Marzonis Avalanche IPA

Brewed by Marzonis Brick Oven & Brewing Co.
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Duncansville, Pennsylvania USA

A standout at the HBF. Pours amber with hop floaties. Awesome hop, pine, fruit aroma. Tastes very hoppy, piney, with some spice, fruit, and a mouth full of real hops at the finish. Well hidden alcohol, super hoppy, and a nice complexity. Just an incredible brew!

Appearance: dark amber. Aroma: great big pine and grapefruit. Short aftertaste and dry on the tongue.

ALso sampled at the HBF. This was one of my favorites of the festival. Awesome hop aroma whcih comes from chinook in the dry hop. I talked to the brewer- and he said that they had just dry hopped this 3 days before the festival. Deep amber color, lots of malt and hops with a nice bitter hop bite to it. Awesome

Slightly hazed rusty copper body. Soapy/creamy thin tan head. Fully flowery citrus aroma. Seems like Simcoe to me. Some grass. Flavor is a papery citrus. Full of citrus and flowers. Fruity hops. Really good. Sweet, not bitter, but more hop flavor than malts. Banana bread (?). Its up there with the top IPAs, but it stands out enough to make it special. As Chuck says, "tons of hop flavor, but not bitter".

This is my first encounter with this brewer. Sampled on draft at the State College beer festival this beer poured a hazy chestnut color with a medium sized tan head. The aroma is sweet cascade hops - and rather strong at that. The flavor is thick and sweet with strong cascade hops. The citrusy hop flavors coat the tongue and linger for quite a while. A wonderful beer for a hophead like me.

Sampled from a growler. Pours a deep amber color with a fizzy white head. The aroma has a lot of grapefruit, dank nuggs, and a little resiny character. The flavor is a sweet brown sugar with a ton of bitter, but beautifully balanced. Thick and delicious. Such a quality IPA in this hop shortage. Delicious.

Overall this is a decent (meaning above average) IPA. Marzoni’s does not usually disappoint me. Appearance: Hazy copper color. Smell: Bold floral hops fill the nose. Taste: The feature of this beer is the big hops, like "Super-Hop" from Barley Creek or "Hedonism from Legacy" this beer leans heavily on the bitterness. I like that and if you do to then you’ll enjoy this one. Mouthfeel: The bitterness covered the palate and made it difficult to notice there could have been a stronger backbone. Drinkability: I would easily drink this beer all night. It is a hop fans IPA. Hope this is helpful. Cheers!

Draught at the brewery. Dark and murky copper dull brown colored body with a tan firm head. Toasty, bready, juicy hops in the nose, along with a tangy dark orange and sugary gun scent, rounded out with some spiced toast. Sweet smelling overall. Properly tart and puckery on the tongue, medium thickness and moderately frothy. Has a resiny sweetness in the finish, and is a very good drink, with some oily dryness, but also a bit chalky as well. Has some gummy sweet pine sap hops everywhere. Very tasty.