Magic Hat beer

[stellabella]

every time i go to delaware to visit family i bring my husband back a case or two of yuengling from atlantic liquors in rehoboth beach--believe it or not, we really can't find yuengling in atlanta, even tho they have a brewery in florida now, i hear.

i noticed 12-packs of Magic Hat beer out of vermont.  i admit the catchy labels attracted me first.  i've tried the fat angel lager, but am saving the stout for my husband.  i like what i've tried--the lager was brilliant amber, not too hoppy, with a nice cloudy texture--it felt like sustenance.  other opinions?  how widely is this distributed?  neither my husband nor i had ever seen it before.

but, hey, nothing beats a yuengling porter!

[Rail Paul]

nothing beats a yuengling porter...

They're building a new and improved brewery just outside of Pottsville, scheduled to be opened for full use in June, IIRC.  The beer is widely available in NJ

[Katherine]

Try Magic Hat #9 when you're in the mood for a fruit beer. Not sweet, just a delicate apricot aroma.

[Steve Klc]

Just to chime in here, we drank both Magic Hat #9 and Fat Angel over the holidays up in New Hampshire, but they are pretty widely distributed up and down the east coast.

They have a cute site, too:

http://www.magichat.net/main.html

Beergeeks can't stop talking about this microbrewery and I have to admit I like their complex, funky, flavorful beers.  It makes me wish chocolate companies had enough verve and spirit to craft similarly interesting and risky chocolates.

[Rail Paul]

Steve -

you raise an interesting issue with your comment about chocolate makers lacking the verve and spirit to make interesting and risky chocolates.

Micro-brewing seems to be driven in part by the search for unusual and new interpretations of grain and liquids as well as the customer's acceptance of a price perhaps 2x a typical commodity beer price. Bud is ű.99 a case on sale, Catamount is ฤ, Ramstein is ว.

Is there a similar need for chocolate lovers to seek out unique flavors and interpretations?

Paul