The Magic Hat Brewing Company is located in South Burlington, Vermont. They make beer. Good beer. Like most (all?) New England microbreweries, they focus on heavy amber ales, the kind that go down well with a bowl of clam chowder on a cold, rainy day. They have one stout, but I haven't tried it. I'm fond of their Blind Faith ale, and I've enjoyed their Hocus Pocus ale. Their #9 is not so good: It's flavored with peaches or something ill-advised like that (iamscoops below says apricots, and he's right). There are several other varieties, mostly seasonal, but I'm hooked on Blind Faith so I haven't tried them.

They put annoying, moronic little rhymes under their bottle caps. Their website (http://www.magichat.net) is spattered with moronic little rhymes, too. They have attractive artwork on their packaging.

For a long time, Magic Hat was available only in Vermont, Western Mass, and for some bizarre reason Baltimore; but now it's easy to find in the civilized part of the country.