Terrapin Rye Pale Ale

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

Bottle. Best if enjoyed before: 07/12/08. Pours a deep copper with a smallish light-tan head. A floral aroma with a bit of citrus fruits present. Thin to medium-bodied with a fairly soft mouthfeel. Grainy malts dominate the initial taste. Ends with some subtle spiciness and bitter, citrusy hops that don’t linger around too long. Solid session brew.

Thanks to TURDFEGUSON for the bottle. Pour is a golden orange with a big(initially) white head. Aroma of grain, cereal and grass. Flavor is all grainy malt. Medium bodied.

Another opportunity brought to me by ncvbc. Bottle poured a good finger’s worth of white bubbly head on top of a clear gold body in my pint glass. The head dissolves away to a nice thick lace Aromas of rye and grasses along with some bread and hops fill your nose Nice malt sweetness comes through first followed by some grasses (rye) and a good hop finish. Great balance in flavors Clean and soft mouthfeel with just enough carbonation A session beer for sure very drinkable and easy to kick back a few

Bottle pours an amber/copper color with a small head. A lot of bread (especially rye) in the aroma more so than the hops, but still nice. Good flavor that includes citrus hops, and a lot of malt with a decent bitter finish.

Pours bright orange with a thick white head, drop to leave lots of lacing. Citrus hop aroma, bready notes. The taste is not as citrusy as aroma would indicate. Grainy malt backbone. Citrus hop kick at the start, finishes more towards the bitter. Clean, crisp mouthfeel. My first brew from Terrapin, won’t be my last.

I think this beer is pretty average. Its not too dry or heavy so I can dig drinking a couple. In comparison to standard craft brewed six packs(which is about what it is in NC) that run around $8-9 it’s fine by me, but it’s nothing to get excited about.

This might suffer in comparison to my beloved WC beers, but honestly I gave it a fair shake and it’s an average pale ale. It’s weakness (at least in this beer) was the fact it was lemony pine-sol in the nose which was a bit let down. I never got any rye in either the nose or the flavor, soooo this is just a regular pale ale. Aroma is lemony, pine-sol, lightly sweetened. Appearance is a medium orange in color with a big three finger thick head. Mouthfeel is too carbonated for my liking. Flavor just doesn’t have enough juicy, fruity malts for my tastes. Lemony, slighty floral and a touch spicy (maybe that’s the rye?). In the end, it’s not bad and I could drink one again. Nothing really special though.

courtesy of Pascal Sauser - clear bronze colour with a little foam; fair hoppy aroma, notes of honey and mint; rounded malt body, a very late bitterness and a very dry hoppy finish