Terrapin All-American Imperial Pilsner

Formerly brewed at Terrapin Beer Company
Style: European Strong Lager
Athens, Georgia USA

Pours amber with a straw colored head. Smells of pine, peppers, yogurt and oranges. Tastes citrussy with a nice malt backbone. Finishes tangy and tarte.

This pours an opaque golden color with a one finger white head. The aroma is mainly grassy. The flavor starts out slightly malty sweet but finishes dry and bitter with some lemony flavors. It’s a thirst quencher and very easy drinking.

Courtesy of goldtwins via trade

Bottle: The aroma is lightly sweet with some notes of grapefruit. It pours a transparent orangish-gold with a moderate white head that lasts a minute or so. The flavor starts lightly sweet with a hint of citrus and finishes with some moderate flowery hops.

[124-20061209] 355mL. Complex sweet and tangy hop aroma. Light orange body with the odd bubble and a little head. Tastes like vegimite with a potato quality, kind of like drinking steak. Medium body with a big full taste and light alcohol is noticeable. Interesting but a little offensive.

Bottle courtesy of TheBeerCellar2. Pours a clear bright copper (or is it dark gold) with a lacy white head. Aroma is sweet, with herbal hops, fruit and a honey-like caramel holding everything else up. Medium-full body with fine but full carbonation. The taste is very much the same as the nose, Clean pine-bitter finish.

The aroma was strong with caramel and a lightly spicy hop presence. Some citrus character was notable and a bit of a floral note. The golden beer was hazy and had hardly any head and practically no head retention. The flavor was quite bitter with a citrusy and spicy hop character and bittering which actually improved the beer. Some caramel was present but the hops ruled the flavor. The body was medium full and had a moderate level of carbonation. Overall the bittering was similar to that of an IPA, but the lager was never clean. A nice cooter overall, and one that actually improved over time. 12 ounce bottle, 2006 beer tour.

Pours a thick, golden/amber with a light haze and slow carbonation. A large-bubbled white head holds as a thick cap. Juicy, fruity aroma with a breadiness beneath. Peaches, pears and cherries combine in the semblance of fruit cocktail while minor aclcohol notes morph it into a liqueur. Rather lean-bodied for such a bountiful aroma, with a dry finish to boot. Fruity flavor turns bitter with Continental-style finishing hops and notes of rye. This beer is a pleasant result based off a good concept. (Sometimes these "experiments" don’t turn out so hot.) "Prost, my Chelonian brother."

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Pours a nice golden honey color with a nice thick frothy white head. Bubbles galore. Very nice smell for a pilsner. Smells of hops, sweet malts, and citrus. Pretty full on flavor, alcohol is masked pretty nicely. Very easy drinking for an 8% brew.A little sweetness to it mixed in with the hops is very pleasant. There’s a slight bitterness to it at the end, but nothing unpleasant. Very well done IMO.