Marin Stinson Beach Peach

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 5 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 6

sweeter than either the blueberry or the raspberry, i think it works just a touch better, if only because the peach flavoring blends better into the body of the beer than the other fruits. ok.

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 9 | Mouthfeel: 4 | Flavor: 4 | Overall: 5

Yet another of Marin's fruit beers which tease the hell out of you with an incredible nose, but fails miserably in the follow-up punch in the palate. Aroma is like a freshly cut freestone peach, just ripe with juicy sweetness. My salivary glands were working double time once I got a whiff of this and I'm thinking, yeah...this is gonna be good. Appearance was REALLY light yellow, with the usual foamyness that accompanies a Marin beer. Mouthfeel was slightly flat, and not alive or bright like the aroma was. Flavors were also really just flat for my tastes. I was hoping it would deliver the goods like Pyramid delivers with their apricot flavors. But it was a real let down (see their raspberry trail ale, also a let down IMO). I could pick up notes of malt and grain but that was about it. Overall, it was average at best. If the flavor profile was as strong as the aroma we'd be in business but it just didn't come thru. Too bad.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 9 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 7

As much as I dislike to admit it, my tastes in beer do change a bit as the weather heats up. And since San Diego is basically at the crossroads of where Southern California, Baja California, and the desert meet, things do get quite warm...!

Which is why on my latest payday visit to the local beer-stores, I grabbed a few obscure lagers, a few Pale Ales known for easy drinking, and (quite a rarity for me) a non-lambic fruit beer. Why this one? Well, I've never been disappointed with the Marin Brewing Company, either at the brewpub in the Bay Area, or their various bottled selections. And this peach beer is no exception.

The first impression of this was not very positive, in that it seemed way too sweet and candy-like -- with the ever-present peach-thing going on, of course. But as things progressed, this grew on me. Hints of bitterness to calm down the sugar-sweet-peachy aspects, and enough bare-bones malt to give this some sort of backbone.

This beer has a great aroma, and overall a nice and satisfying flavor profile. It's peachy, but not PEACHY, which is a relief in my book. But if I were to mark down any faults with this beer, it would be the fact that a full 22-oz's is bit much for one man's palate to withstand. Perhaps this would be best if it were shared with your significant other, since it does have a slight "girly-girl" beer slant to it all....
//TB

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 6

Light gold color, large head. Medium bodied ale, with peach flavoring. Lightly malts and hops. Good balance. Peach flavor is prevalent, but not overpowering or too sweet. Mouthfeel is full. Finish is clean. Aftertaste is malty and ‘peachy’ (sorry about that). OK for a fruit beer