Marin Dirty Blonde

Brewed by Marin Brewing Company
Style: Belgian Ale
Larkspur, California USA

Many many samples pouring for Marin @ GABF09. Aroma is subdued, not much to write home about, hints of belgian yeast and touches of spice and flowers. Flavor is nice bubblegum and bread yeast to start with a palate cleansing spicy bitterness to finish. Really drinkable session beer.

Draught at Beer in the Plaza. Blond colored with a creamy white head. Yeasty, fruity aroma with noticeable bubble-gum. The flavor is dry with a soft pale, bready malt flavor, fruity and spicy accents and a nice hop bite that adds to the spice. Light bodied with fine but ample carbonation. Nice and refreshing blond with nice nuances.

Tap at the California State Fair. Pours a very hazy gold with a slight white head. Light aromas of malt and hop. Medium body with creamy carbonation. Flavor is bitter with nice malt. Finishes towards bitter.

Hazy yellow with a fizzy white head. Sweet malty aroma and taste with some banana and fruit notes. Decent.

Poured from tap at Marin Brewing a hazy orange blond with a medium sized white head. Aroma is toasty with hints of bisquet, yeast, and wheat. Flavor is also toasty with some tart yeasty notes together with big malty bubblegum, wheat, and straw. The palate is big malt mouthfeel, with some sweetness and tarts from the yeast. Overall, this beer was tasty and went down well with food. I prefer the filtered version, but would definitely get this one again.

Draft at Toronado. Aroma is typical blonde ale. Somewhat fruity, light bread and grain notes, some grass. Very drinkable.

Draft. Golden/amber beer with an off-white head. Yeasty, spicy, malty aroma. yeasty, malty, light spice flavor with wheat that starts to cfreep up and get more prominent. Medium bodied. Lingering malt, yeast, wheat, and light playdough.