Magic Hat #9
4 Feb
Name – Magic Hat #9
Country – United States
Type – Fruit Beer
Appearance – Poured a clear orangish color with a big frothy white head. It did leave a good amount of lacing.
Smell – Apricots and peaches are what I mostly get. There is some malty smells to it as well.
Taste – The sweet tastes of apricots and peaches are in the taste as well. A bready malt taste and ever so slight hopiness in there as well.
I’ve had #9 a number of times since arriving in the South Florida at bars and friends’ houses but never gotten around to giving it a review. Magic Hat calls it a “Not Quite Pale Ale” and I can see that but the fruit tastes are so present that I think Fruit Beer is just right. This is a really easy to drink beer and think it’s perfect as a gateway for people wanting to get into craft beer. It doesn’t attack your senses with anything crazy but has more flavor than almost all macros available.
Overall Grade – B-
All i’ve had are the standard offerings from Magic Hat and I haven’t been too impressed. This one let me down like the rest. It wasn’t a sink worthy purchase, but it didn’t warrant a re-purchase.
Yeah it is not something I would get crazy into myself but I think it is a great transition for people wanting to try craft beer. Also the stores here are selling the 22 oz bomber for $2.99! You can’t go wrong with that even if you end up not liking it.