The Marcus
Claimstake Brewing in Rancho Cordova, California, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Imperial / Double Regular|
Score
7.47
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Ibrew2or3 (10819) reviewed The Marcus from Claimstake Brewing 8 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9
Huge thanks to OrosO for sending me this. A pronounced tip-of-the-hat to Dave for nailing 10,000 rates. Well done sir. The 32oz crowler pours with a crystal clear pure gold body that supports a thin light tan head of foam. The modest aroma offers up mango, sweet malts, sweetened grapefruit juice and a dash of soft cantaloupe. The taste is code-black dangerously drinkable. I’m seated, the cat is seated. . . . Here we go. I get smooth malt sweetened and softened bitter grapefruit citrus hops rolling quickly toward juicy mango and cantaloupe. Behind that is a perfectly integrated pine hop bitterness. Instead of creating modest island of bitter hoppiness it is rather pulled into the soft malt sweetened grapefruit. Good gravy. This is going down far too easily. Are we still seated?
bhensonb (22605) reviewed The Marcus from Claimstake Brewing 8 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
Crowler courtesy of Marcus who got it at Claimstake! Pours a very slightly orange tinged gold with a large foamy white head. Aroma is oh so dank. Claimstake likes hops, and they really show it here. Med ++ body. Flavor is oh so dank. Hop burn. Not harsh. This isn’t entirely dry. But the intense hop flavors take care of that. So what are the hop flavors? Fruit and citrus seem likely. Yet there’s something in the mix reminding me of wood, perhaps Spanish Cedar. It’s really complex. Malt? Yes. The flavor isn’t clear to me, but the impact is. It’s like food. This is desert island beer. Assuming refrigeration and resupply. It’s likely too much for Ahi, but I think it would match barbequed swordfish marvelously well. It would be really interesting to have it with sushi and wasabi. Uber would be a requirement.