Blind Faith - Magic Hat Brewing Company

JMad

Texas

3.5/5  rDev -3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Pours a dark burnt orange color with a rocky off white head that stayed solid. The smell is sticky caramel sweet with loads of citrusy hop aroma, with a hint of pepper. Taste is mainly piney hops with some peppery flavor as well, slightly sweet background and a little bread. It's light with a lot of carbonation and a hoppy dry finish. This is another of Magic Hat's better offerings, could've been a bit more balanced though.

Serving type: bottle

05-29-2012 00:10:30 | More by JMad

morrowd3

Vermont

3.5/5  rDev -3%

05-22-2013 01:31:21 | More by morrowd3

Curloftheburl

Connecticut

3/5  rDev -16.9%

05-21-2013 13:06:45 | More by Curloftheburl

johntfox

Florida

3.5/5  rDev -3%

05-21-2013 02:08:22 | More by johntfox

kingmaker

Louisiana

3.25/5  rDev -10%

05-21-2013 00:36:16 | More by kingmaker

seplo

Connecticut

3.5/5  rDev -3%

05-21-2013 00:10:59 | More by seplo

Celtics76

Rhode Island

3.5/5  rDev -3%

05-19-2013 14:29:52 | More by Celtics76

Buck6196

South Carolina

3.25/5  rDev -10%

05-19-2013 02:25:14 | More by Buck6196

KerryCummins1977

Kentucky

3/5  rDev -16.9%

05-19-2013 02:22:52 | More by KerryCummins1977

Eaglefan344

Missouri

4/5  rDev +10.8%

05-19-2013 01:30:03 | More by Eaglefan344

jburd19

Ohio

3.75/5  rDev +3.9%

05-18-2013 14:11:44 | More by jburd19

Artjsantos

Ohio

4/5  rDev +10.8%

05-17-2013 05:20:44 | More by Artjsantos

BeastLU

Virginia

3.5/5  rDev -3%

05-17-2013 00:56:15 | More by BeastLU

davemathews68

Ohio

3.25/5  rDev -10%

05-15-2013 15:35:46 | More by davemathews68

twenty5

Pennsylvania

3.25/5  rDev -10%

05-15-2013 15:30:40 | More by twenty5

HarmonMW

Michigan

3/5  rDev -16.9%

05-14-2013 22:33:49 | More by HarmonMW

dmitalski

Ohio

3.5/5  rDev -3%

05-13-2013 14:08:40 | More by dmitalski

ScottieD

Connecticut

3.25/5  rDev -10%

05-11-2013 01:21:45 | More by ScottieD

rgille2

Ohio

3/5  rDev -16.9%

05-09-2013 23:08:05 | More by rgille2

tommyguz

Pennsylvania

2/5  rDev -44.6%

05-08-2013 04:09:45 | More by tommyguz

buckyp

South Carolina

3.5/5  rDev -3%

05-08-2013 02:05:28 | More by buckyp

skaboom420

Pennsylvania

3/5  rDev -16.9%

05-03-2013 20:26:33 | More by skaboom420

YalovaIA

Iowa

3.75/5  rDev +3.9%

05-01-2013 04:49:40 | More by YalovaIA

Ivanhoes_Backpack

New Brunswick (Canada)

3.5/5  rDev -3%

04-30-2013 21:13:12 | More by Ivanhoes_Backpack

mfnmbvp

Illinois

3.18/5  rDev -11.9%
look: 4 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

12 oz. bottle, with no apparent bottled on date present, part of the Magic Hat summer sampler twelve-pack. Poured into a Firestone Walker pint glass. Bottlecap says "it is now clear; you drink good beer."

A - Semi-aggressive pour yields about a finger of soapy white head which dies out within seconds, upon a coppery orange colored body. The only beer of the package that appears unfiltered, with mad amounts of sediment motionless in the glass. Thin ring of wispy lacing.

S - Smell is of pale biscuit malts, and a light piney citrus hop presence. Dash of lemon, but a pretty underwhelming smell.

T - Taste follows the nose pretty accurately. Some slight citric hop bite, some bready biscuit malts, but basically pretty underwhelming with little action happening. Some sweet green apple skin sweetness lingering on the finish. More malt forward, with not a whole lot of genuine hop action happening.

M - Feel is sweet and tart, with some fruity hop presence lingering. Not what you would normally expect from a bitter hop assault of an IPA.

Overall, a decent enough IPA from Magic Hat. More malt forward, and more of a beginner's IPA in general, but I can definitely see where this beer would come in handy. A modest 6.20% abv, the highest of all the beers in this variety pack, I will definitely be drinking more of these this sumer.

Magic Hat Blind Faith ---3/5.

Serving type: bottle

04-27-2013 02:04:42 | More by mfnmbvp