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Terrapin Rye Squared 3.75 515

Terrapin Rye Squared

Percentile
96
overall

bottled
common

on tap
common

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RatingsAverageScoreSeasonalABVStyle PctlServe in
5153.76/5.03.75/5.0Spring8.5%80.2Snifter, Tulip
Commercial Description:
Double the malt, double the hops, and double the flavor of the original Rye Pale Ale recipe. (Hence the name Rye Squared.) With its mammoth hop aroma, bitterness and flavor, this beer is not for the faint at heart. The Rye Squared clocks in at a hefty 8.5% ABV so double your pleasure and double your fun because Terrapin went a little crazy with this one! The first keg of Rye Squared went on tap at Tasty World in Athens on Monday April 25th 2005. A special thank you goes out to the newly formed Terrapin Keg Killers. We were told that Tasty World would put the Rye Squared on as soon as they finished off a keg of a "Select" beer they had on tap. When the Terrapin Keg Killers heard about this they went to Tasty world and finished off that other keg in record time. By 10pm on Monday they were enjoying the fruits of their labor when the first ever Rye Squared keg went online. Malt: 2-row pale, Munich, Malted Rye, Bisuit Malt, Honey Malt. Hops: Amarillo, Cascade, East Kent Goldings, Fuggle, Magnum
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jordanartuso (26), lansing, Michigan, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/105/517/20
Aug 9, 2006  
bottle from thebeercellar2, thanks very much! pours copper color with small white head. aroma is very citrusy, lots of rye and bready smells, and lots of hops in the aroma. let me tell you, i think this beer is great, it has a nice rye ’bite’ to it that i loved and an awesome malty aftertaste.


 ryan (1781), Beltsville, Maryland, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/102/58/103/514/20
Aug 6, 2006  
Sample courtesy of jordanartuso. Pours a hazy peach with a small white head. The aroma is spicey rye, floral, apricots and raisins. The flavor is herbal, rye bread, honey and apricots. Medium body, slightly astringent with a bitter finish.


 rudolf (1789), Buffalo, New York, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/103/57/103/517/20
Aug 4, 2006  
Thx. Illinismitty. Nose is big sweet caramel, orange, alcohol, strawberries & other fruits, juicy fruit gum - just awesome. Flavor is sweet caramel, cotton candy, great hop bitterness. Lots of fruit going on here. Perhaps a big cloying.


 moejuck (1172), Ohio, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/104/515/20
Aug 3, 2006  
The rye2 pours a nice golden color with a white head that has good retention. The aroma is hoppy, but also very malty as well. You get some sweet aromas in the nose as well. The taste is very nice--plenty of sweet malt behind the big hop profile. The mouthfeell is spot on as well.


 TheEpeeist (1500), Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/103/516/20
Jul 30, 2006  
12 oz bottle. Clear honey orange; small whitish head. Oven roasted oranges with some caramel. Later prosciutto and rye. Taste is abruptly sweet hops on steroids. Orange-rhubarb marmalade, cherry juice and more rye. Soft body and carb make this nicely drinkable but sticky sweet vs. hyped hops battle not well integrated and a bit overwhelming.


 shadey (1501), Rochester, New York, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/515/20
Jul 26, 2006  
Mellon/orange pour with a ring of creamy white. Fruity alcohol mixes with some earthiness. The aroma also provides some indication of the hops that await. Flavor is well hopped, resiny, fresh, bitter. Some grapefruit. Nice but not different enough to stand out.


 footbalm (1219), Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/104/516/20
Jul 24, 2006  
Bottle from Walt. Think and syrupy golden brew with a meer ring around the glass. Nose is grapefruity hops with a nice sweet syrupy under note. Fresh and de-lish on the tongue.


 LeopoldStoch (201), Green, Ohio, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/103/58/104/516/20
Jul 24, 2006  
The aroma on this beer is another great double ipa aroma. Huge citrus and grapefruit smells erupt from this beer. There was a lot of yeast in the bottle...way more than I have seen in other double ipas. The flavor is a good mix of sweet malt flavors, with a good floral taste coming through, prolly from the cascade and amarillo hops. There is also just a little bit of a bitter in the taste...could that be from the rye? Overall another very good beer. I have yet to be disappointed from terrapin.



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