Aroma: 3 | Appearance: 3 | Mouthfeel: 4 | Flavor: 4 | Overall: 4

Sooner or later you gotta review the rock. Pours with a moderate fuzy head that disipates very rapidly leaving almost no lace, no bubble, and a pale yellow body. Aroma is rice and sugar and a touch of citrus and skunk. Mouthfeel is VERY thin and poorly carbonated; its fuzzy with out being tingly. Flavor is where this beer shines, it has almost no flavor. Compared to its competitors (the American Macros) I consider that lack of flavor to be a good thing! What flavor there is starts with grain and alcohol, goes slightly tart and citrusy and finishes fairly smooth and clean for its class. This rock actually seems a bit better now that it has gone from ice cold to cool and thats suprising and unusual in a Macro. I'll certainly take it over any AB product and it beats Miller in my book; its a rather harmless beverage, perhaps good to have if you don't quite know if you want a beer.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 5 | Mouthfeel: 4 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 7

aroma is minimal but OK,smells like macro when first poured but that goes away and leaves a hint of hops. Pours a fairly clear light copper color with a decent head that looks like yeast and is pale carmel in color. Moderate lasting head with poor lace. Mouth feel is lightly carbonated water (I thinkthis lager could use a bit more carbonation). Flavor is also minimal.There is a hint of hoppy spicyness and a small hint of skunk, the sweet and tart are balanced pretty nicely, leaves no aftertaste. I have graded this pretty low but on a hot day when you want to drink a LOT of beer this is a decent choice. Whenever I am having a massive cookout I make sure to have Yuengling around for those friends who only want American mass-produced beer.

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

Pours a great big head with oversized bubbles clinging to the outside of the glass and a lovely soft merengue textured mass floating atop the head. A soft copper colored body slightly fogged with a steady procession of carbonation makes up the body. Amazing Lace! I had to let the head receed a bit to get the aroma of the beer (my fault for pouring it into a tall galss instead of a chalice)which is just coming through now. Vanilla, orange peel, black pepper, yeast,clove, cinnamon, and a hard subtle hard to identify low note, figs perhaps. Mouthfeel starts clean, tingly, and crisp but leaves a sinuous soft coating, absolutely delightful. The flavor starts out upfront and then suprises with a continued complexity. It hits the palette with sweet yeast and round ripe tropical fruit full of esthers... mango and grapefruit and bombards with a peppery zing including clove and cinnamon at almost the same time which predominates in midtaste as it leads to an end note of tart citrus. Aftertaste is vaguely melon leading to grain and now a bit of sour yeast. These components are all incredibly well balanced and present themselves not as seperate stages but as an almost contemporaneous bursting of flavors. This is jsut a very intelligently crafted ale almost impossible to improve upon.

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

a whole lotta pine in the nose with some citrus overtones. A moderately pale golden color slightly foggy with a white frothy head and decent lace. Mouthfeel is fuzzy, tingly and nice. Flavor.. hops, hops, hops! Oragne peel, pine tar, coal and just a hint of figs. Bitter bittr bitter! Not complicated at all, straight up front hops, followed by hops and ending with hops.The alcohol is well hidden but its got a good kick. this one is for hop heads. (burps grapefruit)

Aroma: 4 | Appearance: 4 | Mouthfeel: 3 | Flavor: 2 | Overall: 2

Just God awful, didn't know it was AB till I tasted it. Aroma very minimal but acceptable (though not for a beer with Hop in the name. Decent clear copper color with poor head and really poor lace. I should have known when it said USDA organic istead of just organic that it was gonna be a bogus experience, oh well. Mouthfeel is non-existant... picture seltzer water gone not quite totally flat. Flavor! Complete crap!There is a tiny initial hit of hops that very rapidly turns to mettalic ugliness. It tastes like the old deoderants that had aluminum chlorhydrate as thier main ingredient.Somehow they have managed to give it an aftertaste that is even worse. This crap almost makes Bud taste good! How can a company like AB with tremendous financial resources make such a terrible terible brew? Certainly this went through some corporate taste testing program...who the hell were the tasters? Review this one quick. It won't be around long!

