Terrapin All-American Imperial Pilsner

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

Bottled. A hazy orange beer with a light orange head. The aroma is sweet mlaty with notes of oranges. The flavor is sweet malty with notes of over ripe fruits, as well as a light metallic note of alcohol, leading to a lightly bitter end.

(Bottle 35,5 cl) Courtesy of sk8viking. Slightly hazy, pale amber golden with a small, off-white head. Aroma of malt and caramel. Quite full-bodied with sweetish, malty accents and then an alcoholic, biiter finish. Not overly refined - and so far American style Imperial pilseners have failed to impress me. 290407

12 fl oz bottle. Pours slight cloudy orange with a lacing white head. Aroma dense malty and fruity aroma. Sweet malty and towards fruity with a mild spice note and solid fruity hoppy accent. Caramelish and hoppy into the finish.

<b>Bottle 355ml.</b>
Clear medium yellow orange color with a average to large, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to light heavy malty, toasted, caramel, moderate to light heavy hoppy, orange, hay, stable. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. (050908)

Date: July 07, 2005
Mode: Draft
Source: Summits - Sandy Springs
Appearance: hazy dark yellow, whispy head
Aroma: sweet malt aroma
Body: good body
Flavor: big malt flavor, touch of sweetness, light bitterness

Date: August 11, 2005
Source: Wild Wing, Marietta
Aroma: sweet malt aroma covering up some crisp hops
Flavor: big sweet malt flavor with enough sharp hops to keep it in check, bitter sweet finish
Overall: not the same beer as at Summits that was too much like the Rye Squared

Date: November 05, 2005
Source: cbc
still too sweet and hot, thin, alcoholic, maybe after a couple of years it will settle down?

Date: June 26, 2006
Mode: bottle
Appearance: crystal clear gold, scant head that’s hard to rouse but produces a nice bits of lace
Aroma: sweet fruity aroma with a hint of pine, sweet malt with a nice crisp hop bite, a bit hot, nice short lasting bitter edge
Overall: I still don’t get it but I’m not a Pilsner fan, aparently not even an American one

Date: July 22, 2006
Mode: draft
Source: twains
starting to apprecialte the hop flavor, candy sweetness in both the aroma and flavor,

Date: July 17, 2008
Mode: bottle
Source: tasting
same candy sweetness, hops are getting better,

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 11/20
Rating: 3/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: *4

Hazy golden-amber. Chewy, oxidized nose with a berryish, apricotty fruitiness. Rounded bitterness, some really cloying doughy malts. Long, bittersweet finish in which the flavours don’t really even come together. Moreover, the hops aren’t terribly bright either.

Cloudy golden with medium off white head. Sweet fruity aroma with hoppy and caramel notes. Sweet flavour with caramel, hops and citric notes. Ends bitter.

(12oz bottle) Small off-white head atop a clear apple juice body. Aroma is medium sweet, herbal/pine/grapefruit, some juniper. Taste is moderately sweet, herbal/grapefruit, some caramel, apple, light berry. Some alcohol dryness. Medium body, some hop acidity.