Terrapin Monk's Revenge - Terrapin Beer Company

Jason

Massachusetts

3.5/5  rDev -9.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

12oz brown bottle with a vintage date.

LOOK: Slightly cloudy light amber color, superb lacing down the glass

SMELL: Papaya, pineapple skin, melon rind, juicy fruit, medicinal phenols, peppery, cotton candy, nectarines, herbal tea

TASTE: Smooth, semi-creamy, moderate body, big alcoholic esters, juicy, bitter, bubble gum, powdered aspirin, oily hop, mild resin, ripe fruit, very warming, bitter phenolic end

Not as I remember, beers change ... palates change. Regardless this brew is flavorful but a controlled mess at the same time. Bitterness seems to be pulled away from the flavor and strikes quick and then pulls back and the alcohol character is a bit out of whack. Still a fun brew to drink.

Serving type: bottle

08-03-2012 02:41:02 | More by Jason

twenty5

Pennsylvania

3.75/5  rDev -2.6%

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Mxchalla

Georgia

3.75/5  rDev -2.6%

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brudz2134

Michigan

4.5/5  rDev +16.9%

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ajtorres311

Florida

3/5  rDev -22.1%

05-01-2013 15:17:23 | More by ajtorres311

Jonbw

Mississippi

4.25/5  rDev +10.4%

04-15-2013 19:31:44 | More by Jonbw

aLenwell

Florida

3/5  rDev -22.1%

04-14-2013 03:39:59 | More by aLenwell

bacasnax

Florida

3/5  rDev -22.1%

04-01-2013 23:47:37 | More by bacasnax

wrightst

Maryland

4.5/5  rDev +16.9%

03-30-2013 21:30:03 | More by wrightst

irish01980

South Carolina

4.5/5  rDev +16.9%

03-26-2013 19:52:04 | More by irish01980

mcp369

North Carolina

4.5/5  rDev +16.9%

03-23-2013 19:28:42 | More by mcp369

grahamboudreaux

Tennessee

4.5/5  rDev +16.9%

03-23-2013 06:10:18 | More by grahamboudreaux

firstlighthiker

Tennessee

3.75/5  rDev -2.6%

03-20-2013 18:07:42 | More by firstlighthiker

mendvicdog

Maryland

3.5/5  rDev -9.1%

03-19-2013 02:09:04 | More by mendvicdog

duceswild

Maryland

4/5  rDev +3.9%

03-17-2013 18:00:58 | More by duceswild

michaeljstraub

Georgia

3.75/5  rDev -2.6%

03-15-2013 11:34:11 | More by michaeljstraub

marlinsfan4

Maryland

3.75/5  rDev -2.6%

03-15-2013 03:09:23 | More by marlinsfan4

wmobley

Wisconsin

4.25/5  rDev +10.4%

03-14-2013 19:49:06 | More by wmobley

Darkmagus82

Montana

3.73/5  rDev -3.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75

Served on tap in a 10 oz chalice glass

Appearance – Served a hazy orange colored brew with a one finger white head. The head has a moderate level of retention slowly fading to give a lighter level of lace on the sides of the glass.

Smell – Overall the smell was on the lighter side. Some bready and biscuit aromas created a bulk of the light aroma with a small amount of floral hop. Mixed with these were some aromas of tropical fruit and an orange citrus as well as some smells of a yeasty and spice aroma. The spice was of a nutmeg and coriander smell producing a very , while light, Belgian like aroma.

Taste – The taste is very Belgian triple like in the beginning with just a touch more hop flavor. It begins with a bready and somewhat citrus sweet flavor. There is a good presence of a yeasty and banana flavor upfront that gets even stronger as the taste advances to the middle. Some spice flavors of coriander and nutmeg mixed with a bit of orange peel become more pronounced toward the middle of the taste. Soon however the flavor starts to distance itself from the standard triple once more peppery and hoppy flavors start coming to the tongue more toward the middle to the end. Some bitter grapefruit hop mixed with a floral hop take the taste to its end where a bitter and malty, somewhat drier flavor, is left to linger on the tongue.

Mouthfeel – The body of the beer is on the medium side for the style and for the abv with a carbonation level that is average to just a touch below average. Both were rather appropriate for the style and were a good combination for the citrus, hop, and spice flavors of the brew.

Overall – It starts out very Triple like and then advances to being much more hop bittered. A little more bitter at the end then is quite complementing of the sweeter triple flavors, but interesting and quite drinkable none the less. Not bad and worth a try.

Serving type: on-tap

03-13-2013 00:46:49 | More by Darkmagus82

spycow

Illinois

3.75/5  rDev -2.6%

03-11-2013 06:01:05 | More by spycow

BGsWo22

New York

3.75/5  rDev -2.6%

03-09-2013 20:23:32 | More by BGsWo22

JeffreyJDavis

North Carolina

3.25/5  rDev -15.6%

03-06-2013 13:19:03 | More by JeffreyJDavis

JamesWn

Florida

3/5  rDev -22.1%

02-28-2013 21:46:15 | More by JamesWn

t0rin0

California

4.25/5  rDev +10.4%

02-27-2013 13:05:35 | More by t0rin0

Mantooth

North Carolina

3.5/5  rDev -9.1%

02-24-2013 14:09:51 | More by Mantooth