Terrapin So Fresh & So Green Green 2012 (Citra)

Brewed by Terrapin Beer Company
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Athens, Georgia USA

Serve in Shaker, Tulip

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Pours clear lt amber with a medium off white head. Aroma has kiwi and melon notes...a touch of grapefruit. Flavor follows suit...lots of kiwi and melon. Mouthfeel is light/medium with a melony slightly bitter finish.

Grapefruit and caramel. Golden with a white head. Bitter with nice fruit flavors. Medium bodied with long bitter finish.

Bottle. Amber with with a medium, foamy tan head. Aroma is fresh hops, floral notes, tropical fruit, soft citrus and caramel. Taste is sweet malt, caramel notes, fresh floral hops, tropical fruit, citrus oils, light peach, hints of mango and faint pineapple. Body is medium and slightly chewy with a dense creamy carbonation and mild hop bitterness. Slightly oily as well. Ends with more fresh hops, floral hops, big tropical fruit notes, citrus and chewy caramel. Nice!

Draft at Eulogy. Hazy medium orange brown pour. Frothy white head. Burnt orange peels. Grapefruit pith. Pretzels. Turpentine. Bright piney citrus hops with some unexpected darker toasted malt notes. More balanced than most one hop beers.

2012 Bottle
Appearance: This is a beautifully dark amber hued beer with a crystal clear body with steady carbonation rising to the thick light tan head that leaves light amounts of lacing as it dissipates.
Aroma: This is wonderfully fruity, peaches and mango comes to mind first with pineapple backing, some tangerine, and some sightly bitter orange. The aroma is fresh and strong with some bitterness to balance the sweetness, this smells wonderful.
Taste: The malts show through strongly here with toasted flavors and a moderate sweetness, the hops provide more flavor of pineapple on the mid-taste and a lingering peach sweetness on the finish. This is moderately bitter at most and is very easy to drink, the malts might be just a touch too rich for this, but it works well.
Palate: Medium body with a bready texture, light carbonation.
Overall: I would give this a 4 overall, but the value is lacking a bit. This is a great IPA though that I urge readers to get on sooner than later.

22oz bomber of meh, purchased at Spirits Crossroads. Poured a dark honey amber body with a larger frothy off white head that leaves lots of lace all over my Captain Lawrence glass. Aroma is earthy and reminds me of a cross betwen a fresh green cron cob, bad citrus fruits and some light toast, touch of tea bag and a super slight hint of honey. Body is just a bit too thin, average to slightly strong carbonation and a touch of bitterness on the very end of the lingering aftertaste. Flavor of dry toast, lemon peel, honey topped toast, grass, gren veggies, bitter earthy hop cones. Meh, had much much better.

Pours a slightly hazy golden yellow on tap with pillowing white head that dissipates to leave moderate lacing. Aroma of citrus and tropical fruits from the citra hops. Taste is hop heavy, obviously, but not overpowering at all. Great, fresh tasting IPA.

The citra hops come booming out of the bottle. Tremendous hops nose and finish. This is a very good IPA. Orange/Red color.

Pint at Tylers.. good aroma, sweet, peachy, apricoty. Clean brownish orange, ok head minor pacing. Sweet bitter flavor. Light body, oily creamy mouthfeel, sweet finish. Good, not wowing me. Would of like more out the flavor, mouthfeel is best part.

Bomber courtesy of CraftBeerDesign (thanks Geoff!) poured aclear orange amber with a lasting amber head. Aromas of biscuit, earthiness, cat piss, grapefruit, light lemon zest and light pine. Palate was medium bodied and smooth with a dry finish. Flavors of biscuit, earthiness, pine, grapefruit and light cat piss with a smooth dry moderatly bitter lingering earthy finish.