Marin Witty Monk

Brewed by Marin Brewing Company
Style: Belgian White (Witbier)
Larkspur, California USA

Serve in Tumbler, Weizen

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On tap at brewery. Aroma is very Clove some orange some banana esters. Flavor is very fruity. Lots of banana that shouldn’t be in a wit, but it works well, this is a nice beer.

Tap: pale, hazy yellow with small white head. Aroma is yeasty caramel with citrus. Flavor is caramel sweet with soft orange, honey, a slight yeasty spice and a light toasted bread. Decent beer, a bit too sweet and lacking in the spicy kick I like in wit beers.

Draft at City Beer’s 5th Anniversary. Hazy pale golden-beige in color with a one-finger white head. The aroma is typical of the style, wheaty and yeasty with orange and coriander. The flavor is also fairly standard, well done but not a standout, with Belgian yeast, wheat, spice, and citrus peel. Medium-light body with medium-plus carbonation. A solid but very standard witbier overall.

08 version on tap at Naked City. Nose of corriander, orange, wheat, light fruity sweetness. Pale yellow golden, not much in way of head. Flavors of wheat, oranges, coriander, lightly fruity and sweet. Light body, easy to drink, and moderately refreshing.

On draft at the brewpub this came in the glass slightly hazy yellow with a small foamy head. Nose citrus hops with some coriander, Body is medium with nice mouthfeel. The flavor is very much full of spiciness and some ripe fruit in the background. The finish has a sourness that lingers and overall the result is a very nice drinking beer wiht lots of character.

On tap at Rubicon during Sacramento Beer Week. 10 ounce sample. Citrus, lemon, coriander notes in the aroma with a background of sour astringency. Doughiness also comes through. Decent aroma. Mostly hazy yellow body with a small, white, bubbly head. Starts with a little citrus lemon astringency before this smooths into a nice doughy maltiness in the middle. A little spiciness comes in later to finish. A little light, and seems a little lacking in the body, despite the fact that this has a nice flavor profile.

From tap at Church Key. Pours cloudy yellow with a dense and white head. Aroma is dry and spiced, light vegetable like. Smooth malty and light fruity. Phenolic and dry malty into the finish. Simple.

A hazy golden wit with a thin a thin white head. A light clove aroma, coriander, very smooth. In mouth, a crisp malt with coriander and curacao notes, a belgian american wheat, lighter bodied, but refreshing. On tap at Russian River Beer and BBQ Revival, August 15 2009.

Draft. Pale yellow beer with a whitish head. Wheat, spice, and orange aroma. Orange citrus, wheat, and light spice flavor. Medium-light bodied. Refreshing. Orange and spice lingers.

Yellow with a fizzy white head. Sweet grain and light citrus and lemon aroma and taste refreshing.