Terrapin Side Project #18 Liquid Bliss

While at Bruisin’ Ales, I picked up a bottle of Terrapin Side Project #18 Liquid Bliss, a chocolate and peanut butter stout. The beer pours a black color with a beige bubbly head. The aroma consists of chocolate, peanuts, peanut butter, toasted malts, and caramel. The taste is smooth with chocolate and a nice peanut butter accent. A dryness settles in with some toasted malts and a vanilla and caramel finish. The alcohol content is 6.7% ABV. This was a very nice peanut butter infused stout that really played well to my palate. I love peanut butter and chocolate and this was right on in terms of flavor. I still put Spring House’s Big Gruesome as the best peanut butter stout, but it was worth getting again.

Terrapin Side Project Volume 15- Indiana Krunkles

My buddy Matt picked up a bottle of Terrapin Side Project Volume 15 Indiana Krunkles and decided to share it with me. The beer pours a golden color with a frothy white head that leaves some lacing on the glass. The aroma consists of wheat, lemon, orange, and coriander. The taste is smooth and sweet at first with lemon, wheat, and caramel. The finish dries out a little bit with peppery hops and an orange twist. The after taste brings back the wheat flavor and leaves it on the tongue. The alcohol content is 7.3% ABV. This was quite a smooth and refreshing beer with plenty of citrus and sweet flavors that are balanced well with pepper and spices.

Terrapin Side Project Volume 11- Boom Shakalager

I picked up a bottle of Terrapin Side Project Volume 11- Boom Shakalager from Al's of Hampden. This beer is a Bavarian Style Imperial Lager and it pours a copper color with an off-white foamy head. The aroma consists of sweet malts, sour hops, caramel, and toffee. The taste is smooth and delicious right off the bat. There is a good helping of caramel and toffee. The beer finishes with sour hops and a nice pepper kick to the sides out the mouth. The after taste lingers with pepper and a slight dryness. The alcohol content is 9.0 % ABV. This was a style of beer that I am not entirely familiar with, but it was quite delicious. It may come off a little syrupy and not very carbonated, it is quite delicious and very drinkable, dangerous for a 9.0% ABV beer.

Terrapin Side Project Volume 9- The Dark Side

In South Carolina, I picked up a bottle of Terrapin Side Project Volume 9- The Dark Side. This beer is a Belgian Style Imperial Stout and I really looked forward to trying it. The beer pours a black color with a frothy tan head. The aroma is chocolaty with pine hops providing a nice accent. The taste is burnt malts with bitter dry chocolate. There are a lot of burnt flavors in this beer, including a little bit of smoke. There is a lemon accent under the chocolate that sours the beer somewhat, but in a good way, and a dry bitter finish. The alcohol content is 8.5% ABV. While it was not the smoothest drinking beer, there were plenty of flavors and levels to this beer. The smokiness and burnt flavors really dried out the tongue, but the chocolate and lemon really brought it back to be enjoyable.