Marin Star Brew Triple Wheat Ale

Brewed by Marin Brewing Company
Style: Barley Wine
Larkspur, California USA

2007 Vintage purchased from Holiday Wine Cellar in SD. A- Wow, this ale pours a translucent gold/orange hue with a huge soapy head that hangs around FOREVER and also has some amazing cascades that is usually only seen in stouts, the lacing is also big and sticky and all over the glass. . . amazing! S- Aroma is dominated by . . . pineapple and and lemon citrus, some sweet honey and wheat/bread/yeasty malts, molasses and a touch of grassy hops round out the profile, very unique T- Initial taste is mostly sweet malts soon followed by that screaming citrus hops and honey-wheat-molasses tones that are quite thick and syrupy, finishes with an alcohol warming presence and a bit of dryness M- Medium-to-full bodied beer, texture is thick and creamy with full carbonation D- You definitely get a "fortified" feel from this beer and the 10%abv is well-masked (but not surprising), I am not a huge fan of this style, but I really like this Super Wheat Ale and would definitely pick this up again in the future for a post-dinner/cold evening/barleywine-esque situation

Pours clear copper with off white head. The aroma is rich maltiness, a moderate hint of wheat and additional malt notes. After a few more draws I started to notice mild dark fruity esters and some alcohol heat. The taste has a syrupy sweet start (as it should) with some mild pine hops followed by sweet malts, some wheated malts and persistent sweet maltiness. Nice tasting brew with a pleasing load of malts and not much on the hop side of things.

Bottle courtesy of Ibrew2or3. Pours a clear amber color with thin white head. Aroma is sweet and malty with notes of wheat, bread, honey, floral hops, and caramel. Flavor is sweet and malty with notes of honey, caramel, maple syrup, grain, and dark ripe fruit. Generally medium body with a pleasing sweet honey finish.

Pours with an off-white head over a clear amber orange body. Aroma of rotting orange, wheat and sherry. Taste is of turbinado sugar, rotting orange, sherry, soggy wheat, and dried apricots. Light bubbles and slightly syrupy.

Pours amber with white head. Aroma is malty with syrupy nose. Taste, thick mouthfeel, touch of honey /sugar candi with notes of dark fruits and syrup. Unique mouthfeel, well worth the try.

Bottle thanks to tasting group. Pours clear gold with aroma of raisin, caramel, sugar, and honey. Flavor is fizzy caramel, hops, grapefruit, and sugar. Nice beer- better than the chance I gave it from label.

Bottle, courtesy someone at one of the Tuesday tastings. Reddish copper pour, fizzy well-carbonated head and decent lacing. Nose is of caramel, hops, potpourri, flowery esters, some syrup. Syrupy thick caramel and bitter hops, grapefruit, honey, slight molasses. Tight, tangy, hoppy and decent. Good.

22oz bottle from South Bay Drugs. Pours a slightly hazed gold with a burnt orange hue, some lacing. Nose was sweet with aromas of wheat, candied citrus fruits and some yeast. Flavor and finish were both very sweet and heavy on the malt. Really good stuff, better than I expected.