Magic Hat Fat Angel

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

Copper/amber with a thin head. Taste is malty with very slight hops. A little nutty, finish is a little bitter.Something seems slightly off in the aftertaste. Fairly drinkable, but nothing impressive.

Light copper color, small head that disappears quickly. Light malty flavor with fruity citrus notes.

Golden/orange/yellow collor with a white head, and a fair amount of carbonation. A refreshing beer, smells malty and fruity like peaches. Can taste hops, spices and again the peaches, maybe pears, or general fruitiness. Bitter finish but not overwhelmingly so. I guess its a good "session" beer, I could drink a lot of these.

Fat and angelic. I had this right after a #9. Could taste many similarities between the two pale ales. This is like the 9 but without the apricot and with a more up-front hop character.

This beer pours a lightly hazy copper with a diminishing white head. The nose is a musky maltiness with, perhaps, a bit of a floral hint. The upfront taste is laced with hints of apricots or peaches, but they quickly fade into a musky maltiness or yeastiness that is, sadly, reminiscent of New Belgium Fat Tire, Abita beers, or some of the Florida micros. This beer does the musky thing much better. The trail has a medium bitterness on the back of the tongue. The mouthfeel is purely medium. Overall, this is far from bad, but it doesn’t stand out much at all, except that a noticable peach flavor is pretty uncommon.

Coppery color with a white head that diminished quickly, little lacing. Bubbly as it sat in the glass. Nice "beer" aroma, but nothing really stood out in the aroma. Hops were very prevalent in the flavor, a little malt at first though. An element of some kind of tea is also in the flavor. Rather thin bodied, but the hops gave it a very refreshing and crisp taste that I enjoyed. Not bad at all, I would see this as a great beer to drink sitting by the pool or lake on a hot summer afternoon.

12 oz bottle from Humolone Red. It is a gold color, clear, with a small head that dissipates. The aroma is clean & lager-like. The flavor has some hops, is quite clean and some malt and caramel. Very drinkable.

Malty, toffee, sweet. Reminds me quite a bit of Bass Ale, but a bit heavier on the malt. The palate has a lot goin’ on (including a "cidery" quality), but it strikes me as a bit unbalanced, as I’d like to taste a bit more hops to level out the rather heavy malt flavor. Not a bad brew by any means; and I wouldn’t turn it down if offered to me again. Not sure I’d seek it out though.