Marietta Ave
Side Project Brewing

Marietta AveMarietta Ave
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From:
Side Project Brewing
 
Missouri, United States
Style:
Saison
Ranked #332
ABV:
6%
Score:
90
Ranked #8,606
Avg:
4.05 | pDev: 6.91%
Reviews:
21
Ratings:
163
Status:
Active
Rated:
Dec 11, 2022
Added:
Apr 18, 2015
Wants:
  12
Gots:
  21
Marietta Ave. is our Farmhouse Pale Ale that was fermented in and aged in French Oak Puncheons with Belgian Saison yeast and a blend of soft Brettanomyces strains. It was brewed with floral and citrusy American hops and naturally conditioned in this bottle for several months.
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Ratings by emerge077:
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Reviewed by emerge077 from Illinois

3.84/5  rDev -5.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
This was one of 3 house drafts at Side Project Cellar.
Served in a small stemmed taster glass.

Pale gold with a compact cap of white foam, rising streams of visible carbonation. Lasting lace around the edges and lasting surface coverage. Slightly hazed.

Aroma is light and floral, vaguely earthy. Pleasant but simple.
Taste has a light herbal earthiness to it, and a bone dry finish. It dries out and fades away pretty fast, enough to not make much of an impression. Light bodied and well carbonated. Just a little too simple considering the sum of it's parts. Could use more expressive Brett or barrel characteristics.
Oct 04, 2015
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 4.5 by Ristaccia from Nebraska

Dec 11, 2022
 
Rated: 4 by xdtfx from Illinois

Jun 02, 2022
 
Rated: 4.29 by sweemzander from Illinois

Feb 23, 2022
 
Rated: 4.25 by BEER88 from North Carolina

Nov 29, 2021
 
Rated: 4.03 by Chuckdiesel24 from Illinois

Aug 22, 2021
 
Rated: 4.18 by lemmy187 from Missouri

Jul 03, 2021
 
Rated: 4.5 by aucanuck from Georgia

Jun 13, 2021
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Reviewed by hops_for_thought from New York

3.66/5  rDev -9.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
Poured from a bottle (blend #5) into a teku

L: pours a moderately turbid orange/yellow gold with a moderate fluffy white head that fades to a single layer of larger bubbles on the surface. No visible carbonation

S: great subtle and inviting nose here, nice farmhouse notes with a solid barrel influence and structure. Lemon, white grape, green apple, light peppery/earthy spice. Perhaps a bit of apricot. Slight Brett funk grows as it’s warmed, overall a more nuanced aroma

T: goes decently off-piste on the swallow, not sure what’s driving it. Flavor has a much more acidic open than the nose suggested, not terribly acidic in its own right but a notable departure. Strange overly oaky/tannic character kind of overrides the rest of the notes. Get some lemon flesh, a sort of bitter tea note, a little catty. Medium/long finish, just not of a great flavor. Either I get used to it or it grows on me after a few sips/letting it sit - regardless, the smell vs. taste disconnect is hard to overlook

F: medium carbonation, medium- body, nicely drinkable

O: not really sure what happened here. Nice nose with a pretty big delta vs. swallow. Flavor is fine, not my favorite and certainly not what I expected from the nose. Can’t all be winners
Apr 22, 2021
 
Rated: 3.23 by chepi141 from Missouri

Mar 16, 2021
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Reviewed by WickedBeer from Alabama

4.44/5  rDev +9.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
Blend #5 Bottle.

The pour on this is a beautiful deep golden hue. The head bubbles up to a low level and settles almost flat, leaving only a small ring of white foam around the inside of the glass.

Immediately greeted with soft Brett on the nose. The slightly cheesy funk is contrasted by brighter notes of lemon, pear, and stone fruit. There’s an underlying sweetness that really lifts this up and adds an intriguing complexity to the profile.

The palate is beautifully light yet surprisingly potent. An acidic tartness cuts through the yeasty funk really well, leaving you with the complimentary citrus from the hops. This added bitterness from the hops really does well for the overall profile, definitively setting it apart as a pale farmhouse ale. As it approaches 50 degrees there’s more of a white wine component, and with it an added level of complexity.

Light and fluffy mouthfeel, with a soft carbonation and a lightly bitter hop bite on the finish.
Mar 02, 2021
 
Rated: 4 by smartassboiler from Illinois

Jul 05, 2020
 
Rated: 4 by TallGuyCM from California

Jun 23, 2020
 
Rated: 4 by mgundy32 from Wisconsin

Jun 06, 2020
 
Rated: 4.07 by Eman17 from Illinois

Apr 10, 2020
 
Rated: 3.75 by t2grogan from Arizona

Nov 15, 2019
 
Rated: 4.04 by edthehead from Maryland

Nov 10, 2019
 
Rated: 4.19 by mattmarka1 from Minnesota

Nov 09, 2019
 
Rated: 4.35 by jason_nwx from Oregon

Oct 21, 2019
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Reviewed by Sabtos from Ohio

4.12/5  rDev +1.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
Foggy yet shimmering burnt gold with a sturdy lumpy white foam head leaving some reaching arms of lace on the glass.

The softly fluffy medium-light body delivers a little weedy, bretty bite of bitterness and some hay, straw and grass before the barrel contributes a unique rosé sort of flavor, entirely unrelated to a floral note that comes out in the swallow.

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The preceding review was for b4 at a bottle share, while the following is for a half bottle of b5 at home, poured 2/28/2021.

Here I'm detecting much more malt than I had before, kind of reminding me of some of Troeg's IPAs, as it's a little nutty, while also featuring a hint of catty hops in the background.

However, the body is exceedingly soft. It seems light although it's really a medium heft, but the mild, fine carbonation it has just lifts that weight up, while not being heavy or fluffy, gliding right down to a just barely dry finish.

It's still floral, but also plenty citrusy. I see the rosé note I got before, as the barrel meets some bitterness, but I notice a more present sweetness of citrus now.
Sep 10, 2019
Marietta Ave from Side Project Brewing
Beer rating: 90 out of 100 with 163 ratings