Terrapin Oaked Aged Rye Squared

Brewed by Terrapin Beer Company
Style: Imperial/Double IPA
Athens, Georgia USA

Date: 05/29/2008
Mode: Draft
Source: Brick Store Pub

Appearance: clear amber, frothy off white head, solid patterned lace,
Aroma: sweet pine and crystal malt aroma, touch of fruityness, oak starts off light and builds pull in the vanilla with it and takes over the sweet pine and crystal,
Body: creamy body,
Flavor: big oak and malt flavor, lots of earthy oak balances the sweetness of the base beer, the sweet pine breaks through for a while, vanilla adds more complexity than sweetness, bitterness adds balance but stays out of the way of the complex flavors, sweet crystal malt shows back up towards the bottom of the pint,
Overall: sweet oak and pine
-------- /> Date: 06/07/2008
Mode: draft
Source: traapeze

picking up a lot more of the fruityness and pine of the base beer with the oak coming later, I can see where people say it is not too oaky, on this keg, for the first third of the pint,
-------- /> Date: 06/17/2008
Mode: draft
Source: brick store

been drinking this here for the past few days and noticing a daily fluxuation in the level or oak, depending on your desired level of oak it will be perfect eventually,

Aroma: 8/10; Appearance: 8/10; Flavor: 8/10; Palate: 9/10; Overall: 18/20
Rating: 4.3/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: ***4

Cloudy amber with medium white head. Sweet aroma with hoppy, citric and caramel notes. Flavour likewise with caramel, grapefruit and hoppy notes. Ends bitter.

Botella. Deep hazy amber colour with a medium nice white good lasting head. Sweet fruity hoppy aroma. Quite good a mouthfeel. The flavour is sweet with a pleasant hoppy bitterness along with some pine and grapefruit. Sweet bitter fruity finish.

(Draught) Pours a hazy amber body with a medium off-white head. Aroma of vanilla, citrus, oak, and light smoke. Flavor of oak, rye, hops (citrus, pine), and vanilla with a bitter finish.

On tap May 2008: Pours a transparent copper amber with a nicely-lacing off-white head. Aroma of sweet caramel and crisp toasty oak with some fresh grapefruity hoppy notes. Body starts with good fullness, rich sweet caramel and complex fresh oaky character and crisp grapefruity flavoring and bittering hops. A nice, oaky double IPA.

On tap at the Brick Store. This Imperial IPA pours a medium amber color. Small sized white foamy head, with good lacing and nice retention. The aroma is oak, hops and malts. A medium to full bodied Imperial IPA. The malts are caramel and sweet, touch of oak and vanilla. Hops are piney and grapefruity. Hints of oak and a touch or vanilla. Those flavors really balance the hop bitterness. Good carbonation. The barrel aging really adds a nice dimension to this beer. Mouthfeel is full and round. Finish is clean and smooth. Aftertaste is slightly bitter with some vanilla at the finish.

GABF 2008 poured a hazy amber with a small lingering amber head. Aromas of oak, orannge, light carmel and light spice. Palate was light to medium bodied and smooth. Flavors of rye, oak, carmel, light vanilla and light spice with a smooth malty finish.

GABF 2008. Pours clear tawny with a small, fizzy, white head, somewhat lasting with fair lacing. Aroma is heavy malt (bread, cookie, cereal), average hops (perfume, resin), average yeast (sweat) with notes of sour vanilla and wood. Medium bodied, alcoholic texture, flat carbonation, and a bitter finish. Average duration, moderate sweetness, acidity, and bitterness.