Marzonis Avalanche IPA

Brewed by Marzonis Brick Oven & Brewing Co.
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Duncansville, Pennsylvania USA

Serve in Shaker, Tulip

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Wow, can’t believe this beer has such a high rating. I had this at a brewfest yesterday and it was one of the worst beers there (and I’m a huge IPA fan). Too earthy with soapy, grassy, and other confusing things going on in the palate. Maybe I’ll give it a chance another time when I’m drinking a bunch of different styles.

Had on draft @ Marzoni’s brewpub, in Duncansville, PA, USA .. first stop of the day - this was my favourite of the visit, so much so i bought a bottle to take back home .. . great nose .. deep gold .. slick .. deep .. fresh . . an awesome ipa .. . . When are they going to get to the fireworks factory?

Draft. Pours amber with a slight red tint and a thin white head; decent retention and spare lacing. Aroma is dominated by floral and grassy hops with a hint of toffee. Flavor is light sweet malt, heavy floral and grassy hops, and light pear esters. Medium body, carbonation, and warmth.

Tap. Pours clear amber with a medium, creamy off-white head, medium retention with good lacing. Aroma is herbal, grassy and dank hops, tropical fruity esters, caramel and light toast malt. Flavor is heavy hops and bitterness, supporting malt and fruity esters with a dry finish. Medium body, warmth and carbonation.

On tap at the brewpub. Pours a cloudy, deeper orange, amber tinted body with a finger-width, dense, creamy and frothy, off-white head that dissipates slowly and leaves a nice lacing throughout. Aroma is big on the pineapple and citrusy oranges. Surprisingly big on the fresh citrus hops, actually. Some pines and florals with a light caramel sweetness to balance. Flavor is similar. Lots of citrus pineapples and oranges with a good mixture of pines and florals. A light caramel behind the citruses with a few resins towards the end. Finishes with a medium-light bitterness following a medium-light body and a moderate carbonation. Overall, a pretty solid brewpub IPA. A pleasant surprise with lots of citrus flroals in the aroma and flavor with a decent bitterness. Nice beer.

Pours dark amber from tap with a quarter inch of white foam. Some floral notes on the nose. Grapefruit on the tongue but without much bitterness. Well done!

On tap at brewpub. Amber with thin white head. Aroma is grapefruit. Flavor is citrus. Okay but not great IPA.

Deep amber pour and a sticky white head. The nose is lightly hoppy. Sort of sweet and lightly caramelly. Quite a bit too sweet for my tastes. Soft herbal hoppiness with a little bit of light resinousness. A sort of off flavour that I can’t quite put my hands on – maybe some vegetal hop matter. Meh.

On tap at Marzoni’s on our way to RBSG. Pours a just clear ruby amber with a medium sized beige head. Juicy hops and plum, lots of dripping caramel. Medium bodied with soft carbonation, sweet plum. Little bit boozy, tons of wet caramel. Finishes with some grapefruit. Too sweet in weird places, but still good.

Draught at the BrewPub: Aroma of hops, malt, dark caramel, light pine, light pineapple, and Earth. Smells like a barley wine. Poured deep amber/orange in color with a small, off-white head that diminished but lasted throughout as a film on top of the beer, as well as around the edges. Hazy. Slightly sparkling. Flavor is medium sweet, and medium to heavily bitter. Tastes of hops, hop oil, tangerine, orange, grapefruit, light pine, slight resin, hop concentrate, and slight malt. Medium body. Slick, then dry texture. Lightly harsh, hop, hop oil, hop concentrate, grapefruit, tropical fruit, and resin finish is lightly dry.