Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Magic Hat #9: The Ninth Best Beer I Tried Yesterday

So here I am at Barney's Beanery and I see Magic Hat on draft! I'm from the West Coast and I've never had Magic Hat! Plus the rest of their draft menu is your standard issue Anheuser-Busch special so I order it up.

Now I have no idea what type of beer this is. I just know I've seen some documentaries and these Magic Hat blokes look like wild and crazy guys. So beer runner comes, and here's my beer! It comes out looking, well, fizzy and yellow. I was thinking it was a lager at first. I took a smell, and didn't detect much but a mild fruitiness. It's from Vermont, maybe it's maple syrup? I hear that's kind of their thing.

Then I drank it

What. The. Fuck.

Now, some people I know call me Jason "no fucking frut in my beer" Harris. Well this beer is apparently brewed with apricots. It starts with a very mild light lager taste (its an ale, I think??) Then finishes with a huge fruity aftertaste. Listen, putting an orange in your Blue Moon is one thing, but who is the asshole that decided it was a good idea to make your beer taste like fruit juice??

I loathe this beer. I don't even want to finish it. My friend got a Franziskaner Dunkel and smelling it made me shed a single tear for my beer sucking so hard. This beer is a chore. It tastes like juice that's gone bad.

Obviously I finished it, I'm not a fucking savage.

Beerhound Rating: F

See ya next pint, and I hope to god its soon to wash this taste out of my mouth.


Magic Hat #9 via MagicHat.net

3 comments:

  1. Sadly, this beer was made from the assy part of frut.

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  2. I think you hate this beer the most. Not too many others feel the same way but your tastes are your tastes

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