Terrapin Side Project Hop Shortage Ale

bottle at grand opening. Very green but very good. I’ve never had a iipa that was too young, but this is very young. In 2 wks it will be awesome.

22oz bomber (with gold foil around the cap and neck). Pours a nice, clear, deep gold with highlights of orange and yellow. The foam is off-white in color, and though it pours only a thin head it leaves loads of lace on the sides of the glass. Despite the label describing the beer as a huge hop bomb, it seems quite a balanced IPA. The nose starts full of fragrant hops - a nice bouquet that blends citrus (lemony?), spicy, and earthy hop aroma. There is also a dose of residual sugar and bready malt in the aroma. The flavor starts bittersweet with some earthy and citrusy (grapefruit) hop flavors combined with delightful pale malt character - a nice balance of sweetness from caramelized malts, too. The middle of the tongue detects a lovely balance of pale malts and more hops. The finish is quite hoppy - bitter notes of perfume and grapefruit. The mouthfeel is perfect for a pale ale - crisp but not overdone carbonation with a smooth and medium body. Overall, a great beer. It doesn’t taste too strong (label doesn’t indicate alcohol level, and I can’t really notice a big alcohol flavor, so I assume it is 6-7). It also tastes very well-balanced - not as one-sided of a hop bomb as some west coast interpretations of the style. Delicious!

pours a clear orange copper with nice full white head. not at all too over the top, and very well balanced. hop light ctirus aroma. smooth balanced palate, weith citrus finish. Loved the citrus presence, and the mild bitter background. Very good.

Got the last bottle at Terrapin’s Side Project @ Bruisin’ Ales. If you dream of hops, this beer is for you. Aroma is super hoppy with citrus notes. Flavor is a mouthfull of hops, decent carbonation. White creamy head. I am glad to be one of few to drink this awesome beer.

A dark orange appearance with some pine, grapefruit, and lemons in the nose. The flavor is rather bitter like an IPA should be by god. Some pine, oranges, lemons show up for this one. It wasnt a hop bomb, it had a nice malty backbone to it. Overall yet another gem from Terrapin!