Terrapin Easy Rider

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

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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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.

Bottle from Bruisin’. I fail to see how this could be an amber ale. Pours a cloudy orange/yellow color with a white head. The aroma is impressively hoppy. Nice grapefruity, citrusy nose on this one with a little wood. The palate is quite light and the flavor isn’t very strong, but it is bitter and dry in a very clean, tasty way. It is reminiscent of Highland’s Little Hump in that it is a light bodied beer that does retain great pale ale flavor. Finish is grassy and fruity with plenty of hop bitterness. I still don’t understand the amber ale classification, seems like an American pale ale, and a light one at that. I’d love to have this in cans to drink by the pool.

Total Wine, Fairfax 355ml ($2.50): Pours a copper color with a white head. Aroma is really hopped up, kind of like an IPA. Taste is very much on the hoppy side. Though the body is light, it is in no way thin. Even this is low alcohol, then brewers managed to keep the body in form. I agree with most people that this is rather expensive for what it is, but in terms of well-crafted ales this was a pretty good find.

Hop resin aromas. Orange and a little biscuit flavors. Very nice session beer overall.

Served on draft at Beer Run. Pours a slightly hazy golden color with a medium sized creamy white head. Good head retention. Aroma of floral and herbal hops, guava-like fruits and some caramel. The taste is pale malts with bitter herbal hops. Medium bodied, average carbonation, lingering bitterness. Nice beer.

bottle. clear golden color with a 1+ finger white head. rich nose with grains, nuts and light citrus. med body with sweet grain notes, followed by a bright citrus hop blend across the top of the mouth. bitter finish with a nice malt background adding depth. really nice hoppy session beer - wish it came in 6 pks.

Pours clear pale amber color with off white head. Citrus hop aroma. Light malty flavor with some citrus hop bitterness. Light to medium body with average carbonation.

12oz bottle from smith4498, thanks Jason! Pours a hazed, golden-orange colored body with a finger-width, frothy, off-white head that dissipates slowly and leaves a solid lacing. Aroma has a good amount of lemon-citruses giving off some grass and florals alongside a slightly grainy pale malt backing. Flavor is similar. Grassy, lemon-citruses with a light floral note and a grainy, pale malt backing. Finishes dry, lightly bitter, grassy, clean, and citrusy before leaving a fairly lengthy aftertaste. Light body and a crisp, moderate carbonation. Overall, being listed as an "amber" is incorrect, but nonetheless, this is definitely an enjoyable session beer. Light, crisp, and well hopped, but not overly bitter or off-balanced. Really nice.

You have to remember this is a session beer. As such, to have an ipa flavor, def not an amber ale, its amazing. Pretty great stuff here. Wish this was a regular beer around for the low calorie/alchol high flavor.

Pours a clearish golden orange, thin head, and alright lacing. Aromas of peachy hops, nice malts, floral centennial. Taste has nice ryem and fresh hop character going on, bitter finish. Light bodies and easy going.