Bubbly Creek
Marz Community Brewing

 

Tinker this, tweek that: it's easy to want to take something of success and to mess with it to create something that has never been done before. The struggle is real as many a brewer can't get out of their own way when quality is simply at hand. With no frills and no fauna, the Marz team puts together a classic Berlinerweiss foregoes the bells and whistles for a Berlinerweisse of authenticity.

The Bubbly Creek streams with effervescence, shining through a translucent haze of straw and light gold. Sharp and earthy to the nose, a citrusy undercurrent blooms with lime, peach, crabapple, white grape and an overall sweaty, briny grit. Simple sweetness brushes the tongue with pulled candy and warhead candy.

Less earthey and no less sharp, the middle palate explodes with sourness. Sour white grape, citrusy lime, lemon, cidery apple, pear and peach add a pep of orchard fruit while a piquant wine character persists. Cleanly lactic, the lasting flavors are sangria-like but with a tarter edge.

Light, crisp and refreshing, the beer strips any thirst from the palate and ushers in a crisp and clean sourness that continues to lace with citrus, cider and grape. Only a trace of wheat returns in a brief aftertaste while a brisk whiff of the sea rolls on. Bubbly Creek is a fine Berlinerweiss that needs greater sourness and agressive dry sourness to contend with the best.

 

 

This was a fantastic Beer. I had The one with Yuzu and it really put it over the top. SUPER drinkable. Felt like it was gone WAY too fast.

Half liter bottle into two mini tulips. First half was clear, bottom half hazy. Dark straw. Little to no head that disappears immediately. Faint but classic Berliner nose of lemon and lactic acid. More of the same in the taste, both pretty mellow. Really, really light which detracts a bit. Good beer but a bit too thin.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Look: With an aggressive pour I got 4 fingers of frothy head that quickly dissipated leaving behind some lacing on the glass. The beer itself is a pale yellow with a slight haze.

Smell: Light citrus/green apple smell with some sour funk on the nose. A little bit of bready malt on the nose too. Nice smelling beer!

Taste: Green apple with bready malt. Mild tartness on the back end of the taste followed by a nice wheat flavor to finish it off.

Feel: Nice carbonation and light mouth feel. Nice and refreshing.

Overall: A very nice berliner weiss that would hit the spot on a hot summer day. I recommend it.

Great beer for the style, no hard bite and the fruit really smoothes it out. Great guest tap at DLD

 

 

 

 

 

Light tartness, wheat, kind of watery

 

 

500ml bottle sealed with pressure cap.
poured into HF wine stem.

Appearance: translucent pale yellow bodied beer with large and frothy bone white head that is 2 fingers high. Head drops down to a thick ring around the perimeter of the glass leaving a spotty lace on the side of the glass.

Smell: boat load of lactic acid aroma; cheezy yougert funk. Bright citrus and crackery malt.

Taste: Just as the nose leads into, the lactic acid presence is pretty big in the flavor as well. Lots of cheese and yogert flavors. Light tartness, I would say a 2.5 out of 10 on the sour scale. Bright and clean citrus notes and a hint of green apple. I am also getting a little bit of sweetness from the malt which I could do with out, but it is not off-putting at all.

Mouthfeel: light bodied beer with low carbonation. The carbonation comes off as watery and kinda blah. Berlinners need some crispness in the carbonation/mouthfeel category or a semi dry finish.

Overall: Good flavor and aroma, but the mouthfeel and carbonation was the main down fall of an overall solid berlinner. For ten dollars a bottle, I will stick with the Hottenroth. It is a much better Berlinner that is easy to get when it is in season for a dollar less per 750ml bottle.

 

 

The murky yellow body has a cobweb of snow white head. The soft clean slight tart aroma has some field corn notes to it. The mellow tartness has a cola quality to it with a gentle crisp corn note in the finish which is dry. There is a nice lemonade tartness that lingers for a moment.

This beer is a nice summer sipper and a great base beer waiting for more layers of flavor to really set it off.