Terrapin Rye Pale Ale

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

bottle 355 ml
Appearance: crystal bright darker toned amber with large presentable neatly matching crown. Fragmental lace shown. Almost perfect show. 4+
Nose: brilliant hop freshness, garden feel after rain, citrusy green feel. Hoppy but fairly mild and friendly with balanced caramel malt sweets. 8-
Flavor/Palate : full bodied. Smooth soft texture , full out well rounded malt , very soft with gentle leafy lip smacking hop feel. One of smoothers pale ale there is on market. I wish that top end hop character was noted bit more as malt here is very established. Solid brew.f-7+

Bottled from Bierkoning. Clear orange-golden coloured, lasting head. Very hoppy nose, some grapefruit. Bitter flavour, hops, nicely balanced. Nice American Pale Ale.

Bottle at Stockholm Beer Festival 2007
Beautiful gold color. Light but nice hoppy aroma, fruity (Cascade). Quite thin mouthfeel, with some dry toffee flavor, but a very good hopping, resiny, dry. Good thirstquencher.

Retaste 7/22/04 - (bottled version)- Definitely maltier than I remember with a little more balance, with less hop aroma. Slight hop aroma. Good hop bitterness carries throughout. Finishes to the dry side. Rye gives it a good bite in the finish. Not quite as good as I was expecting, but still a decent APA.

Tap Version sampled on 9/6/2003 (7,3,8,4,16): Pours a copper bronze with a thin lacing head. Subtle malty and fruity aroma with nice hop presence. Body is semi-sweet, with good rye character and plenty of hops. Good crisp clean finish. One of the better APAs I’ve had.

Bottle sampled on 7/18/2005 (7,3,7,4,14): Pours a clear golden bronze with a thin white head. Aroma is slightly less hoppy than the tap version with a touch more grainy malt. Body is pretty similar with good citrus hoppy balance and a touch of dry, earthy rye. Very smooth and drinkable, and quite good in its squared form.

Draught @ Charlie Mopps Amber, not bright but bit cloudy but plenty of taste. great hop flavor but well balance.

Sliightly hazy amber body, white head. Primarily hoppy aroma, not much sweetness. I get orange/lemon citrus and rubarb leaves out of it. I’m still looking for the "big malt background" the commercial description talks about. There’s a basic pale malt backbone but any of its sweetness is overshadowed by the rye malt dryness. Layered on top of that are bitter grassy then citrus hops. Dry, hoppy finish. This beer is about what I expected, noticable rye malt with American hops. Nice!

Nice pale ale - bready malts, hints of fruit, woody bitterness with a bite of rye. Floral hop aroma - not real strong, but pleasant. Jacob sent me one bottle - I could drink this all day long!