bernerbrau
Well-Known Member
A 6-pack of Terrapin "IBA" caught my eye at the store last night so I was obligated to myself to buy it and try it out. It's advertised as a combination of an English brown ale and an India pale ale.
First thing I noticed upon opening, since I nose my beers now, was an extremely familiar hop character. I brew a lot with Nugget, so I recognize the aroma and taste pretty quickly.
I check their website and sure enough, Nugget is the first hop mentioned: Terrapin Beer Athens, Georgia Microbrew Ale Pilsner
I don't think it's added until late in the boil because the IBUs would be higher, and the Nugget aroma would be rather muted if detectable at all; here it was pretty pungent.
If there was any malty flavor, it was difficult to detect over all the hop action. It certainly didn't taste overhopped or watery, but there was nothing prominent about the malt.
This might be an interesting one to try cloning, but maybe up the malt content. Similar in vein to my Ipankelweiss...
First thing I noticed upon opening, since I nose my beers now, was an extremely familiar hop character. I brew a lot with Nugget, so I recognize the aroma and taste pretty quickly.
I check their website and sure enough, Nugget is the first hop mentioned: Terrapin Beer Athens, Georgia Microbrew Ale Pilsner
I don't think it's added until late in the boil because the IBUs would be higher, and the Nugget aroma would be rather muted if detectable at all; here it was pretty pungent.
If there was any malty flavor, it was difficult to detect over all the hop action. It certainly didn't taste overhopped or watery, but there was nothing prominent about the malt.
This might be an interesting one to try cloning, but maybe up the malt content. Similar in vein to my Ipankelweiss...