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Terrapin Rye Pale Ale

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87
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bottled
common

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common

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
6533.49/5.03.48/5.05.3%92.5Lager glass, Shaker
Commercial Description:
We Consider this an extreme version of an American Pale Ale. It has a very up front floral and citrus aroma from a late cascade addition and dry hopping with Amarillo. This beer also has a big malt background to balance the bitterness of the hops. The rye malt cleans up your palette after you swallow so the hop flavor does not stick in your mouth too long.
Now available in bottles.
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marksahara (79), Atlanta, Georgia, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/515/20
Jan 10, 2007  
12 oz. bottle and on draught at multiple locations in ATL. Pours a clear golden amber with ample and foamy crown. Decent retention with mild lacing. Aroma is floral, herbal, and grassy hop tones, with mild scents of citrus and a strong undertone of rye, malt, and yeast. Flavour is full of floral hops and a strong backbone of rye malt. Finish is crisp with hop and rye essence left in the mouth. Overall, this is a superb beer, so just for the fact that it is Terrapin’s standard brew speaks volumes for their other beers (which I also have high regard too). It has always been a good choice for me at a restaurant when I don’t want a macro or Sweetwater.


 MacDaddyOJake (274), Richmond, Virginia, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/515/20
Jan 8, 2007  
Nice amber body with a big thick white head on top. The head lasts for some time. Heavily hopped floral aroma present with some citrus accents. The rye isnt present until you taste it, but its worth the wait. It adds a subtle sweetness and blends well with the hoppy aroma. A very nice pale ale... I dont know if I would call it extreme as the description suggests, but unique all on its own. It would be wonderful in the summer, making you feel like that turtle on the label.


 jlruthven (136), Milledgeville, Georgia, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/104/515/20
Jan 2, 2007  
This is my first standard Terrapin, my first two having been the Big Hoppy Monster and Wake n Bake. Pours cloudy copper/gold. No secrets about the aroma, very in your face citrus (esp grapefruit) and floral nose. Taste is wonderfully hoppy without being too overpowering. Finish is clean. This one, for me, ranks just below the Red Seal Pale. Excellent.


 KDorgan12 (163), Memphis, Tennessee, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/58/103/516/20
Jan 1, 2007  
Draft. Gold color with a BIG floral noise and flavor. It somehow balanced a bigtime hoppiness with a light malt flavor for a crisp finish. Great beer!


 Kinz (2200), Glen Allen, Virginia, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/517/20
Dec 26, 2006    Updated: Apr 3, 2009
Contract brewed in Frederick, MD. I’ve been running into a lot of this recently. Medium gold, decent head. Aroma faintly of pine and grapefruit. Flavor matches, along with some floral bitterness on the finish. Decent. RERATE: From on tap at TAP, probably the best condition I will ever find this one. Light amber, good head. Slight hop aroma, but not pronounced, a bit citric. Flavor was biscuit malts, some spiciness presumably from the rye, and more earthy, spicy, faintly citric hops. Enjoyable stuff, well worth trying on tap.


 EithCubes (2146), Indiana, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/55/103/513/20
Dec 16, 2006  
Bottle. Delicious floral grapefruit and orange nose, rye with strong fruit (er, yes, it’s the lychee). Clear orange body with a fizzly eggshell head. Crisp, sharp start, medium bitterness with lots of malt. Same flavor notes as in the scent, and into the aftertaste. Lively medium body. Well-made and well-balanced but this is still an overly hoppy beer. And something is off.


 sneagrams3 (1738), St. Louis, Missouri, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/104/516/20
Dec 14, 2006  
12oz bottle. Thanks to rsyberg01 (BA). Filtered with a ruby amber hue. Bitter bready malt aroma. Bitter citrus hop aromas. Medium to full bodied. Great bitter rye bready malts. Citrus flavors. Total grapefruit hop bomb. Bitterly balanced. Great flavor. Not overt in any way, either way. Easy and smooth with bitter malts and even more so bitter hops. Great Taste.


 BeerHeadBobby (142), In Hiding.., Florida, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/59/104/518/20
Nov 30, 2006  
Bottled - Great APA... Smell is grassy hops and citrus flowers.. Taste is upfront hops.. not overly bitter.. but a very drinkable beer... not a bad aftertaste either.. id get it again



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