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Strangely, the beer I had from Marble Fox was memorable enough that I knew I needed to grab whatever else they had, but I don't actually seem to remember the beer. This is why I write things down. I particularly like the design of their cans, with the simple logo in the middle, and a color coding for the specific beer. Nice and large under the logo is the name of the beer, and it is followed by the style of that beer. I like this design very much, but I will once again call for a standardized method of delivering basic information about the beer on the back of the can. Just a food label for beer, as beer is a food.
The orange beer produces more head than usual in this style of glass, but I'm not going to complain. The aroma is instantaneously overwhelmingly good. The citrus and tropical fruits are merged together, and I can almost taste the bitterness right from the smell. Eventually, this massive head boils down to a sticky bunch of clumps that nearly completely cover the top of the beer, and they leave tons of lacing as they go down. This beer is presenting very well, and I anticipate the rest of the review will go just as well.
First sip is very, very nice. I had really expected the bitter bite of all of those fruits, but the beer is gentle in it's approach to flavor, and it's quite smooth. The malt is doing a fantastic job of easing out the beer, but the citrus is really driving the flavor ahead of everything else. The beer is managing to freely serve up the hops in a very nice way while tempering the bitter side effect expertly.
Tip-in is a mouthful of grapefruit, orange, and limes with a strong bread crust malt. The center of the beer is a vivacious and bombastic slurry of fruits that get joined with pine in a very smooth and pleasing way. The finish is solid, but it, once again, never hits with the bitterness. Instead, fruit peels and malt head into the trail off.
Bottom Line: Yes, I will have another.
4.25/5
