Terrapin India Style Brown Ale

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

Bottle. Poured dark brown in color with an average frothy head that was mostly diminishing, but had excellent lacing. The aroma was moderately hoppy with a nice scent of roasted malts. It tasted bitter of hops in the begining and finished with a nice bitter chocolate-coffee flavor that lasted a nice while. Mouthfeel was creamy yet dry with a medium to full body. Overall a nice hoppy twist on a classic brown ale.

Bottle, same graphic but labeled as "Hop Karma Brown IPA". Pours a dark brown hue with ruby red highlights, dissipating tan head but thick sticky lacing on the glass. Nose is mostly rich dark malts-nuts, roast, coffee- with bright citrus hops underneath. Flavor is a solid balance between smooth rich nutty roasty malt and moderate hop bitterness and flavor (orange, citrus, resin), underlying bready malts come back in the slightly sweet finish. Medium body, mild carbonation, silky smooth carbonation. A malt-forward IPA with complex flavors and low abv, well in the session range, good for several servings in one setting for those who like all the flavor without the alcohol strength.

Bottle to pint glass. Pours a dark brown with creamy, short-lived head. Aroma is mild with malts dominant. Medium in body. Since Brown Ales are not my favorite, what hop bitterness is present is very welcome. However, I’d really like to see more assertiveness from the hops. That said, this is not a bad beer.

On draft at the Half Moon, Kennett, PA. The pour was orangey brown, nice frothy head that gave really great continuous lacing all the way down. The aroma was roasty with some citrus and pine hops. The flavor was the same, although I was lett wanting more hops. A decent brew, but it could have been pushed harder. Mouthfeel was full bodied.

12oz bottle. I’d passed this by several times because I’m not a big brown fan. Surprised to see it listed as an ipa. dark brown pour with a thin tan head and slight sheets of lacing. smells of citrus pine hops and chocolate malts. as expected the taste comes off somewhere between a brown and an ipa - with roasted malts and brown sugar losing out to the dank hops for dominance. thin palate. fairly quick light bitter finish.

Hoppy, just like an IPA, but still has that nutty brown flavor to it. It’s a very delicious combination. The aroma is roasty and very fulfilling.

Bottled at Oliver Twist, Stockholm. Pours out in a clear dark ruby brown colour with a small off-white head. Clean aroma of caramel, grass and orangey hops with sharp metallic undertones of iron. Medium-bodied with notes of toasted malts, crackers caramel, nuts and earth with sharp undertones of orange-peels, grass and iron. Clean yet rough moutfeel. Hop-bitter finish of grass and resin.

Pours very dark with a patchy thin head. Very floral hop aroma with a tangy spruce note - some cereal. Toasty aromas come out on the taste. Roasted malt flavor on the swallow, followed by a grapefruit and floral aromas. Good interesting brew.