Terrapin India Style Brown Ale

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

Bottle pours clear dark brown with off white head. Aroma is sublte pine with brown sugar and nutty notes. Medium mouthfeel. Flavor is what you would expect. The hops clash with the brown ale and neither stands out. Slight pine, followed by mostly brown sugar, almond, and a sweet caramel finish makes this exactly what I was expecting.

12 oz bottle courtesy of a GAManiac trade. Thanks, Grant! Pours a rusty reddish brown, moderate tannish head that is bubbly, dies to a small layer, laces pretty well, light haze. Aromas are some nice toasty malts, brown sugar, nuttiness, caramel, and some floral hoppiness to balance. A touch of creamy sweetness. Initial is medium bodied, throwing some toasty, caramel, biscuit and toffee, light vanilla, nut, and moving into floral hoppiness, light citrus on the backend. This beer shows some more lingering hops on the aftertaste, as a touch of pine and resin sticks to the back of the mouth. Still, the malt largely steals the show and the hops are more of a creeping flavor. Citrus comes on stronger as I drink the brew. Not bad though. Would love to try a little fresher. Cheers.

12 oz bottle. Pours a very dark brown/red color but is quite clear when held up to the light, with a large beige head. The aroma is a somewhat odd mix of rich malts and lots of hops. The flavor was dominated by the citrus and bitter hop profile, lots of brown ale in there though, some biscuit and molasses. Toasted malts. Kind of like a dark IPA I guess. Not bad, and quite enjoyable. Though, in general I’d have to say that traditional brown ales and IPAs are more my thing. Interesting.

Thanks Emacgee. Reddish-brown pour with a tan head. Hoppy aroma comes out at you. Not overbearing, just a signal to start drinking. You taste the hop flavor first, then you get the malt taste. The hop flavor lingers in your mouth. It leaves a nice lacing on the glass. A very good beer that I wish I had more of. How far of a drive to Athens???

Thanks to juiceisloose for this one - I’m not normally a fan of these kinds of hybrids, but this really works well - roasty and nutty in the nose, with a lot of caramel sweetness, and spicy, earthy hops underneath - hops are more the star in the flavor - their spiciness works well with a dry, roasty character that develops late, and gradually builds to a finish of dark coffee and hazelnut - a bit of sweet toffee on the back - some apparent oxidation on this one, but the bottle is past its expiration date - pretty good overall.

bottle from shp555...BB 4th week of january (hopefully 2009!) a clear dark auburn pour is capped by a beige head. it is soft and leaves lace rings as it recedes. the nose is nutty and faintly chocolate-y with notes of toasty malt, roasted nuts, caramel, spicy earthy hops, potting soil and flowers/iced tea. the aroma is pretty much the flavor on this one... along with a spicy dryness, earthy bitterness on the finish and a coffee-like aftertaste. it has a medium body, smooth texture and prickly hoppy mouth feel. 7/3/7/3/15/3.5

This is one of those new genre beers I have discovered. One of many at beerfest. Not much of an impression.

Bottle courtesy of SoLan. Aroma was molasses and wood chips. Appearance was dark brown with red highlights and a tan head. Flavor was sweet malts, licorice with cola carbonation to it. Left a sweet malt aftertaste on the palate. Good brew!