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Magic Hat

Thursday, December 28th, 2006 at 10:22 pm

Fonny used to drink Magic Hat No. 9 back when I lived with him at RIT. I tried it a couple times while I was still there, but didn’t really appreciate it until a few months ago: our pub has it on tap. I picked up a six pack of their Circus Boy (a Hefeweizen) a couple weeks ago and it was like liquid joy. I’ve since picked up a couple sixers of Circus Boy and some more No. 9, and now I’m working my way through a Feast of Fools mix pack, and I’ve spent most of the past week singing their praises and musing at the fact that I didn’t appreciate the Rochester brewery until long after I’d moved away.

Thing is, they’re in Vermont, not Rochester.

Which doesn’t seem as important as it did when I started this post. The important thing is that you get a sixer of Circus Boy. Liquid joy, seriously.

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2 Responses to “Magic Hat”

  1. beedow Says:
    December 30th, 2006 at 12:05 am

    i had a circus boy in late summer in allentown. i thought it was terrible. too much whiteness to it. and i love hefeweizen’s. #9 is good tho. for great wheat beers, try widmer wheat, or UFO

  2. wickidpisa Says:
    December 30th, 2006 at 1:05 am

    9 tastes much better on tap than it does in a bottle.

    I am constantly amazed at how many people like Circus Boy. I can’t stand it myself, but that may be because I’m so used to real hefeweizens. Circus Boy is hopped way too strongly for a hefeweizen in my opinion. Most hefeweizens are barely hopped at all. If I didn’t know what one was supposed to taste like, maybe I could enjoy Circus Boy, but as it is it just tastes wrong to me. (posted on LiveJournal)