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Magic Hat Elder Betty

Magic Hat Elder Betty

Rated 2.958 by BeerPals
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Brewed by Magic Hat Brewing Co.

South Burlington, VT, United States

Style:  Fruit Beer

5.5% Alcohol by Volume

13 International Bittering Units

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Summmer: Elder Betty — A golden haze for a summer's daze. Elder Betty is a weiss-style ale with a bready malt flavor balanced by a touch of hops and complimented by the tart berry flavors of elderberry.

ID: 47790 Last updated 1 month ago Added to database 12 years ago

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Statistics

Overall Rank48111
Overall Percentile14.2
Style Rank1092 of 1485
Style Percentile26.5
Lowest Score1.7
Highest Score3.5
Average Score2.944
Weighted Score2.958
Standard Deviation0.577

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  • CYBERCAT 13262 reviews
    rated 3.4 9 years ago

    Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

    Wheaty aroma has a decided berry overtone - must be elderberries. Pours a pretty clear bright yellow with a very thick, though effervescent, eggshell head. Flavor is wheaty and yeasty, and the slightly sour elderberry note holds its own. Even a bit of hops makes an appearance. Texture is quite fizzy and smooth, though a tad thin. What a beer to welcome Fall!

  • SLOWRUNNER77 5682 reviews
    rated 2.6 10 years ago

    Aroma: 5 | Appearance: 5 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 5 | Overall: 5

    Refreshing, but very very simple. Wasn't impressed by the nose or flavor, as a fruit beer, or as a Weiss. Semi sweet without any depth to the wheat ale. Meh...

  • THOMASSOVA4 1037 reviews
    rated 3.1 10 years ago

    Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 6

    I enjoyed this beer. I had this beer at a wrok picnic. Very refreshing and clean. Nothing overwhelming about the berry presence. I wouls have this again. As an aside, I LOVE the label art.

  • RICHSBEER 1967 reviews
    rated 3.5 10 years ago

    Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

    Pours a fairly clear gold, with swirls of yeast cascading downwards from the creamy, medium sized head. A substantial amount of small bubbles rises from the bottom of the glass. Head stays intact all the way down the glass. Leaves behind a few large splotches of lacing. The aroma is nice aroma of wheat malt and yeast with hints of elderberries upon opening the bottle. Wheat becomes the dominating aroma once in the glass. The taste is wheat malt upfront. The body is a mix of wheat malt, hints of yeast with banana phenols, and an underlying sweetness from the elderberries. Flourish of wheat as the beer passes over the back of the tongue leads to another berry, wheat and yeast mixture similar to the body. The mouth feel is on the heavier side of light bodied with moderate carbonation.

  • JABAH 1780 reviews
    rated 3.2 12 years ago

    Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 6

    Well....I'll admit. This is about what I expected. At first, did not care much for it. Grabbed in the summer variety pack, so took me a while to get to the other two. With the 2nd and 3rd, it grew on me. Not enough to want again really. Just found it more drinkable than my first sample. The basis of the beer isn't too bad. The fruit throws the balance off somewhat. Probably better paired with some kind of light to medium meal.

  • BLUESANDBARBQ 2568 reviews
    rated 2.5 12 years ago

    Aroma: 5 | Appearance: 5 | Mouthfeel: 5 | Flavor: 5 | Overall: 5

    Light straw yellow-orange pour, nice tall white head, some lacing. Weak tart and almost falsely sweet berry aroma, wet wheat and malts. Flavor is weak, thin and only decently tart and fruity-berry. Not a good beer. The only redeeming quality of this beer is the elderberry and that is weak at best. I actually poured 2/3 of this one out. Life's too short for bad beer.

  • JERRYMORRISON 2130 reviews
    rated 3.3 12 years ago

    Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 6

    Aromas of berries, malts, and wheat. Body is a hazy orange, not much in the ways of head or lace. Flavor starts with a sweet elderberry taste and quickly goes to the wheat and malts. A bit thin, and an almost artificial flavor from the berries, but i liked it.

  • SUDSMCDUFF 3781 reviews
    rated 1.7 12 years ago

    Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 3 | Mouthfeel: 3 | Flavor: 3 | Overall: 2

    take the thinnest american wheat arounf and add a fake blueberry water and you have magic hat abortion berry .. thin tan amber.. medium foam .. fake berry.. . . if a deaf kid swears, does his mother wash his hands?

  • RJA 2975 reviews
    rated 3.2 12 years ago

    Aroma: 5 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 6

    A brownish-orange colored beer with a small soapy textured off white head that settles fairly quickly. A thick soapy ringlet is left behind. A strong berry-wheat profile. Medium bodied, well carbonated. Refreshing

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