On tap at Beef Trust, skunky ‘dank hemp-infused’ India Pale Ale retains sticky green weed resin for bright lemony orange tang, dry Chinook-Columbus-Simcoe-hopped wood tones and light herbal snip. Heady cannabis-related medium body balanced just right.
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TERRAPIN LUCILLE BLACKSTRAP MOLASSES STOUT
Creamy caramel-burnt blackstrap molasses adjunct regales sweet vanilla subtlety for highly regarded Imperial Stout aged on hickory, maple and white ash. Cedar-charred walnut, hazelnut and Brazil nut roast glazed by maple molasses sinew, leaving sour raisin, dark cherry and prune illusions on the back end.
TERRAPIN UP-HI IPA
TERRAPIN IRISH BUH-BYE WAKE-N-BAKE COFFEE OATMEAL IMPERIAL STOUT
TERRAPIN LUAU KRUNKLES PASSION-ORANGE-GUAVA IPA
Sharp tropical fruiting raises sour passionfruit, orange and guava juicing slightly above piney citrus IPA template and blaring aspirin-like astringency. Lemony gooseberry tartness increases zesty Hawaiian tropicalia while grapefruit pith and melon rind souring gains ancillary mandarin orange, pineapple, papaya and tangerine tanginess. A somewhat bold stylistic changeup.
TERRAPIN RASPBERRY TRUFFLE WAKE-N-BAKE COFFEE OATMEAL IMPERIAL STOUT – 2017
Luxurious fresh-brewed coffee entry superseded by tart raspberry pureeing for rich (9.4% ABV) Wake-N-Bake variation. Dark chocolate insistence and liquid cacao adjunct catch up to hop-charred coffee bittering midway, coalescing with bittersweet raspberry truffle scheme at fulsome Black Forest cake finish.
TERRAPIN TART CHERRY WAKE ‘ BAKE COFFEE OATMEAL IMPERIAL STOUT
On tap at Plank Pizza, mighty dark-roast Jittery Joe’s coffee bittering and cocoa-dried black chocolate residue pick up tart Montmorency cherry juicing atop hop-charred molasses oats base.
TERRAPIN SMOKE ON THE PORTER
Dry Baltic porter issues beechwood-smoked black chocolate malting and French oak licks to ashen nutty bittering. Oncoming vanilla-creamed dark fruiting ransacks chicory-seared cedar char and light Band-Aid astringency. Drifting cocoa nibs influence adds to nutty chocolate nature.
TERRAPIN ALL AMERICAN OAT PALE ALE
TERRAPIN CRANBERRY PUMPKINFEST
On tap at Amazing Grapes, tart cranberry-forward sourness almost supersedes vegetal gourd earthiness and mild pumpkin-skinned acridity. Lemony blood orange, yellow grapefruit and tangelo fruiting tingles the sour cranberry essence.
TERRAPIN TIRAMISU-HOO
On tap at Shepherd & Knucklehead, sensational Imperial Milk Stout layers whipped creamed Mascapone custard atop rum-soaked ladyfinger impression and fudgy brown chocolate malting (while nearly bettering Terrapin’s ambitious Moo-Hoo dessert treat). Subsidiary creme brulee, maple molasses, chocolate cake, toasted coconut, cherry cordial, vanilla wafer and wheat-honeyed sweetness receives powdered sugaring. For contrast, rich coffee bean bittering gains prominence alongside milky Yoo-Hoo chocolate syruping. Serve to all sweet-toothed fanatics.