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

Wow, this is what Stout is all about! Pours into a glass the deepest darkest chockolate brown, small head for a stout which is pale brown in color, and wonderful lacing. Deeply complicated nose, coal and raisins, figs and tropical fruit, and honey. Mouthfeel is wonderful, velvet and satin and light on the carbonation.Initial taste is tart followed by sweet fruit (figs again), rosemary, and a delightfully sour finish leading to a very clean ending. This is a winey brew, beautifully complicated whith great balance, the alcohol is present but just right. If you see this beer buy it, its absolutely worth the price!By the way this beer needs MORE REVIEWERS!

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

IF YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT A LITE DRINK THIS INSTEAD AND THEY SEND A BUCK TO THE BIG EASY! Nice light yeasty aroma with a bit of violets, goes away fast sniff it while you can. Poured a big frothy head with moderate retention and very nice long-lasting lace. Body is slightly copper colored for a blonde ale but not unappealing. Mouthfeel is slippery water and very little tingle. Taste is timid throughout but pretty well balanced. Hits hoppy with a touch of berry and a touch of chemical bitterness. Finish is tart and crisp. Has just a touch of chemical in the after-taste or I would have scored it higher. This is a very drinkable session ale.

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

I like Hat's offerings a lot but hated "CircusBoy", their hefe and my previous review was of Harpoon's hefe, also a great dissapointment,so it was with trepidation that I approached Hocus Pocus, Magic Hat's seasonal wheat offering. Its pretty damn drinkable! Aroma starts all yeast but later developes nice fruit...lemons and oranges, with a hint of black pepper. Pours a clear medium gold with a head that is big but maybe a bit to much about froth. Head dissipates rapidly and leaves nice lacing. Carbonation is nicely done providing a silky mouth feel with a nice tingle.Flavor makes this beer very drinkable. The wheat is up front with a very smooth malty balance, it hits tart, sweetness and fruit follow and ends crisp and clean with a tiny hint of sour. This could be a major session beer for a hot summer day. (This review is completely rewritten...the first beer out of the six was not nearly this good, maybe it was me, maybe there is a consistancy problem. Original review vcame out in the very low 2's and now its up to a 3.9...thats a HUGE difference!) When drinking this one I had just finished some very hot salsa and HocusPocus went great with it. I highly recommend this Magic Hat offering.

Aroma: 3 | Appearance: 4 | Mouthfeel: 3 | Flavor: 2 | Overall: 2

Harpoon makes some good brews but this is NOT one of them. One wonders what they were doing when they released this Hefe. Aroma: the nose is short lived and while it hints at all the lovely properties of a hefe it is VERY mild. Appearance: The body is a bit of the yellow side of golden and has that lovely hefe unfiltered appearance but the head is terrible. What is the point of a hefe with a small head that disapears rapidly and leaves third rate lacing? None that I can think of. Mouthfeel: Not soft or satin or sliperey, not a hefe mouth at all! Flavor: I have never had a hefe that tasted skunky before this brew is a first! Extremly uncomplicated, bitter without fruity or yeasty balance, bad...bad...BAD! Harpoon should drink some good European hefes and go back to the drawing board because this beer sucks! (OK LOOK, its better than Bud but bud is what it is, this beer claims to be a hefe IT IS NOT!

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

Yummy, another good hefe! Opening nose of a typical hefe lotta tropical fruit and vanilla and bread and spice. TAstes like it smells with a soft slippery mouth feel. Pours a deep foggy golden amber with a big frothy head that disaptes rapidly, doesn't lace very well. Interesting, after it warms the character changes. The nose goes more towards spice and the hops begin to come out in the flavor, it becomes more complex.it hits sweet and sour and leaves a slightly bitter hopsy aftertaste. Not my very favorite hefe but variety is the spice of life. Had this tongiht with a spicy sweet Thai Cury and it paired better than I expected though, with theat particular meal, a stronger hops finishmight have been nicer.