Elder Betty - Magic Hat Brewing Company

Duhast500

Massachusetts

3.48/5  rDev +3.9%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Poured from a 12oz. bottle into a Lawson's Finest Liquids glass.

The color is a slightly cloudy gold with a finger foamy off-white head and some slight lacing left on the glass.

The smell is wheaty with some fruit aroma up front in the nose with some elder berries and a touch of light toast in the far background.

The taste is fruity with more of a citrus flavor then expected. Filled with berry flavor through most of this flavor this fly off the in the back like the slight wheat, and bready flavor but they come and go. There is a slight citrus flavor that pushes out at the end as well past the berries and gives a juice-like flavor.

The feel of this beer is light a pretty drinkable. A good summer beer it has some all the hallmarks of something that is light enough to have on a hot day and is full of some nice flavor.

Serving type: bottle

06-04-2012 03:10:31 | More by Duhast500

micromaniac129

Pennsylvania

3/5  rDev -10.4%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

This is a beer you'd give your wife at some outdoor barbecue.
And this particular beer tastes more like a grape taffy then a beer.
How many sips does it take to get to the bottom of an Elder Betty beer.... the world may never know.
Like every other fruit beer. Its clear golden with a tiny white soda head.
Aroma grape toosie pops.
Taste grape soda malt beverage.
And so on, and so on...

Serving type: bottle

05-24-2013 11:27:24 | More by micromaniac129

sgregory

Connecticut

3.75/5  rDev +11.9%

05-23-2013 23:46:38 | More by sgregory

tennisoscar1

Delaware

3/5  rDev -10.4%

05-23-2013 05:19:27 | More by tennisoscar1

morrowd3

Vermont

3.5/5  rDev +4.5%

05-22-2013 01:32:00 | More by morrowd3

poop_brew

Vermont

3.15/5  rDev -6%
look: 3 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25

A - A 12oz. can...drunk from the can. (3/5)

S - Smells like a cheap watery beer with a hint of wheat & fruit. (3.25/5)

T - Hits your palette with that cheap beer aroma but then finishes with a hint of elderberry. Fresh aftertaste. (3/5)

M - A thin drinkable feel with minor carbonation. (3.5/5)

O - I'd recommend this to anyone looking to drink a portable festival ready/beach beer. It's a little on the pricey side for what it's worth, but it's a cheap beer for classy brew drinkers. (3.25/5)

Serving type: can

05-22-2013 01:08:30 | More by poop_brew

SpAiReArGsEonNE

New Jersey

3.75/5  rDev +11.9%

05-21-2013 19:26:50 | More by SpAiReArGsEonNE

johntfox

Florida

3.5/5  rDev +4.5%

05-21-2013 02:08:33 | More by johntfox

kingmaker

Louisiana

2.75/5  rDev -17.9%

05-21-2013 00:36:50 | More by kingmaker

Alextricity

Michigan

3.39/5  rDev +1.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Bottled April 8th and poured into a Sam Adams Perfect Pint on May 20th.

Appearance: Interesting label that sort of looks like a tree with eyes and a nose, but then on another glance, it looks like a woman at the trunk. Pretty cool label. Slightly hazy yellow-orange color with a finger of head that dissipates to a simple white ring on top of the beer. No lacing. Looks alright.

Smell: I don't know what elderberry tastes or smells like, but I will say that the aroma has a lot of berry aromas with a slight funk from the yeast.

Taste: Pretty one-dimensional, but enjoyable in spite of that. There's a nice berry flavor, with a slight malt finish -- I don't get much hop flavor to specifically speak of, and little if any bitterness at all. Pretty light and refreshing with a solid carbonation.

A very drinkable and refreshing late spring or summer beer -- it reminds me quite a lot of Samuel Adams Blackberry Witbier, just with a different look and slightly different mouth feel. Pretty average ... not awful.

Serving type: bottle

05-21-2013 00:01:27 | More by Alextricity

gulli

Michigan

3.5/5  rDev +4.5%

05-20-2013 21:36:46 | More by gulli

lsolanilla

Florida

3.5/5  rDev +4.5%

05-20-2013 19:18:34 | More by lsolanilla

MilkManX

Arizona

4/5  rDev +19.4%

05-20-2013 18:02:16 | More by MilkManX

Cylinsier

Pennsylvania

3.35/5  rDev 0%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

12 oz

Pours a hazy golden color with a bit of white lacing.

Smells of mild fruity barley malts.

Tastes of mild barley and hints of berry fruitiness with a whisper of dry hop.

Medium body with tingles of carbonation on the tongue.

A pretty enjoyable lighter beer, pairs okay with food and quenches thirst. There is no detectable wheat though, so it's strange that it is a hefe. Tastes nothing like that.

Serving type: bottle

05-19-2013 22:25:02 | More by Cylinsier

logicalparadox

New York

2.25/5  rDev -32.8%

05-19-2013 20:21:00 | More by logicalparadox

cornpone

New York

3.5/5  rDev +4.5%

05-19-2013 20:15:48 | More by cornpone

TheNightwatchman

Pennsylvania

3.75/5  rDev +11.9%

05-19-2013 14:58:33 | More by TheNightwatchman

LeahM

New York

4.25/5  rDev +26.9%

05-19-2013 04:05:01 | More by LeahM

Eaglefan344

Missouri

4/5  rDev +19.4%

05-19-2013 01:30:24 | More by Eaglefan344

jburd19

Ohio

3.5/5  rDev +4.5%

05-18-2013 14:08:05 | More by jburd19

KerryCummins1977

Kentucky

3.5/5  rDev +4.5%

05-18-2013 03:14:23 | More by KerryCummins1977

smbatts

Virginia

3/5  rDev -10.4%

05-17-2013 02:41:24 | More by smbatts

hphilip456

Massachusetts

3.25/5  rDev -3%

05-16-2013 12:37:10 | More by hphilip456

kp29

Arizona

3.25/5  rDev -3%

05-16-2013 01:07:34 | More by kp29

ajtorres311

Florida

3.75/5  rDev +11.9%

05-15-2013 16:39:07 | More by ajtorres311