Magic Hat Howl

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

Small tan head, retention is fair with moderate lacing. Dark brown ruby hued color. Nose is lightly sour, lactic? Notes of coffee, roast. Light bodied, nice carbonation. Flavors of coffee, light caramel and roast, light grainyness, toffeeish. Dry, malty finish. More hooha from Magic Hat. HOW DO THEY keep doin it?! Cute lil brew. Bottle procured @statelineliquors.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

12oz bottle pours dark mahogany with minute long tan head that fades to a long lasting ring. The aroma has an initial burst of earthiness shifting into stale organic malt and chocolate as well as dusty dark roasted malts. The taste has firm earthiness mixing with dark roasted malts and lesser amounts of chocolate and faint blueberry jam. The roastiness grows into the finish as spicy hops to black licorice are noticed. Nice tasty brew.

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

Pours an opaque color, not quite black as night, definitely some light coming through with notes of brown hue. Foamy tan head with a bit of head retention. The aroma has cereal grains, chocolatey roasted malts, smoky charcoal. The taste is smokey chocolate malts with notes of the cereal grains found in the smell. Slight oily hop bitterness, finsihes smokey and dry. The mouthfeel is medium to low carbonation with a medium creamy body.

Aroma: 10 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 9

Wow poured black as night as advertised. Nice light tan head with superior lacing on glass. Smelled like molasses, malt and smoke. Truly a winter seasonal with malt up front, faint pepper and extremely smooth flavor. Very well done.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 7

A nice dark brown with ruby highlights shining through when held to the light. Appears clear. Poured a nice 3-fingered tan head that stuck around for a few minutes and had some decent lacing. Head was kind of creamy looking. Picking up a dark, smokey malt in the nose. Detecting some type of dark fruit. The nose is really confusing me. Not in a bad way, but I just can't pick out what's in there. Smells decent enough though. Nothing off putting. Did pick up some coffee after a while. Getting a burnt, smokey, charcoal type of flavor. Almost tastes like fried dove, the game bird. Crazy, but enjoyable because I like fried dove. Haha. A bit of a weak coffee flavor also. Mouthfeel seems medium/thin. Smooth, but a bit watery and does cover the palate relatively well. After the first sip I wasn't sure about this beer. However, the longer I pondered it, I started to enjoy it more and more. It's a bit different for sure, but that can be an ok thing. It goes down relatively easy and doesn't over fill you. Worth a try, just for the experience.

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

Bought the 2010 Winterland variety pack. This has potential...something about the balance and mouthfeel slightly lacking though. I like the chocolate malt flavor and decent hop finish, but the way it blends not quite working. A good beer nonetheless. For this style, I prefer Sammy's Black Lager. Wanted to try some new Magic Hats. So far, I am finding their beers good but not great.

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

Poured a dark brown with a medium frothy head that was slow to disappear. The aroma was a lightly toasted malts. The taste was smooth with a very light bitterness near the head was not great but not bad.

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 4 | Mouthfeel: 4 | Flavor: 5 | Overall: 4

Weak. Pours deep brown with little to no head and about that much lacing. Odd aroma... tough to place exactly, but has a hint of roasted malt. Thin - incredibly thin - in the mouth. Oddly licorice flavor with a distinctly "Magic Hat-ness" about it. Not impressed.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 7

A midnight black colored beer with a frothy textures light beige head rising high above. Some hang time, settling eventually into a low hanging film and thick ringlet. A dark roasted malt rises to the nose. Light to light mediumed, low carbonation and cramy body. The flavors are just like I prefer them. Dark roasted malt, bittering chocolate. Well done.

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

Super Bowl 2010. Pour was dark with very small head (more like a couple bubbles). A roasty aroma was present, but faint. There wasn’t a whole lot of flavor, but there were a lot of roasted notes, with hints of chocolate and lactic acid. Just meh...kind of boring.