇸
Owned by
FIFCO USA
Associated Venue: Magic Hat Brewing Company
- Out of business
Established in 1993
Closed in 2025
Upon their return to Burlington, Bob and Alan began their search for a space to call their own. That search landed them in an abandoned factory on Flynn Avenue in Burlington’s South End, where Bob would finally brew Bob’s First, Magic Hat’s debut ale and, soon after, the first batches of #9, Fat Angel and Blind Faith.
Admin Note: In July 2020, Magic Hat sold their production facility and broke ties with the state of Vermont. All beers are brewed at the FIFCO owned Genesee Brewing facility in Rochester, NY.
JAbrams72 (12812) ticked Sour #9 from Magic Hat Brewing Company 6 years ago
An updated classic, tart fresh nose, opens into apricots, citrus and a hint of funk
maniac (11822) ticked Pistil from Magic Hat Brewing Company 6 years ago
Hazy gold bod sml wht head. Bready herbal arma. Bready herbal toasty flav. Med bod mod carb. 7/3/7/3/13 3.3
pdog555 (2138) reviewed Guitar Face from Magic Hat Brewing Company 6 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5
Pours light amber with a fluffy white head. Aroma of oak and resin. Lemon. Taste has herbal notes, lingering oily mouthfeel. Palate has rosemary on the nose Eh.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5
Pours hazy gold with a thin white head. Aroma of Citra and lemongrass. Taste has citrus, growing herbal resin and bitterness. Palate has herbal and lemongrass note on nose. Good.
pdog555 (2138) reviewed Mad Pater from Magic Hat Brewing Company 6 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 5.5
Pours reddish amber with a creme head. Aroma of rosemary and pine resin. Taste has heavy herbal influences, rosemary is overwhelming. Palate has lemon, continuing herbal overtone. Weird, interesting.
tokyobeerdrinker (8998) reviewed #9 from Magic Hat Brewing Company 6 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Tap at Devil Craft. Golden colour, small bubbly off white head. Aroma not much at all. Touch of grain, something slightly vegetable like. Taste nice, something herbal, initial hop bitterness, but fades into herbal spritziness. Some funkiness, and a bit of orange sherbert.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Tap at the Watering Hole. Clear golden blond, white fluffy head soon fades. Aroma is citrusy but not so bitter, orange maybe, bit floral, very nice. Taste is lightly fruity, quite full bodied, some malty sweetness coming through. But like a DIPA taste without the bitterness. Nice but a bit unexciting.
Bierkoning (17700) reviewed Roxy Rolles from Magic Hat Brewing Company 6 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle from dkachur, thanks! Red amber color. Grapefruit, grassy hops and red berries in the aroma. Firm grassy oily flavor with grapefruit and red berries, flowing into a dry hopbitter aftertaste, with some strawberry fruit. Nice!
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle pour into shaker pint glass. Appearance is dark amber with lots of large, light floaties (when backlit, light amber with lots of large, dark floaties), tons of sparkle, finger-width beige foamy head with fair retention and trace lacing. Aroma is rye, caramel malts. Taste is strong rye and caramel malts, spices, milder earthy hops. Mouthfeel is light side of light-to-medium bodied with smooth, thin texture, soft carbonation and finish as taste. Overall, I can't find a born on date but I know this sucker is OLD. However, it doesn't seem to deviate much from others' reviews so I suspect the hops contribution was not that huge to begin with. Not bad, but more like a rye APA. Appearance is horrendous.
bb (18607) reviewed Sour #9 from Magic Hat Brewing Company 6 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5
Draft. Amber beer with a cream head. Sour aroma. Sour and light apricot flavor with light citrus and light oak. Medium bodied. Sourness and light citrus linger with light apricot.