Terrapin Side Project Gamma Ray

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

22oz bottle from Beer World (Largo, FL)> Pours a hazy caramel color with a thin head that settles slowly but still provides some lacing on the glass. Aroma is malt, honey, caramel, some pine, spice and herbs. Flavor is sweet and malty with strong notes of honey, wheat, spice, caramel, toffee. Generally syrupy and sweet with a malty and honey finish.

22 oz. bottle courtesy of a trade with stopbarking. Pours a cloudy gold with a thin white head that disappeared after two sips and left a few spots of bubbles on the glass. Very pleasant aroma of caramel, honey, oranges, wheat grain and some alcohol vapors. The flavor is caramel, honey, oranges, bananas, and wheat grain. Despite the vapors, the alcohol is well hidden in the flavor. The sweetness is not overdone and this beer is full bodied but not cloying in any manner. Good stuff.

Sweet, musty tripel aroma. Cloudy, slightly dark amber, average label on the bomber. Phenolic, tangy, moderately sweet. Not viscous, clean flowing mouthfeel. After you get through the initial phenols, it is fairly clean drinking. A warming, peppery finish where the honey finally comes through. Aftertaste hangs on a little too long and tempted me to deduct another point from the palate. Market Square Liquors.

22oz thanks to TheBeerSommelier. Pours a fairly flat, deep bright orange color with just the smallest trace of a bubbly white head. Aroma is odd. Grainy, wheat, orange and peach, some alcohol, yeasty, bananas. Smells a little like Fred. I have smelled other beers like this but cannot think of them now. Taste is bready, kinda dull, kind of sweet. Not much in terms of hop flavor or bitterness. Alcohol is noticeable. Not incredibly drinkable. Medium to full bodied. This one missed the mark for me.

(22 oz. bottle, courtesy of BMan1113VR) Pours a hazy golden body with a moderate white head. Flavor of wheat, honey, grass, and florals. Flavor of wheat, honey, alcohol, and light fruitiness.

Golden and cloudy. Almost still; very little effervescence. Aroma is light and buttery. Hides the alcohol well. Very sweet with obvious honey. Medium light body. Could use more fizz.

Pours a hazy gold color with a very thin white head. Fruity honey aroma, might be a little too sweet and a little bit of wheat, yeast, orange. Big thick malty honey body with some bitterness to balance. I find there is a boozy kind sweet kind of alcohol, not sneaky and subtle. Nice body, but I think a little too much of the honey sweetness and the alcohol level takes away from the beer, because I can really see this being awesome hybrid style of wheat, barley wine and honey. I will always gives kudos, though, to brewers for trying to create an interesting product.

Bottle courtesy of Tony from Oldsmar Tap House. Pours a hazy golden with a small white head that fades to a ring. Aroma of honey, spicy yeast, bubblegum, sweet tarts, and a touch of rye. Taste is the same as aroma but more prominent. Medium full mouthfeel with a mild amount of bitterness and well hidden alcohol. Good but a little to sweet for my taste.