Terrapin Hopzilla - Terrapin Beer Company

Tilley4

Tennessee

4.1/5  rDev +1%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Picked up this evening on a beer run in Duluth while on business... I'm looking forward to this one quite a bit. I've heard some good things about it...

Pouring this into a wine glass...

Beautifully golden with a nice foamy thick head... looks great...

Juicy pineapple, oranges, grapefruit, mangoes... all the tropical fruits show up in the aromas and surprise the hell out of me... This is pungent!! I'm very impressed with the aromas on this... This has West Coast written all over it... Sticky and dank...

Nice balance of sweet malts and an overwhelming juicy bitterness from the tropical fruit hops... A big beer for sure... There's a little heat present here but at 11%, I was sorta expecting it... It's not distracting but there's a definite burn in the chest after a few nice sips... As this warms a little, it gets a little barleywine-ish as the malts come through and really start pumping out a sweetness...

A nice beer for sure... I like it a lot although at this ABV, it could hurt you fast...

Serving type: bottle

04-17-2012 00:36:48 | More by Tilley4

JRBecks

Illinois

3.75/5  rDev -7.6%

06-18-2013 21:26:44 | More by JRBecks

csparace

Illinois

3.75/5  rDev -7.6%

06-17-2013 12:45:24 | More by csparace

bcsbeer

Florida

4.5/5  rDev +10.8%

06-17-2013 04:56:04 | More by bcsbeer

megamass

New Jersey

4/5  rDev -1.5%

06-16-2013 05:50:50 | More by megamass

roostor07

Minnesota

2.5/5  rDev -38.4%

06-15-2013 18:03:22 | More by roostor07

williamjbauer

West Virginia

4/5  rDev -1.5%

06-14-2013 21:14:56 | More by williamjbauer

LostInTheFlood

Pennsylvania

3.25/5  rDev -20%

06-13-2013 20:19:39 | More by LostInTheFlood

djre4orm

Virginia

4/5  rDev -1.5%

06-13-2013 20:11:42 | More by djre4orm

Eazy28

New Jersey

4/5  rDev -1.5%

06-13-2013 04:52:50 | More by Eazy28

shamrock071521

Michigan

4/5  rDev -1.5%

06-11-2013 22:23:13 | More by shamrock071521

neckbeered

Montana

3.75/5  rDev -7.6%

06-11-2013 02:22:28 | More by neckbeered

ironchefmiyagi13

New York

3.75/5  rDev -7.6%

06-10-2013 19:30:12 | More by ironchefmiyagi13

tarheels4life23

North Carolina

3.75/5  rDev -7.6%

06-10-2013 16:20:37 | More by tarheels4life23

DooshBagalow

Illinois

4.25/5  rDev +4.7%

06-09-2013 19:16:41 | More by DooshBagalow

Evoforen

North Carolina

4/5  rDev -1.5%

06-09-2013 15:25:38 | More by Evoforen

thecheapies

Pennsylvania

3.78/5  rDev -6.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75

Dark orange brew. Hazy. Dense-looking. Quarter of an inch of white head. Held there in check.

Grapefruit and pine hops, drier than standard imperial red fare. Toffee, booze, and lots of sappy dank hops. Great nose. A little sweet.

Semi-sweet and sappy dank pine hops, notes of cooked grapefruit, caramel, toffee, blood orange, and alcohol. Even sweeter as it warms. Almost raisin-y, in the way that the dark fruits offer more sweetness. Toasty and hoppy, but not off-the-chain.

Softly carbonated. Thick syrupy body. Filled-out. Still a lot of booze in the mouth.

Good DIPA. Not outstanding, just good.

Serving type: on-tap

06-09-2013 06:06:31 | More by thecheapies

kylehay2004

Florida

4/5  rDev -1.5%

06-09-2013 03:07:54 | More by kylehay2004

Stinkypuss

Pennsylvania

4.26/5  rDev +4.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25

Terrapin : Hopzilla

Eye: Clear copper color, white filmy head. Leaves some spotty lace.
Nose: Pine and citrus hops with some candied orange and fusel alcohol especially as it warms slightly. Bright hops and alcohol.
Tongue: Citrusy hops, firm maltyness and a good presence of alcohol. Faint caramel, biscuit and pine flavor are intertwined.
Mouth: Medium to full bodied on the palate with a stinging carbonation and hop bite drying the beer out slightly.
Mind: Good beer, when cold it is sublime, as it warms it gets a little pushy. Still a top notch double IPA. Any lupulin fans will enjoy this.

Serving type: on-tap

06-08-2013 17:50:35 | More by Stinkypuss

mbonugli

Massachusetts

4/5  rDev -1.5%

06-08-2013 01:12:56 | More by mbonugli

RBassSFHOPit2ME

California

4.5/5  rDev +10.8%

06-07-2013 21:08:47 | More by RBassSFHOPit2ME

BigJim5021

Indiana

4/5  rDev -1.5%

06-07-2013 05:36:48 | More by BigJim5021

KVNBGRY

Florida

4.25/5  rDev +4.7%

06-05-2013 17:28:53 | More by KVNBGRY

cwxc818

Pennsylvania

3.75/5  rDev -7.6%

06-04-2013 16:32:28 | More by cwxc818

larryi86

Delaware

4.03/5  rDev -0.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

12 oz bottle poured into a snifter

A- A hazy amber copper color with almost no head.

S- Grapefruit, tropical fruits, some resin and pine.

T- Again tropical fruits and grapefruit, pine, biscuity malts, some earthy spices, some alcohol, not very bitter.

M- Smooth, medium body.

O- A solid sweeter DIPA. Would probably pick this up again, but doesn't stand out too much.

Serving type: bottle

06-03-2013 22:24:23 | More by larryi86