Magic Hat is back with more seasonal beers, these designed for winter partaking. Thoughts on the three, available as part of the brewery’s Winter Variety Pack, follow.

Magic Hat Wooly ESB with Spruce – I was expecting a forest-fueled bomb but got, well, a fairly standard ESB, a mildly bitter brew with solid hops to it. Spruce? Tiny, tiny touches of it on the finish. Fine, nothing unique, though. 4.5% abv. B

Magic Hat Heart of Darkness Stout – A lovely chocolate stout, dark as night and flavored lightly with coffee grounds. Moderately rich finish, with ample sweetness and just a touch of the bitter stuff. 5.7% abv. A-

Magic Hat Encore American Wheat IPA – Another wheat-imbued IPA from Magic Hat, combining bracing hoppiness with bready wheat beer flavors. Brisk and hardly short of hops, it’s a lightly malty brew with plenty of kick. Solid IPA. 6.4% abv. A-

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Magic Hat Wooly ESB with Spruce

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