Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Thanks to ClarkVV for this one. Deep amber color with a large off white head. Aroma of caramel and brown sugar. Mildly sweet with not much hop bitterness. Flavor and palate are more like a Brown Ale or a Mild. Good drinkable brew, but nothing really exciting here.
jgb9348 (11997) reviewed Ravell from Magic Hat Brewing Company 21 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4
Dark dark brown coloured body with a nice thinnish light brown head and strong crimson highlights when held up to a light-nice for the style! Aroma of roasted malt, smoked peat, a bit of coffee and a light nuttiness. Medium to Light-bodied; Sweet vanilla taste up front with a light coffee twang and a metallic flavour that lasts a while. Fades off to a bitter, thin feeling beer. Aftertaste doesn’t have much in pleasant tastes-this one is lacking in duration. Overall, yet another Magic Hat i’ve been disapointed with. I haven’t really enjoyed one of their beers, and this is upsetting, since has the highest score when I rated it it out of all the ones i’ve tried. Overall, I can’t seem to figure out why everyone likes this one so much. I sampled this twelve ounce bottle pulled from a holiday sampler pack at a package store just south of dupont circle in Washington, D.C. on 29-November-2004.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Stunning deep dark ruby brown color under a toffee head that disappeared quickly. Nutty caramel aroma. Sweet with a slightly tangy finish. Could use a little more body, but at 4%, this could be a lot worse.
notalush (7362) reviewed Ravell from Magic Hat Brewing Company 21 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Near opaque with mild lacing - smells like dark roast coffee with french vanilla creamer added - taste is similar to the heart of darkness stout, but the vanilla really sets it apart - it melds very well with the roasted malts and sweetened black coffee flavors of the beer - the finish nearly loses me, tasting almost like vanilla extract and aspartame, but otherwise this is a solid ale.
notalush (7362) reviewed Batch 369 from Magic Hat Brewing Company 21 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Light amber in color, pretty decent lace - very piney aroma, with a solid amount of hops a light bready malts - hops from the aroma are practically non-existent in the flavor, but it is decently balanced - a hint of caramel on top of roasty malts and a mild bitterness to balance out its sweeter side - nothing great or deserving of the special status, but still pretty good - its a damn shame that I had to buy the holiday twelve pack to try this - hopefully the Ravell I have waiting in the fridge will make it worthwhile.
notalush (7362) reviewed Fat Angel from Magic Hat Brewing Company 21 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Bright copper pour, with impressive lacework - light but inviting aroma of citrus, mild hops and a hint of caramel - flavor is unspectacular but well-balanced - light hops up front, followed by some biscuity malts, which then lead to a slight bitter apricot flavor - medium-dry finish doesn’t leave much behind for you to remember the beer by - much better than I remember it being (I tried it once before I began rating beer), but I think I’ll pass on this in the future.
Clarkvv (16760) reviewed Ravell from Magic Hat Brewing Company 21 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
2004 bottle. Yes it’s got vanilla, yes it’s quite well balanced for that. That’s about it. I think people are getting caught up on the novelty and not really looking at the beer. It tastes like cola other than the vanilla. It is somewhat thin, transparent and filtered, and just artificially sweet tasting.
Draught tulip at Sunset Grill on 2/25/06
Deep, deep brown upon first appearance, with a quickly dying medium-tan colored head. It settles out quite clear, with some large bubbles rising here and there, and a chestnut tinge to the otherwise deep brown body. No lacing. It smells powerfully chocolatey at first, maybe a hint of dry wheat-like dullness, soft vanilla and definite cocoa powder. Playful ringwood fruitiness evident beneath the constantly lapping waves of vanilla-cocoa. A lightly singed/toasted brown-graininess strikes a dry, poignant note.
The flavor begins with plenty of cocoa-vanilla, and some lightly bitter, minimally flavorful green, leafy hops. Sticky marshmallow and light chocolate fudge notes collide with a lightly singed, earthy, husky malt graininess and some Ringwood minerlesque notes. Some smooth, creamy wheat notes, but a growing wateriness, very loose textured. No alcohol noted. Well-malted, though the dryness really dulls any attempt at livliness.
Clarkvv (16760) reviewed Batch 369 from Magic Hat Brewing Company 21 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
2004 bottle. Well once you get over laughing at calling a silly old APA a special batch, it’s actually pretty good, or so I thought. Don’t get me wrong, it’s nothing mind-bending, but anyways, it pours a good caramel brown with some deeper auburn and mahogany tones. Nice even white head and a big hoppy aroma of american high alpha hops and plenty of pale malt. But the flavor is done right. It’s a session ale, and is wonderfully balanced. Though I think it has just a bit too much pale malt and gets that good old pale malt papery quality, the hops seem fresh enough and it has a detectable roastiness that is subtle but good. Light floral hops on the end, a touch of toffee and lightly sweet malts. Yay, a Magic Hat beer that dosent suck. . .who would have thought. Muzzlehatches rating of this is a classic!
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Tasting while rating, bottled. Purchased in April, date notched March, so it may be past its time. Pours very dark, coppery highlights. Bubbly stoutish head that fades with thick lacing. Nice molasses smell on top of a bit of roastyness. Creamy taste counters more coffee notes. Despite that, it’s a very smooth overall package.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
2004 draught. Pours a light brown with a small off-white head. Aroma of light nuts and toffee. Flavor is pretty basic brown ale. Light toffee and a hint of chocolate. Earthy hops and a touch of astringency, or was that just thinning?? I completely agree with Muzzlehatch. Instantly forgettable, what were they trying to do here?