 CheersMate1 (278), Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Jul 25, 2008 Sublte hop aroma. This hop aroma is pretty good. It balances extremely well with the extra sweet malt aroma. I love the fact that Terrapin has actually accomplished the task of brewing a well balanced IPA with both a hop and malt aroma. The only problem I have with the aroma is that the malt aroma slightly wins. I don’t like that fact that in an IPA there is slightly more of a malt smell than a hop smell, but nonetheless the hops and malts are balanced well in the aroma. The beer has a nice long lasting head. The beer is pretty much opaque. Has a nice brown and sort of reddish hue to it. Looks pretty pretty pretty good. There is an awesome toasted malt flavor in the beer. The malts are very tasty. The balance of malts and hops are in the flavor as well. There is a great bittering hop in the beer, but the flavoring hop is lacking. The beer has the tendency to lean towards a Scottish Ale. I taste the toasted malts and slight hop flavors. I wish there were more hops in the beer. The beer is smooth, but a wee bit watered down. A very tasty brew that has an awesome balance of malts and hops. I am just glad I was finally able to
try this brew.
ucusty (849), Wake Forest, North Carolina, USA
Jul 25, 2008 Dark brown pour fluffy off white head and excellent lace. Roast and citrus on the nose. Very interesting beer. Medium bodied. Flavor full of hops, some roast and some hazelnut. Slightly bitter finish.
nathan30533 (21), Dahlonega, Georgia, USA
Jul 20, 2008 Pours a very dark brown with a white head. The flavor is that of a hoppy IPA, with the taste of malts as well. Kind of a bite to the mouth like a bitter IPA but overall good flavor.
WeeHeavySD (1564), San Diego (Hillcrest), California, USA
Jul 11, 2008 12oz via GAManiac. Shared with my gf cyn. pours copper/amber with a 1 finger tan head. Nose is hoppy. Taste is nicely hopped with a kicking malt back end. This is a cool hybrid.
nearbeer (1101), Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
Jul 11, 2008 12 oz. Deep garnet-brown with a medium-sized lasting head. Nice mix of grapefruit, molasses and resin aromas. Front flavors of earthy molasses and slightly sour orange. The finish turns more dirty-earthy: leaf, resin, wood and sweet toasted nut. Medium body is almost smooth, has a slight tongue tingle and finishes dryish.
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