Marzonis Patchway Pale Ale

Brewed by Marzonis Brick Oven & Brewing Co.
Style: American Pale Ale
Duncansville, Pennsylvania USA

This one was great. Dark straw pour with aroma of perfumy florals, fruity esters, and hopcit. Tastes very fruity, with well balanced hops and citrus elements at the finish. Palate is medium, hoppy, and complex.

Clear dark amber body under a resilient frothy off-white head. Smells like lime oil Vick’s Vap-O-Rub over dusty crystal malt. Lots more of that effervescent, oily hopping in the flavor, it’s a lime pine thing. That’s over gently toasted pale and crystal malt. Long-lasting resinous pine finish. Good APA - lots of interesting hop character to dig into.

Sampled on draft at the brewery this beer poured a caramel amber color with a khaki head. The aroma is strong piney and fruity hops. The flavor was bitter, piney and had a strong grapefruit element. There is a nice underlying malty sweetness. There is a long bitter grapefruit. Rather one dimensional but enjoyable.

Sampler at the Allison Park location, 02.03.08 (Super Bowl Sunday). Slightly hazy salmon lavender, white head. Aroma is tangerine, delicate kiwi. Flavor is hoppy, (tangerine) bitter, and crisp. This is one of the better pale ales that I’ve ever had.

Great fruity, hop oil aroma - grapefruit and light malt. Medium tea brown, hazy, with off-white head. Light medium carbonation with heavy watery body. Starts with fruity sweet, medium bitter, and light acidity. Finishes with medium acidity and bitterness. After is pleasingly bitter. A very nice pale ale.

Clear coppery body, off-white creamy head with good retention. Sweet odd/delicate hopping. Sort of a sweet clovery or herbal hop. Not sure what it is but it is nice. Light feet aroma too; maybe old hops? Taste is moderately interesting but light. Bitterness kicks in in the end. Okay overall, maybe the hops could be fresher or brighter.

Bomber via Bill. The beer pours to a clean bright glowing orange body with a nice creamy white head and nice lacing. The aroma is piney limes and has lots of pale malts. The flavor is piney, resiny, and finishes very toasty. The palate has a dry bready but moderate mouthfeel to it. Nicely carbonated.

On tap at Marzonis in Allison Park as North Park This is one awesome APA. Pour was a dark amber with a nice 1 finger head. Aroma was so-so. Could pick up some dark malt. Taste was oh so hoppy. More so than their IPA. Very bitter with a little caramel malt coming in and out but not enough to stand up to these great hops. Very nice.