Terrapin Side Project Gamma Ray

Brewed by Terrapin Beer Company
Style: Barley Wine
Athens, Georgia USA

Bottle courtesy of durhambeer. Pours gold with a thin white head. Smells of honey, citrus, wheat, spice, bananas, clove. Tastes of honey and sweet caramel with lots of spicy hints. This is a very well balanced easy drinking beer with a nice warming alcohol bite coming through from the honey and some peppery splashes on the finish. More braggot than barleywine.

Taste of spice and sweet honey. Pours a bronze/yellow with white small forming head. Good sweet smell. Good feel and not long lasting. Great brew.

Poured a hazed light amber color with a white head. The aroma was sweet and fruity. Notes of banana and clove. Wheaty lemon with some notes of bubble gum. The flavor contained banana and a lighter clove than the aroma. Especially on the finish. Medium bodied with a semi-dry finish. Warming sensation in the chest. I was surprised by the actually weiss character this had. I did not expect it and it worked well for me.

Pours with a cloudy golden body topped by a thin head with some lacing. It’s sweet and malty with a clove and banana note as well as notes of wheat. Medium bodied and smooth.

22 oz. Gold pour, thin white head. Aroma is fruity, citrus, slight caramel malt. Very sweet, red fruits, banana, honey/sugary flavor. Somewhat sticky, but pretty light bodied. Like a sparkling ale or something. Finishes lingering sweetness, but not very pleasant. Second wheat wine I’ve had, did not care for this. Wish I would have shared this, I did not feel like finishing the bottle. Not sure it was worth trying for the $8 price tag.

Wow, this was one super thick brew. A lot of flavors going on and a whole lot of alcohol. This beer was undrinkable upon opening. I let it settle down in the fridge for day or so and it made a big improvement. A lot more fruit seemed to be showing after that. Not my style.

Pours a hazy bright orange light amber with a thin head. Aroma is wheat- doughy sweet but a bit off- light dms, sharp and lightly metallic and even some olive juice salty brine with some smoked meats. Flavor is lightly sweet - wheat, crystal malt, and some nuts, more solvent and paint thinner- harsh sharp sweetness and alcohol- salty brine and more smoked meats- dry crackery finish. Meh.

Hazy honey/amber pour with viscous body and slight head. Clovey spiced and yeasty to smell, with a similar spiced caramel sweet flavor. Candied honey sweetness is the principal element, but the latent spice and fruit qualities finish of the taste. Hides the strength quite well.