7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Atlanta Cask Ale Tasting Similar in most all respects to the regular seasonal with an added dimension of faint vanilla oak dryness. The cask version was poured from pitchers and lacked the thick creamy head it probably would have shown with a fresh pour to the glass.
Tried
from Cask
on 01 Feb 2006
at 16:25
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle. Oatmeal raisin cookie aroma. Dark black with small brown head - pours like oil. Chocolate, black coffee and oatmeal flavors - very nice. Well blended and a nice brew.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Jan 2006
at 20:35
5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Bottle. Sweet malt aroma. Golden yellow with small head. Slightly sweet artificial fruit flavor (Aurelius is right - it’s like Fruit Loops). Moderate acidity and carbonation. A straight forward Cream Ale - sweet and malty.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Jan 2006
at 20:07
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. Extremely strong aroma - peach, orange, apple. malt, and hops. Hazy amber color with small head. Sweet fruity flavor up front - orange/apple with a moderate hoppy finish. Well-blended with neither the fruit or hops coming out too strong. Very nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Jan 2006
at 16:47
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Reddish-brown colour with a rich head. Aroma is big mandarin hops with cedar and floral soaps and woody malt notes. Well-balanced. I like when that’s the first thing I notice. The hops are largely aromatic as the beer comes across fairly sweet. Orangey, floral hops drench the beer but never does it get resiny. One of the more refreshing beers in the upper mid-strength category. An interesting take on a concept that has thankfully proven to be fairly open-ended. Thanks to aracauna for the bottle!
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Dec 2005
at 03:12
8.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
2005. Deep orange-red body, medium/thick light tan head. Huge citrus (grapefruit) hops aroma, big caramel, brown sugar, etc. Cut a grapefruit in half, load it with sugar, and this is the result. Quite similar to Founders Devil Dancer in this regard. Sweet, caramely, toasty body with grapefruit and pine hops, but not syrupy or overbearing. The Munich malts add a nice "strawberry" cereal character with some similarity to Cheerios. I do detect alcohol, but in a quaffable concentration. What surprises me about this beer is that it is so soft, delicate, rich, and yet not syrupy or palate-destroying (although perhaps it is palate-weakening!). Flavorwise this reminds me a bit of Founders Reds Rye and also Bear Republic Red Rocket Ale. An excellent drinking experience! Many thanks to Dave (beeryum) for this treat!
Tried
on 28 Nov 2005
at 21:21
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Bottle at London Gathering Nov 2005. IPA US hop aromas. Strange orangey flavour and bad carbonation. Bit bland compared with the other US IPAs we had on the afternoon. Finish has some nice hop bitterness. It did lead to an interesting coversation about R.E.M. though with Mungo.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Nov 2005
at 10:39
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
A hazy dark orange beer with a small white head. The aroma is sweet and lovely hoppy combined with notes of caramel. The flavor is sweet malty with lots of hops, but also caramel. The body is thick.
Tried
on 18 Sep 2005
at 11:25
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
2005 bottle (I assume) hand bottled by Jeffin7, thanks so much man, a very thoughtful bonus indeed!
Awesome pour. Huge, fluffy, yet almost creamy head with a cream-marble color. 3 fingers high to start and modestly well-retained. Unfiltered and beautiful orange-tea body with a touch of strawberry blonde notes and copper highlights. Aroma is fruity, with light rye spicing, like freshly baked rye dough. No alcohol yet and it’s starting at about 50 degrees. Quite perfumey and lightly estery, though. Begins with a sweet and lightly sticky caramel malt. Retronasal peaches, plums and grapefruits already, mixed together well. Also, a distinct rye and light perfume-like note A touch of breadiness at the end. Some vanilla and cinnamon in the nose now (half way through the glass). Even as it warms, still no alcohol. Some resin/pine hops acidity sticks to the back of the throat. Extremely low carbonation, but not loose or flat in the least. Just a perfect, tight, expansive bubbling sensation on the tongue. Warm now, there is some raw alcohol characteristic, but not much and no more than I would expect for the abv. The rye grainy/spiciness collects well on the palate adding some needed flavor depth. Body is medium-full to full, the sweet caramel never disappears. No water or thinning. Great beer. Could stand a bit more complex maltiness, but it’s not overdone and it’s quite well-executed. Not unlike the Middle Ages Xth I just had, but better alcohol concealment, stickier, more substantial malt (because it’s unfiltered) and the rye adds a little more depth. A bit of earthy, dry flavors at the bottom of the glass. Lacing is very faint. Thanks for the bottle, Jeff!
Awesome pour. Huge, fluffy, yet almost creamy head with a cream-marble color. 3 fingers high to start and modestly well-retained. Unfiltered and beautiful orange-tea body with a touch of strawberry blonde notes and copper highlights. Aroma is fruity, with light rye spicing, like freshly baked rye dough. No alcohol yet and it’s starting at about 50 degrees. Quite perfumey and lightly estery, though. Begins with a sweet and lightly sticky caramel malt. Retronasal peaches, plums and grapefruits already, mixed together well. Also, a distinct rye and light perfume-like note A touch of breadiness at the end. Some vanilla and cinnamon in the nose now (half way through the glass). Even as it warms, still no alcohol. Some resin/pine hops acidity sticks to the back of the throat. Extremely low carbonation, but not loose or flat in the least. Just a perfect, tight, expansive bubbling sensation on the tongue. Warm now, there is some raw alcohol characteristic, but not much and no more than I would expect for the abv. The rye grainy/spiciness collects well on the palate adding some needed flavor depth. Body is medium-full to full, the sweet caramel never disappears. No water or thinning. Great beer. Could stand a bit more complex maltiness, but it’s not overdone and it’s quite well-executed. Not unlike the Middle Ages Xth I just had, but better alcohol concealment, stickier, more substantial malt (because it’s unfiltered) and the rye adds a little more depth. A bit of earthy, dry flavors at the bottom of the glass. Lacing is very faint. Thanks for the bottle, Jeff!
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Aug 2005
at 14:38
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Terrapin Cream Ale starts with a large frothy head of white over a medium yellow body. Light lemony aroma with a bit of cooked corn. Lightly sweet and lightly acidic, reminiscent of a wit beer I suppose. Not bad, but Terrapin has set it’s own standards higherwith it’s other brews, then fails to meet it with this one.
Tried
on 27 Jun 2005
at 06:45