Marin Eldridge Grade White Knuckle Double IPA

Brewed by Marin Brewing Company
Style: Imperial/Double IPA
Larkspur, California USA

@ home with the club. Pours a clear amber with an off-white head. Sweet with some bitterness. Quite hoppy and perfumey aromas. Hints of plant sap. Slightly peppery. Very fruity with aromas of peaches and pineapples. Perfect hops profile. I love the play between the malts and the hops.

Pours a deep hazy amber with a bubbly off-white head that shows very good retention and solid lacing. The aroma has a huge citrus kick up front with grapefruit and tangerines with a bit of floral pine scents as well. The caramel malt background is also evident behind the hops. The taste is a sweeter, more balanced version of the aroma with the citrus hops hitting up front before giving way to the impressive malt backbone in the middle. The pine comes out a bit in the finish with some nice bitterness. The mouthfeel is medium to full and completely sticky with hop juice goodness. Drinkability is fantastic on this one and I could drink this all night.

Bottle acquired in trade. Hazy red with creamy medium head. Aroma is hoppy citrus, caramel, big hops, really nice. Citrus and pine flavor with a good caramel back bone, big west coast flavors all around. Medium body with a nice creaminess. Awesome hop head IIPA which is surprising because I thought this was older than it tasted.

Finally, a nice fresh bottle from which to try this brew. Pours a dark-ish amber color with a 1 finger white head that leaves some lacing. Smells deliciously hoppy and resinous with touches of sweet malt. Wonderfully bitter and resinous in the hop character, almost verging on being of the harsh variety - but luckily it straddles that line on the enjoyable side. Lots and lots of lingering bitterness. Impressive malt body behind it that plays a non-trivial role but still lets the hops shine, especially on the end. This one leans more toward the bitter versus aromatic hops, but they pull that off nicely. Mouthfeel is relatively crisp despite the significant body with a nice level of carbonation. Drinkability is very good. Highly recommended. I had a bottle before that didn’t do it for me - this one really seems to be a drink fresh or don’t bother sort of DIPA.

pours with a nice large head and an amber brown color. big hop aroma its fresh and citric with pine and some malt. its got great balance and a fantastic distribution of hopping. big and chewy with a longish finish.

22oz bottle @Joe’s NYC Gathering–pours a foamy offwhite head that laces with amber color. Aroma is citrus-lemon/grapefruit. Taste is citrus-lemon/grapefruit hops [cascade, nugget, simcoe], some medium malt. Mild carbonation.

Deep amber beer, thick white head. Very thick oily pour. Aroma is just incredible, rich sweet mango, tropical fruit and light spiciness. Loaded with intense rye-like spiced character. Very sticky and chewy and delicious. Wow! Spicy, fruity and chewy. Lingering resinousness, some rich tropical fruitiness. Awesome brew.

Pours with a largish, soapy, off-white head covering a clear, burnt orange body with lots of little bubbles. Decent lacing, a very nice retention. Aroma is big with spicey and citrus hops, as well as a very sweet malt smell. Some vanilla and raspberry hidden underneath. Taste is much maltier upfront than I would have expected, the beer is both bitter and sweet in the finish. Chewy but clean, beautiful hoppiness. Oily mouthfeel with brisk carbonation. Alcohol makes no appearance. Slightly above average DIPA.