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Terrapin Rye Pale Ale 3.48 661

Terrapin Rye Pale Ale

Percentile
87
overall

bottled
common

on tap
common

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
6613.49/5.03.48/5.05.3%92.8Lager glass, Shaker
Commercial Description:
We Consider this an extreme version of an American Pale Ale. It has a very up front floral and citrus aroma from a late cascade addition and dry hopping with Amarillo. This beer also has a big malt background to balance the bitterness of the hops. The rye malt cleans up your palette after you swallow so the hop flavor does not stick in your mouth too long.
Now available in bottles.
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 SudsMcDuff (1703), was CapeTown,SA-now Houston, Texas, USA
2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/102/54/102/58/20

Sep 17, 2009  
aged a year by Knightly Spirits.. pours a hazy gold tan .. . light honey and stale bread.. . very light foam. . like when you graze a nut reacting to a good play by the other team.

 bvc (336), Kenmore, Washington, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/513/20
Dec 19, 2009  
12oz bottle. Dark golden orange with sticky light lacing. Lots of sweet biscuit malt with a touch of grassy orange citrus hop and faint bubblegum notes. Pale rye and crystal malt up front that has a hay taste, faint citrusy hop that is on the sweeter side with bits of caramel.


 fromred2green (170), , Ohio, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/514/20
Dec 18, 2009  
Bottle. Pours hazy yellow-orange with a small white head. Aroma of grain and hops - yes you can smell a distinct rye aroma. It smells like rye bread mixed with hops, which makes this beer interesting before even taking a sip. Flavor is mostly hops. Rye is barely distinguishable from the hops in the flavor but can be noted as a subtle finish. Overall very good.


forsides (85), union, New Jersey, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/514/20
Dec 16, 2009  
plennnty of rye aroma and taste. enough pale malt and citrusy/resiny hops to balance it out. pretty nice


 AmEricanbrew (1929), orange, California, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Dec 16, 2009  
Clear light amber color/ white head. Spicy hop, mild honey malt aromas. medium body. Nice lightly sweet honey malt, floral flavors with a crisp, clean finish.


 clingman71 (261), Centerville, Ohio, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/102/511/20
Dec 4, 2009  
Light amber color, aroma of hops and a little spice. Flavor is slighlty spicy and moderately hoppy, but the mouthfeel is very thin. This beer is watery to me, decent flavor, but not enough of it. Average at best.


 Jsawyer (286), Glenside, Pennsylvania, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/514/20
Dec 3, 2009  
Bottle; pours pale amber with slight haze, big frothy head produces plentiful lacing. Aroma is caramel, lightly of berries, honeydew melon, slightly grapefruity-citric, and with a hint of rye. Flavor begins with a slightly bitter and resinous tension but resolves into a citric-berries, buttery bread, and melon sweetness punctuated citric and floral hops. Also some brown sugar and coffee notes come through. Palate is slightly too effervescent.


 DrnkMcDermott (1861), Downers Grove, Illinois, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/104/512/20
Nov 24, 2009  
12 oz. bottle, trade with Daknole. Light amber color, swirling bubbles lead to a rocky light head. Spicy smell that’s part hops and part rye. Bottle is best by 8/5/09, so hops may have started to fade. Sharp APA hop flavor, not a citrusy cascade/amarillo bomb, but more of a well-hopped Pils. Again, spicy accents added by rye. Hops become more assertive toward the end, in fact, the foam at the end is quite hoppy. Even though this bottle indicates it’s contracted to Flying Dog, this is a style that could become a nice Southern style beer.



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