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Clarkvv

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Started on Ratebeer in 2002. Never a huge ticker but have become more interested in trying smaller sample sizes of more beers lately. Current tasting group meets bi-monthly: tfontana, Airforcehops (CLW) and Chalumeaux, occasionally with AdamChandler and Jow. If you're ever in the MA/NH area, reach out! *Disclaimer* I rate N/A beers on a N/A beer scale. Not a scale vs non-N/A beers. So an 8.5 rating of an N/A beer does not mean I think it is equivalent to an 8.5 real beer.

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The Marble Index from Bizarre Brewing (Seattle, United States 🇺🇸)
3 weeks ago
7.4/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 7
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Canned 2/3/26, drunk 8/9/26.
Just have to say, these guys are probably my favorite brewery in the last year AND naming a beer after this incredible (though extremely challenging) album. Love it.
Pretty forward dark malt here, outdoes the rice and hop, though doesn't take it too far, I don't think. Mineral, ash, cocoa...very rich, as it should be for one of the strongest beers they make.
Soft base malt/rice sweetness with chocolate/dusty cocoa throughout. Like the aroma, you can tell they went pretty hard on the dark malts. That said, it's not burnt/stale/tannic. Tastes almost stout-like but for the lack of fruitiness. Bit of toasted rice on the end and maybe a dab of herbal, grassy hop. Somehow this feels like it has less flavor than most of their 4% abv beers. Or maybe just the relative lack of complexity, given the somewhat dominant dark malt. Gets a bit unbalanced (sweet) as it warms.
Tried from Can from Tavour on 09 Aug 2026 at 22:57