Marshall Wharf Big Twitch

Brewed by Marshall Wharf Brewing Co/Three Tides Restaurant
Style: Imperial/Double IPA
Belfast, Maine USA

Serve in Snifter, Tulip

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Serving: Draft from the Great Lost Bear
It pours a deep amber orange color with no head at all. This brew was under the IPA list, but I wonder if it is a IIPA. The nose is light with some rancid citrus notes and a little bit of odd fruitiness. A bit dank too from both herbal hops and a bit of chronic. The taste highlights the herbal, earthy hops which reminds me of a Brew Dog beer. There are notes of dirt, a little nuts from the malt, and something I can’t quite place. I won’t say this exactly blends together well as I am left a bit confused. It’s not bad, just kind of weird. Medium bodied with average carbonation and a medium to long, bitter finish. I would say it is certainly an odd IPA and lacking hops if it’s a IIPA.

Cask at GBBF 2011. Slightly hazy golden brown color. Sweet juicy grapefruit and pine aroma. Flavors of toffee, grapefruit, mango and plenty of pine. Slightly soapy. Strong hard bitterness.

Amber with a small off-white head. Aroma of malt and citrus hops. Sweet malty flavour with a bit of hops

Sampled at The Great Lost Bear - Pours an orange-amber in color with a small whitish head. Aroma is a nice mix of caramel malts and pine resin hops. Flavor is similar. Lingering piney hoppiness... good.

3rd August 2011
GBBF. Cask. Hazy amber beer, little white suddy head. A little caramel malt. Resinous hops. Bitter orange come apricot dried fruits come marmalade. Minerally bitter dry finish. Decent but lacks something.

Cask at GBBF 2011, Day 2. Sweet malt and nice hop aroma, some faint hints of booze. Big sweet flavor, some candy, toast, and caramel. Medium to full in body with soft carbonation. Milt warming finish, light resinous bitterness, some toasty malt sugars. Very respectable.

GBBF 2011. Coppery body, white head. Lots of piney and resiny hops in flavour, intense caramel.

Cask (gravity) @ GBBF 2011, Great British Beer Festival, Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London, England.

Unclear medium amber orange colour with a small to average, frothy - fizzy, fair lacing, fully diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, moderate to heavy hoppy, orange - citrus, pine, grass, mandarin, ripped orange. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, fruity fruity, hoppy. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20110803]

At USA Cask Ale Bar, GBBF ’11, one-third pint, gravicask. Near-clear, amber coloured body, Tiny off-white head. Solid aromas of citrus fruits. Fresh taste of citric hops, a bite of pine needles, and finish of with a pleasurable dry hoppy bitterness. The alcohol is very well covered. Not heavy to drink at all (London, 03.08.2011).

Draft in a sampler at Great Lost Bear. Pours a cloudy orange-ish amber color with a small off-white head. Aroma is a bit on the faint side, with dry grains, lighter grassy hops, and hay. Flavor picks it up with toasted caramel malts, orange citrus, crackers, wheat, and resinious hops. Medium bodied, with a dry, resinous mouthfeel and moderate carbonation. Not bad.

Cask@GBBF2011. Amber colour, small off-white head. Aroma is fruits, nectar, wood and some floral notes. Flavour is fruity, wooden, earthy, caramelly, mild candyish and syrupy notes as well.