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Magic Hat #9

February 4, 2010

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-

Drifter Pale Ale

February 3, 2010

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Name – Drifter Pale Ale
Country – United States
Type – American Pale Ale

Appearance – Pours a clear amber color with a one finger wide white head. It leaves a pretty good amount of lacing on the glass.

Smell – Malty with some earthy hop smells in the back ground.

Taste – Nice mixture of caramel like malts and earthy and citrus hops.

I’ve had a couple people tell me before that this is a really solid pale ale. So going off their recommendations I decided to pick it up. There are right. It is a very solid pale ale. There is nothing crazy or over the top and nothing lacking. Nice mixture of malts and hops. Wow this is the third review in a row that I have given the same grade.

Overall Grade – B+

Rugbrød

February 2, 2010

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Name – Rugbrød
Country – United States
Type – Rye Beer

Appearance – Poured a darker brown color with a tan head. Looks like cola.

Smell – The nose is pretty spicy. I can pick up rye in this, as it says on the bottle. A little bit of cocoa detected as well.

Taste – The taste is very dry. Bready along with the rye. There is a cocoa aspect as well and just an over all spiciness going on.

For my first proper review of a beer from The Bruery since arriving in South Florida I wen with this one first. I loved the way the description sounded. Now I have been disappointed in the past with beers that have rye in the name and then it is very faintly picked up if it is at all. This one was not in that category. While it does not hit you in the face with the rye it is very easily detected. I very much enjoyed this one. I am so glad this brewery is here now.

Overall Grade – B+