Marin Brewing Company

Microbrewery in Larkspur, California, United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: Marin Brewing Company

Established in 1989

Closed in 2022

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1809 Larkspur Landing Cir, Larkspur, CA, 94939, United States

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6.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6
Keg at the brewpub, 29/01/16. Clear golden with a decent off white head. Nose is caramel, sweet malt, trace of lemon, dark fruit rinds. Taste comprises Belgian yeast esters, straw, caramel, sweet licks. Full bodied, fine carbonation, light warming boost in the close. Ok for style ... The sweetometer doesn’t go to mental !
Tried on 13 May 2016 at 02:18

6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 8 Overall 5
Keg at the brewpub, 29/01/16. Golden orange with a decent off White covering. Nose is caramel, light spice, cream soda, candied fruit rinds. Taste comprises more candied fruit, light spice, caramel wafer - delivers little for the ABV. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. Average stuff.
Tried from Can on 13 May 2016 at 02:14

6.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6
Keg at the brewpub, 29/01/16. Golden orange with a decent off White head. Nose is toasted malt, straw, orange pith, light hops. Taste comprises tangerines, straw, lemon drizzle, bread dough. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with some hop bitterness offered. Ok APA ... easy drinker but lacks any discernable hop presence to make me want to revisit.
Tried on 13 May 2016 at 02:09

6.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6
Keg at the brewpub, 29/01/16. Lightly hated yellow golden with an off White head. Nose is floral, coriander, lemon rind, straw. Taste comprises light bread, white pepper, lemon tinged straw, yeast esters, floral rinse. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. Solid for style ... ticks all the boxes.
Tried on 13 May 2016 at 02:05

5.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Keg at the brewery taproom, 29/01/16, first brewpub fruit beer of the trip - yay ! Clear light golden with an off White cap. Nose is peach, straw, vague funkiness. Taste comprises tarte peach, grain, pale malts, some off notes. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. So so.
Tried from Draft on 13 May 2016 at 02:01

7.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
This was poured into a becher pint glass.
The appearance was a hazy burnt orange color with a thin one finger white foamy head that dissipated at a nice pace. Bubbly to foamy white lacing glosses nicely around the glass in a messy sort of way.
The smell started off with subtle sweet to bitter citrus pulp and rind over top of a nice caramel backbone.
The taste balanced nicely between the sweetness of the malt to the sweetness to the hops and then the bitterness of the citrus fits in for a nice overall balance. Semi-dry citrus to malt aftertaste. Dry sweet finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body. Semi-dry citrus/piney - bitterness hitting my tongue - not too harsh.
Overall, I wanna say a heavier version of Zombie Dust, slightly...definitely not as smooth as ZD, but I would have this again.
Tried on 28 Apr 2016 at 20:00

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Can (AbM, canned 17.07.2015)
Slightly hazy amber color, small white head. Fruity orange jam, mango aroma. Light-bodied. Pale malty, tropical fruity flavor (mango, pineapple and citrus). Easy pale ale, goes with food. Some bready notes as it is not very fresh can.
Tried from Can on 27 Apr 2016 at 14:27

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Draft at the brewpub. Pours deep amber-brown with a creamy, tan head. The nose holds plums and prunes, faint toffee. Medium to big sweet flavour, with more toffee, ripe berries, plum, candi sugar, fruitcake, bread. Medium to full bodied with average carbonation. Lightly warming on the finish, with further rich and ripe fruits, toffee, bread. A good and drinkable. quad.
Tried from Draft on 24 Apr 2016 at 05:12

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Draft at the brewpub. Pours mostly clear dark gold with a creamy, off-white head. The nose holds lightly toasted malts, spices, touches of wood. Medium sweet flavour with mellow cinnamon, nutmeg, gingerbread, more toasty malts. Medium bodied with average carbonation. Sweet on the finish, lightly sugary, with more cinnamon and gingerbread. Tasty enough.
Tried from Draft on 24 Apr 2016 at 05:09

7.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8
Draft at the brewpub. Pours unclear yellow-gold with a creamy, white head. Nice pithy citrus in the aroma, grapefruit, tangerine, light pine. Medium sweet flavour with notes of pale bread, more tangerine, grapefruit, mellow piney bitterness. Medium bodied with average carbonation. Nicely balanced in the finish, with some mild resin, pithy grapefruit and tangerine, further piney bitterness, mellow dank edge. Nice IPA.
Tried from Draft on 24 Apr 2016 at 05:07