The Machine
Marz Community Brewing

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From:
Marz Community Brewing
 
Illinois, United States
Style:
American Pale Ale
ABV:
5.3%
Score:
89
Avg:
4 | pDev: 9.25%
Reviews:
13
Ratings:
95
Status:
Active
Rated:
Oct 30, 2019
Added:
Jun 20, 2014
Wants:
  4
Gots:
  18
With a nod to our hardworking and highly powerful political organizations here in Chicago, Marz made this delicious beer to buy your vote.
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Ratings by AnthonyD12:
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Rated by AnthonyD12 from Ohio

3.92/5  rDev -2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Jan 08, 2015
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Reviewed by jzlyo from Iowa

4.14/5  rDev +3.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Aroma is citrus and sweet/fruit/berries/floral. The flavor is citrus/fruit, unique malts/grains and a spicy/very slightly dank hop/mildly sweet berry finish.
Oct 30, 2019
 
Rated: 3.97 by bcsbeer from Florida

Aug 01, 2019
 
Rated: 4 by adam36 from Illinois

Jul 22, 2019
 
Rated: 4 by grm1007 from Michigan

Jun 29, 2019
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Reviewed by BlackBeerPirate from Illinois

3.35/5  rDev -16.3%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
Taste: complex tangy hop notes of grass, piney, floral note with dry clean finish. Same with the big dry nose. Gold, semi clear, big foam head with lattice of lace. Medium body. 55 IBUs
Aug 01, 2018
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Reviewed by MutuelsMark from Kentucky

4.16/5  rDev +4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
Pours clean and clear. the head is white..bright white. The nose has a hint of hops as does the taste. Not as hoppy as I like, but still a good drinkable beer.
Oct 30, 2017
 
Rated: 3.39 by BeerLover99 from Illinois

Aug 13, 2017
 
Rated: 3.79 by oldvines from Illinois

Jun 16, 2017
 
Rated: 2.29 by Gambyt20 from Illinois

May 12, 2017
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Reviewed by BEERchitect from Kentucky

3.79/5  rDev -5.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Designed for Chicagoland politicos in mind, the taste that defined America's craft brewing thirty years ago manifests in an arid dry malt backbone and an elevated hop level that's sure to leave a bitter taste in your mouth.

The Machine pours with a golden amber hue that's one shade deeper than hearty lager but a far cry from the copper color of classic examples. Its frothy honeycomb foam stance thwarts a dry citrusy scent that's more perfumy of herb than of a juicy or radiant scent. Its taste is dry and cracker-like with hints of nuttiness, caramelized grain, faint honey and graham cracker.

But the sweetness falls off fast as a hoppy taste soon takes over the middle palate. Dried fruit peels of orange, grapefruit and lemon dance boldly on the tongue along with a peppery, herbal and hay-like bitterness to follow. Dried juniper and pine needles come in late as any maltiness that remains seem of peanut skins and the crust of bread.

Expressively carbonated, the beer's maltiness is a distant memory as the moderate bitterness of hops seem stronger because of the malty void. A long stemmy, grassy and herbal bitterness lingers on with lemon verbena, chive and a gentle waft of hemp.
Dec 27, 2016
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Reviewed by brentk56 from North Carolina

4.08/5  rDev +2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Batch 246

Appearance: The liquid pours out with a hazy golden color, the head spuming upwards to a full three fingers; nice retention with a smattering of lace left behind

Smell: The aroma reeks of dryness, with star apple and grapefruit pith tones

Taste: Quite bitter, from the outset, with the tropical fruit bitterness bringing both star apple and grapefruit pith along with some vinous tones, in the middle; the finish is overwhelmingly dry with an astringent aftertaste

Mouthfeel: Light to medium body with moderate carbonation

Overall: Expecting a run of the mill pale ale, I was startled and rather displeased with my first sip; after a few more swigs, I was able to figure out what was going on and did a 180 on the beer; I don't love it but I do enjoy its singularity for the style
Oct 18, 2016
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Reviewed by Beginner2 from Illinois

4.21/5  rDev +5.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
Interesting for a brewer to make political jokes... but when from Chicago, it is a way of life for all.
The joke even starts interesting; cloudy the way a pale should be.
Aromatics give you nice floral/piney hops with the balanced malt backbone.
Taste is largely the same, but the dryness emerges fast and announces the finish.
The Machine also went well with a medium salsa.

While Marz is brewed in Bridgeport, the home of the Daley Dynasty... Chicago is now well on to finding out how to govern itself in the new era. Because Chicago has done well relative to other Rust Belt cities, how well the Machine worked will not be forgotten.

And I will have this ale again to remind me of how difficult it is to govern cities when the automobile was king.
Sep 27, 2016
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Reviewed by WoodBrew from Ohio

3.74/5  rDev -6.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Neighbor bought this at Binnys South Loop. It poured a hazy golden with white head that is not leaving much lace. The scent is faint bitter. The taste is nicely balanced and easy to drink. The is a sweet malt that balances a slight pine bitterness. The Mouthfeel is medium in body with good carbonation. Overall it's good and worth a try.
Sep 04, 2016
 
Rated: 4.29 by stephensinner from Missouri

Apr 11, 2016
 
Rated: 3.68 by Rice_Nate_25 from Ohio

Mar 30, 2016
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Reviewed by mschrei from Illinois

4.02/5  rDev +0.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Super cloudy orange yellow with mild carbonation and lacing. Very slight hoppy nose with a mild funk. Lighter taste-mild hops with a very subtle background of bitterness, tang, and funk. Not bad tasting, but not a lot going on.
Mar 27, 2016
 
Rated: 3.79 by schuler from Illinois

Mar 27, 2016
 
Rated: 4 by hendryxdp from Illinois

Mar 25, 2016
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Rated by Hopheadjeffery from Illinois

4/5  rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Tasted in a Spiegelau IPA glass from a 1 pint .9 oz bottle on March 11, 2016.
Mar 13, 2016
The Machine from Marz Community Brewing
Beer rating: 89 out of 100 with 95 ratings