Terrapin Side Project Gamma Ray

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

Bottled. A hazy golden beer with a thin beige head. The aroma has strong notes of fruit - peaches and oranges on a malty back ground. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt, alcohol, fresh peaches and over ripe fruits, leading to a dry, bitter, and alcoholic finish. Thanks CaptainCougar for coming to Denmark and sharing this.

Bottle 65 cl. Courtesy of CaptainCougar. Hazy golden with a small, off-white head. Aroma of banana and yeast. Medium body, banana fruity, strange yeastiness and a solid alcohol burn. Underlying tartness. Not much bitterness. A very different Barley Wine. 300809

22 fl oz bottle, courtesy of CaptainCougar. Pours hazy orange with a small white head. Aroma is mild caramelish and phenolic fruity with a hint of oranges. Caramelish and slight sticky mouthfeel. Light bitterness and light roasted light breadish note. Lingering and malty flavoured finish.

Name: SP 03 Gamma Ray
Date: October 09, 2008
Mode: Bottle
Source: Green’s, Atlanta
Appearance: hazy burnt orange, wispy white head, bits of lace
Aroma: sweet and fruity aroma with honey and orange
Body: big body
Flavor: sweet malt flavor, lots of honey sweetness, fruity orange and banana oozes out of the sweetness, light balancing bitterness
Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 15/20
Rating: 3.7/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **4

Light beige. No head. Slight haze. Looks absolutely terrible. Chewy nose is very sweet, going towards marshmallow and mushroom. Very sweet and alcoholic. Syrupy, very doughy pale malts. Esters, phenols farting around doing not much. Only lightly chewy but way too sweet, not balanced, and not a single source of pleasure. Not a professional calibre brew.

Cloudy golden with a tiny white head. Sweet flavour with banana, wheat and yeasty notes. Sweet flavour with malt, caramel, wheat, ripe fruits, banana and yeasty notes. Finished sweet with warming alcohol notes.

(22oz bottle) Small off-white head that mostly dissipates atop hazy amber body. Aroma is moderately sweet, orange, cotton candy, some spice. Taste is moderately sweet, cotton candy, orange, some wheat. Some alcohol warming, light burn. Low carbonation, sticky full body.

(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.