The Magic Touch DIPA by American Solera is a fruit forward hazy Double IPA utilizing Kohatu and Moutere hops. Grapefruit aroma compliments tropical fruits and mango middle tasting notes to produce a memorable beer. This article covers a review and relation to Mr. Miyagi as a movie reference.
Technical Details for The Magic Touch DIPA
- Beer Name: The Magic Touch
- Beer Style: New England DIPA
- Brewery: American Solera (Tulsa, OK)
- Brewery website: https://www.americansolera.com
- Purchased: The Cellar in Norman, OK
- Tasted: 8/15/21
- Glass Used: 16.75 ounce stemless
The Magic Touch DIPA Scoring Categories
The Magic Touch DIPA Scoring Categories:
- Can Design: skin it scene from the movie Stand by Me
- Appearance: thick yellow to orange haze 5/6
- Aroma: lite grapefruit up front, big hit of mango on the back end 21/24
- Flavor: grapefruit and mango juice hold hands to a tropical fruit basket of passionfruit and kiwi, earthy pine needles finish with a spicy aftertaste 36/40
- Mouthfeel: creamy, smoothie, light for a hazy 7/10
- Overall Impression: full flavored hazy DIPA due to tropical fruits and pine needle notes, however the back end is watery and a bit jumbled 17/20
- Total Score: 86/100
- Described as a mango smoothie on Untappd, which is accurate until the watery finish. Good use of New Zealand hops for the tropical fruit tasting notes. Aroma and finish needs improvement to level up with the rest of American Solera’s DIPAs.
Brewery Background
American Solera is located in Tulsa, Oklahoma and opened in 2016. Founded by the husband and wife team of Chase and Erica Healy. Brewery is located in a 100 year old historically refurbished warehouse at 1702 East 6th Street, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 74104. Miller-Tippens Construction did an excellent job remodeling and it includes a stylish open fermentation room.
Didn’t take long for American Solera to get industry recognition by being named best new brewery in the United States by Rate Beer in 2016. Produced one of the top twenty beers for 2020 chosen by Craft Beer & Brewing Magazine, Coolship Roadtrip. Highly rated lambic ale that was a collaboration with Jester King Brewery (Austin, Texas).
American Solera focuses on brewing foeder aged ales, hazy pales ales and hazy IPAs. Psychedelic can art is used to advertise juicy hazy IPAs that are trending in the southwest USA states. Their double dry hopped (DDH) IPAs are deceptively smooth for beers with 8.0%+ ABV. This brewery’s Flagships beers are Slap IPA, Pals Pale Ale and Terpy IPA. Most batches are distributed using four packs of twelve ounce cans or sixteen ounce cans. Current taplist includes oak aged lager, sour, pale ale, IPA, DIPA, imperial stout, barleywine, BBA imperial stout and hard seltzer.
Leading into next year, Tulsa is now a must vacation stop in May 2022, to attend the PGA Championship at Southern Hills Country Club and sample tasty beers downtown at American Solera.
The Magic Touch DIPA Background
American Solera brews this beer year round. More details:
- The Magic Touch DIPA (collaboration with Twelve Percent Beer Project) – 8.2% ABV, Untappd rating 4.08
Chase Healey does a great job describing new beer releases and tasting notes with several YouTube clips produced by What the Ale.
The Magic Touch for this Libation – Karate Kid
This beer reminds me of the Magic Touch, used by Mr. Miyagi in the original Karate Kid movie. Daniel LaRusso (played by Ralph Macchio) has his leg badly injured on purpose by his semifinal opponent, Bobby from the Cobra Kai Academy. After being told by the doctor that he can’t continue in the championship round against Johnny (William Zabka), LaRusso asks Mr. Miyagi to perform “The Magic Touch.” After some locker room magic and one impossible crane kick to Johnny’s chin to win the tournament, a five part movie franchise was born. Mr. Miyagi’s magic touch directly led to the Cobra Kai Academy television series that started in 2018 on Netflix.
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