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Marin Eldridge Grade White Knuckle Double IPA

Percentile
99
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bottled
common

on tap
common

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
3033.98/5.03.96/5.08%96.8Snifter, Tulip
Commercial Description:
"White Knuckle Ale" is a Double India Pale Ale. That's right, twice the malt and twice the hops in one 14 barrel batch. It is named in honor of the exciting bike trail on Mt. Tam. If you are a "hophead", this one's for you; fat, chewy, resiny and pungent! Pour into a wide-mouthed glass and get ready to rip!
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Skeets (24), Sacramento, California, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/105/516/20
Nov 20, 2009  
Terrific piney aroma, with some floral notes and grapefruit. Taste is smooth with nice malt backbone and not too bitter. In my opinion, it’s the best brew from Marin that I’ve had.


 glkaiser (1163), Seattle, Washington, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/514/20
Nov 4, 2009  
Pours a slightly hazy copper with medium head. Aroma is pine and citrus hops with a sugary malt background. This is definitely one hoppy beer, but sweet malt balances almost too well. The malt profile is almost a little too syrupy sweet for my liking, but it’s still very enjoyable. The hop flavors in my bottle don’t "pop" as much as I’d like, and it makes me wonder if this one sat on the shelf for a little while (It was like $13/bottle and hidden behind a pole). The bitterness is there in spades, but the hop flavors just don’t measure up.


 j12601 (1181), Poughkeepsie, New York, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/104/516/20
Oct 30, 2009  
Bottle at the release of Flaming Fury courtesy of Dennis who never ceases to bring tasty gems from all over. Pours a clear orange color. Pineapple and huge citrus notes. A bit sweet with a nice caramel note before leading into a brutally bitter grapefruit and quinine finish. This was really good.


 dmac (1439), Toms River, New Jersey, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/511/20
Oct 21, 2009  
Bottle shared at Moosetoberfest. Poured a super hazed orange/amber with a soapy white head. Aroma bitter rotting citrus, fermenting white grapes, grainy cereal and crusty bread. Flavor is celery up front followed by caramel, sweet bread and rotting citrus fruit. The body was 3Fs....fizzy, foamy and full. No Sir I was very underwhelmed by this one.


 douglas88 (1574), Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Oct 3, 2009  
22 oz bottle shared generously by footbalm. A really nice nose; the first thing I though was "man, this smells like amazing weed", piny and very perfumy hops. The flavor is similar; a strong hop profile, not aggressive citrus and bitter hops, but more perfume-like, piny hops, Smooth and chewy. A lot of fruit as well, but more of a tropical fruit. Easy to drink.


 piscator34 (1121), Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
1.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/102/53/102/56/20
Oct 3, 2009  
Bottled sample via and shared with oakbluff. Hazy orange and a gusher. Aromas of latex paint, mandarin orange, and funk. More paint and orange in the mouth, along with peppery grasses and pale malts. Clearly infected.... I guess all the hops in a double ipa can only help so much. Too bad.


 oakbluff (298), Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/103/55/103/512/20
Oct 2, 2009  
22 ounce bottle - hazy orange, bit of a gusher. uh oh. Nose- smells infected. Not a good sign. Taste- has a storng twinge of infection which is a shame as there is a good beer underneath- still can tell mango hops and cookie dough malt. Carbonation high. Disapointing.


 zizzybalubba (356), Elizabeth City, North Carolina, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/104/517/20
Sep 27, 2009  
Sampled at GABF 2009. Dark orange pour. Peach, pineapple, and mango aroma. Sweet tangerine and pineapple flavor. A great DIPA.



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