Terrapin Side Project Capt’n Krunkles Black IPA

Brewed by Terrapin Beer Company
Style: Black IPA
Athens, Georgia USA

Serve in Shaker, Tulip

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22oz bottle. Pours a deep cola brown with a frothy beige head, some spotty lacing. Nice nose of citrus, pine, toasted malts and cocoa dust. light sticky pine on the palate accompanied by nice roasted malts....tasty.

Bomber. Aroma is a nice mix of espresso with cream, bubblegum, spicy green herbs, and grapefruit. Black pour with a lasting disc of cream and nice sticky lace. Medium-heavy body is smooth and slightly sticky, but well dried by hops and roast. Big front of sweetened coffee and chocolate toffee is quickly checked by hop flavors of resin, grapefruit, and mint. Charred roast flavor chimes in on the finish as well. Seems like I taste some wheat in there too. Very unique tasting brew.

UPDATED: SEP 5, 2010 Draft sample @ Brewvival on 2/27/10. Solid. This is an excellent black IPA.... and one of Terrapin’s best Side Projects to date.... loaded with hops! nice black pour with a quarter inch off white head... citrus hop notes across the nose... medium body with average carbonation and a good blend of caramel malts and deep citrus based hops.... really looking forward to this in bombers this month!

draft at Brewvival. 1st rating! pours a dark, cola brown with a bubbly, light khaki head and spotty lace. aroma is excellent with massive pine esters, grapefruit, orange, and grass with light floral notes and subtle, toasted, cocoa malts. flavor is great as well and everything you would imagine a great black IPA would taste like with big, nutty malts and caramel up front with bold, grapefruit hops, pine, and lots of floral esters with a roasted malt finish. palate is medium bodied with solid carbonation and a lingering bitter finish. overall, one of the best renditions of a black IPA out there and another well done side project.

Dark pour with a thin bubbly brown head. The aroma has a good mix of dark malts,chocolate, and hops mashed together. The flavor leans more towards the hops, but still remains sweet enough to taste the chocolate and malts as well. One great beer!!

Appearance: black with little than no head. Bubbly cappuccino collar. Swirls with a smidge of lace than gives up the ghost once more.
Nose: hops, bakers chocolate, roasted cacao beans. Wood and vanilla bean burnt, black, and toasty. Dried cherries. Subtle hint of greenness pervades and weaves; hop cones.
Palate: clean up front than explodes atop my tongue and rushes down my throat to make merry in my tummy. Complex is an understatement, and yet he manages to be amazingly drinkable. Burnt wood, spice, and dried rye seeds in the back suck moisture from my tongue. Apple, pear, peach, and plum skins for a tickle of sweetness before quickly giving way to tart tannic skin delights. Medium weight with a full mouthfeel. Intense flavors. Almonds, roasted please and hold the sugars. Long refreshing dried hop cone bitterness tinges breathe and pervades her burnt bitter roastyness in harmonious titillation.
Final Thoughts: here we have one of the newest beer categories that came about through brewer’s whim and fanciful disregard for brewing parameters. Flavor first, quickly followed by set styles, then enhanced and expanded upon with imagination and flair. The India Black Ale or Black IPA is one such style and Capt’n Krunkles went above and beyond pleasing this flavorholic.

Bottle "from the back room" at Cigar City Brewing Cask for a Cause. Black (obviously), tan head, massive lacing. Aroma of chocolate and licorice. Taste has big hops from start to finish, but lots of roasted malts to balance. Delicious.

From Norm’s Beer and Wine. Nice black appearance. Hoppy front, malty back. Slight coffee taste. Very interesting IPA.

Nice beer. Alcahol hidden very well for those not crazy about high gravity beers. I would classify as a hoppy porter.

Great stuff, best beer of the night in a sampling I did two weeks ago. Great hop flavor but smooth and drinkable. I’m really becoming a big fan of black IPAs, they seem to have a great flavor while beeing more drinkable than some of the bruisers.