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Encore

Magic Hat Brewing Company


  • IBU: 45
  • OG: 1.060
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taster: Jeremy Short
aroma: 14
look: 7
mouthfeel: 7
taste: 41

This wheat/IPA hybrid has an inviting grapefruit aroma jumping out of the thick white foam. The simcoe and amarillo hops stick out from the dry-hopping. The bitterness is much lighter than the aroma suggests. This is a beer to sit and enjoy hop flavors and not alpha acid bombardment. But this a a rather light bodied beer and the malt doesn't do a great job of balancing the hop flavors. You get a bit of sweet bread/malt flavor and not much more. I think this is an odd choice for the winter edition of Magic Hat's "IPAs on Tour" series. The lightness of the ale and the sweet wheat backbone seems more appropriate for the hot summer months than a cold winter day. 

 

Brewer's Description


A genre-blending mix of an American wheat beer and a traditional India Pale Ale. Encore is hopped  and dry-hopped with Simcoe and Amarillo hops, and has a pleasant grapefruit aroma that compliments its subtly sweet malty backbone. Grab a lighter and get up front!

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