Marble Fox "Pirouette" IPA

Let's bring this all home. Getting your beers into the upper 3's or lower 4's on my site means I think you're doing something right. This place isn't for people to see a ranking of all beer from an objective standpoint. I'll be the first to say that my process is not particularly scientific, and I bet I would give different ratings to some beers based on my mood, but this is what I'm working with. Let's hit another one into the cheap seats, Marble Fox!

The straw gold beer erupts with an off-white head of tiny bubbles that leaves enough lacing to keep it interesting as it recedes. The aroma is already making me question why I take time to do the reviews and I don't just enjoy the experience of drinking the beer. I mean, the sweet beer brings grapefruit, mango, and oranges to the table, and I want to dive in and drink my way out of the deliciousness. 

First sip is not quite as juicy as the aroma made me believe, but it's a nice and robust mix of the fruits with oats from the malt. The result is a more sedate and dry affair that still has a sparkle of fruit to it as it goes down. Maybe I was thinking about the smell for too long, and the reality of the sip was not up to it. I shall try the gulp.

Tip-in is gentle carbonation tingle with ephemeral grapefruit, orange, and mango, and the bitterness seems to be coming in with them. The middle becomes a bit more raucous with the carbonation, and the fruits are too subdued to deal with it or the rising oat malt. The finish is a surge of fruits before bitterness and dryness take over for the trail off.

Bottom Line: Perfectly acceptable for just drinking while doing something else.

2.75/5