Magic Hat Fat Angel

Formerly brewed at Magic Hat Brewing Company
Style: English Pale Ale
South Burlington, Vermont USA

Yellow copper with a decent enough head, however the trails of cloudy faint sediment were a bit offputting. The aroma is weak, peach and stone fruits with floral hops. The palate is thin, crisp and refreshing with just the right amount of CO2. The flavor is much better than expected. Fruity (peach/apricot), hops with a bit of not so malty sweetness. Simple and clean with a nice hoppy bitterness left lingering. Despite the nose, an alright beer.

I must admit that this bottle is old (maybe 7 months) and has been driven across country...through the south...in August. So my hopes were not high. Pours deep cloudy orange with a tight off-white head. The aroma is heavily esters from the English ale yeast (me thinks Ringwood? Did I hear that somewhere?) with a certain juiciness of fruit aromas, some peach and pineapple, and a large dosing a chewy malt. Diacetyl is in there, just not as noticeable as in some of there beers. Body is med-light. Apricot juicy flavors with a nice complex hop character. Lots of fruity hops. The finish is pleasantly drying and the beer is fairly clean. Not a ton of diacetyl, which I have detected in spades in some of their other beers. Nice English Pale.

Clear orange body with brown hues, head is very thin and of plain white bubbles. Looks a bit like very thin apple cider. Smells very citrusy, and also of skunked malts. Taste is very watery, just a tad of citrus hop bite. This is a disastrous "harmony". I’ve still yet to be impressed by this brewery. Stay away from this one.

Winter pack. A nice golden ale. Rather hoppy with just enough malt to keep if from becoming overpowering. The dry hopping was very evident, or maybe I’m getting better.

Bottle. Pours golden brown with a small white head. Taste of metallic and styrofoam. Not good. Only drank half.

Pours a cloudy dark amber with minimal head. Nose is hoppy with a smokey edge to it. Fruit tones are there as well. Flavor is leafy with an almost twig like taste to it. Twig like? Yes. It tastes like tree bark. Hop influence is there, but seems to be almost watered down in a way. Something just doesn’t seem mixed right. Feel is tingly with bubbles. But the drinkability will stay low as I just don’t really dig it too much as it seems to lack balance or a cohesive recipe. Plus it has that metallic flavor which I just don’t like.

cloudy golden color with a fluffy white head. Smells like oranges and bread. Taste a little citrusy with a yeast aftertaste.

Is it me or are all the Magic Hat beers the same? They have about 10 different pale ales. Not a bad beer but... I mean it’s pretty much the same as the other stuff. I’d like to see something really unique from Magic Hat... in their regular rotation. Seems like everything that isn’t boring is seasonal.