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Magic Hat #9 3.06 1273

Magic Hat #9

Percentile
52
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bottled
common

on tap
common

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
12733.06/5.03.06/5.04.6%79.2Flute
Commercial Description:
A Beer Cloaked in Secrecy An ale whose mysterious and unusual palate will swirl across your tongue and ask more questions than it answers. A beer brewed clandestinely and given a name whose meaning is never revealed. Why #9? Why, indeed. A sort of dry, crisp, fruity, refreshing, not-quite pale ale. #9 is really impossible to describe because there’s never been anything else quite like it. Fermented with our 150 year old strain of top-fermenting English yeast.
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 ljay6880 (160), , Pennsylvania, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/104/513/20

Sep 28, 2009  
12 oz bottle served in a pilsner glass. Pour was slightly clouded golden color with about 2 fingers of foamy white head. Nose was triscuits, apricots, and yeast. Taste is very similar to the smell, and it has a nice, lightly sweet, bitter apricot finish. This is a very drinkable beer that is very good during warmer months. Not outstanding in any category, but a very refreshing oddity.

 Toxygen (300), Sanford, Florida, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/102/55/102/513/20
Dec 23, 2009  
(br-btl pch-lbl, "9", "Flavored not quite Pale Ale", "brewed with the essence of apricot", 4.6%)

lct-gl, bubbly head, fruity-hop §apricot aroma, med-body, ^co2, apricot T1 bitter-hop §light-struck T2 hop-oil T3.


edward_violet (17), Michigan, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/515/20
Dec 19, 2009  
Yellow pour, white foamy head... head sticks around a while, too. Aroma of yeast, slight corn-like smell. Fruits like peach, pineapple, honeydew melon perhaps? Apricot, tangerine. Taste... sweet, soft tartness. Slight saltiness. Palate... moderate to high carbonation... moderately clean finish.


 j12601 (1327), Poughkeepsie, New York, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/103/510/20
Dec 19, 2009  
Bottle. Pours a clear orange with a thin white head. Big apricot aromas, smell a bit like a liquor with how overpowering it is, though there’s barely a hint of wheat in the background. Grainy and really sweet. Finishes with a light bitterness. Lacks any subtlety.


rlaw (54), USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/56/103/514/20
Dec 19, 2009  
Draft. Pours an orangey gold with a medium white head. Aroma is fruity sweet. Flavor is of apricot, mild malt, some citrusy hops, and a bit of yeastiness. Sweet, but not overly so. Very refreshing. A nice beer.


RKanis (42), Cincinnati, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/104/515/20
Dec 17, 2009  
Pours golden with a medium white head. Aroma is honeysuckles and hops. Taste is honeysuckle and slight hops with a hint of banana. Good beer. Not great but pretty darn good.


 Fratto (751), Arlington, Texas, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/101/56/103/515/20
Dec 16, 2009  
On tap at the Fort Worth Gingerman. Pours hazy, pale yellow. Smells like a Starburst. Taste is candied fruit, bananas, and pineapple. Great, faint fruit aftertaste.


 hayduke (1664), Eureka, California, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Dec 12, 2009  
Thanks to Strykzone for this one. It poured a hazy gold color with a small persistent head. Nose of fruit showing apricot and apple. Medium mouthfeel. The flavor is mild and overall this is easy drinking and decent fruit beer.


 JCastner (108), New York, USA
2.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/53/103/58/20
Dec 12, 2009  
One of the worst samples I’ve tried this year. Pours a brilliant copper with a nice white head. Aroma is of bread and some light dried fruit. Taste is... well, how do I put this, imagine unsweetened fruit seltzer water. No body, no sweetness, no bitterness, just very, very dry.



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