Terrapin Easy Rider

Brewed by Terrapin Beer Company
Style: Amber Ale
Athens, Georgia USA

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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Tap at Mellow Mushroom, Greensboro. Pours clear amber with a small off white head leaving some lacing. Aroma is piny malty cat piss fruity and grass. Flavor is bitter dry resiny fruity piny and grapefruits with a touch of caramel. Finishes longlived bitter and fruity.

Twelve ounce bottle poured into a tulip glass. Golden hued color with small one finger head that dissipates after about 3 minutes. Nice citrusy lemon aroma. Tastes of light sweetness with citrus. Slight hop bitterness. Thin mouthfeel but smooth easy drinking ale. Great hot summer day beer. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Great beer. Best hop aroma I have encountered for a session beer. The taste is fruity citrusy hops with a high level of bitterness.

Pours an orange amber with a white head and floral aroma of hops. Taste is well balanced, of hops, malt, honey, bread, and caramel with a hoppy, bitter finish. Drinkable, great tasting amber ale, very nice.

Darn good hop forward session ale. Hops totally dominate, but are not offensive. Great alternative to higher abv ipa’s.

Bottle pours a slightly hazy yellow gold with a small white head. Aroma of big floral grapefruit hops that turns into a wheaty gold malt as you get down that glass. Taste of big citrus of and orange that lead into a slightly bready toasted malt. Med body mildly lively beer with a med lingering bitter finish. Overall, well an easy riding beer that is great and refreshing to put down on a hot summer day.

Virginia Trip – bottle 355 ml
Aroma fresh boquet of floral hops. Full approach with balancing malt backing.7+
Appearance hazed amber with medium lighter top.3+
Flavor and Palate : lighter clean malty front with solid dose of hops. Caramel backing with hint of vanilla. Leafy side end. Very refreshing.

UPDATED: AUG 12, 2012
Date: May 12, 2012
Mode: Draft
Source: Brick Store Pub
Appearance: clear gold, frothy white head, sticky lace
Aroma: huge citrus aroma, sweet crystal malt
Flavor: sweet malt flavor, lots of hops, citrus, floral, touch of pine, light bitter finish

Date: May 25, 2012
Mode: bottle
Source: bullochs
drier with more bitterness in the bottle, still lots of citrus but floral and earthy as well, long bitter finish,

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 8/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 15/20
Rating: 3.6/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: *** /4

Light copper color. Smells hoppy....smooth taste, balanced. I wish it came in cans.

Bottle thanks to Dmac. Pours out a mostly clear golden color with a small white head. Aroma is of a decent amount of citrus hops, tropical fruits and some light grainy, bready malts. Taste is light cereal malts, a solid amount of fruity, light citrus hops. Smooth, and easy drinking.