Terrapin Side Project Liquid Bliss

Brewed by Terrapin Beer Company
Style: Porter
Athens, Georgia USA

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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Name: Liquid Bliss
Date: November 30, 2012
Mode: Draft
Source: Brick Store Pub
Appearance: opaque brown, whispy tan head
Aroma: sweet chocolate aroma, light peanut butter
Flavor: rich chocolate flavor, lots of caramel sweetness, balancing peanut butter
Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 14/20
Rating: 3.4/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: *** /4

22oz bottle. Medium beige head atop cola brown body. Aroma is moderately sweet, milk chocolate, peanut butter, some cola. Taste is moderately sweet, cola, some milk chocolate, peanut butter, light nut. Medium body, some stickiness.

Bottle… Pours midnight black with a large, creamy, beige head. Decent retention. The aroma is too restrained, but it’s very similar to Shorts Über Goober Oatmeal Stout – peanut butter and chocolate components are the names of the game, but a little vanilla squeezes itself in. Medium-bodied with a thin mouthfeel and tingly carbonation. The flavor provides peanut butter and dark chocolate – kind of like a Reece’s Peanut Butter Cup, but dumbed way on down. Well-balanced. Unfortunately, there’s not a whole lot of residual sugar here which I think would have enhanced this particular beer. Finishes crisp and a touch peanut-buttery with only a whisper of salt at the wee end. Too conservative with the peanuts, but I guess I’m spoiled by Funky Buddha’s Don’t Tell Reece. A pleasant experience overall and its drinkability is stupid high.

On tap at Capone’s. Poured a dark black color with a smaller sized off white head. Peanut butter, chocolate, roast, and caramel. Peanut butter present. Thinner body.

Bomber courtesy of CraftBeerDesign (thanks Geoff!) poured a clear dark reddish brown with a lingering ring of tan foam. Aroma of peanut butter, dark chocolate and light roastiness. Palate was medium bodied and smooth. Flavors of peanut butter, dark chocolate and light carmel with a smooth lingering chocolate/peanut butter finish.

Bomber from Capone’s. Pours turbid thick jet blackish with 2-finger tan head. Nose was roasty choc malty, nuts, cacao. Tasted rich, with big notes of cacao, nuts, peanut oil, roasty dark malt, and a true overall feeling of drinking a liquid Reese cup, albeit not as sweet. This one was a true delight.

Served on draft at Beer Run. Pours pitch black with a thin frothy off-white head. Good head retention. Aroma of big peanut butter notes and sweet chocolate. The taste is peanut butter, chocolate and a very faint fruitiness. Medium bodied.

Brownish-black pour with a medium tan head that dissipates slowly. Partial rings of lacing on the glass. Aroma of chocolate, malt and peanut butter. Medium-bodied with flavors of milk chocolate, peanut butter and roast malt. The finish is peanut butter cup and malt. Comparable to Willoughby’s, tasty and enjoyable.

Bottle from Eric and served in a tulip. Opened to celebrate National Peanut Butter Day: Pours a clean deep brown hue with a fizzy fading head and not much lacing. The aroma has notes of peanuts and walnuts along with moderate roast, chocolate and some leathery esters. A hint of herbal hop and cola like syrupy twang. The taste is pretty much that of a standard run of the mill porter, nutty and roasty with a dash of chocolate. Very minimal hop notes and some weird artificial taste on the finish. Even more than the lack of actual Reese Peanut Butter Cup I was so hoping to have is the overwhelming soda like carbonation that just is off-putting. While I like the idea, the execution was terribly flawed leaving me with a standard porter that is over carbonated. Yet another disappointing offering from this brewery.

Bottle. Dark and opaque, what little air is embedded in it delivers not much more than a little swirl on top. The aroma is sweet and chocolate-laden, hinting at a rich one. Indeed, this drinks with a full-on cocoa front, followed by a sweet creaminess that must be a product of the peanut butter. Well done. (#4985, 4/15/2013)