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TomFoolery
Terrapin Beer Company
- From:
- Terrapin Beer Company
- Georgia, United States
- Style:
- Saison
- ABV:
- 7.3%
- Score:
- 80
- Avg:
- 3.5 | pDev: 14.57%
- Reviews:
- 93
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Nov 25, 2020
- Added:
- Feb 08, 2011
- Wants:
- 4
- Gots:
- 9
This is Terrapin's 14th side project.
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Ratings by airheadmtrcycle:
Reviewed by airheadmtrcycle from Georgia
4.5/5 rDev +28.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.5/5 rDev +28.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
As a newbie I look to BA for a lot of guidance. BA says saisons or farmhouse ales are supposed to be sturdy summer fare. Terrapin's Side project #14, TomFoolery, is dark as a porter or stout, but without quite the mouth feel one would expect from either. The head is thick, creamy and velvety smooth. So TomFoolery passes that test easily.
BA also claims farmhouse ales are supposed to be complex, maybe even fruity in aroma and taste. It passes that test, as well. I really like the yeast aroma and flavor; it's got that bubble gum thing going on, but it's tarter than I've experienced from a Belgian yeast prior to now, not that far from a Granny Smith apple. It finishes clean, but with a nice little bit of bitterness. It might be a bit sweeter than a true saison might be, but it plays off the tartness perfectly.
I think Terrapin nailed this one, not only in producing a decent farmhouse ale (according to BA's standards), but making one that I personally like quite a bit. I'll bet if I scour the Atlanta/Athens area I'll still find a bottle or two lying around. I'm gonna grab a few and see what some age might do to this excellent beer. Highly recommended!
Jun 07, 2011BA also claims farmhouse ales are supposed to be complex, maybe even fruity in aroma and taste. It passes that test, as well. I really like the yeast aroma and flavor; it's got that bubble gum thing going on, but it's tarter than I've experienced from a Belgian yeast prior to now, not that far from a Granny Smith apple. It finishes clean, but with a nice little bit of bitterness. It might be a bit sweeter than a true saison might be, but it plays off the tartness perfectly.
I think Terrapin nailed this one, not only in producing a decent farmhouse ale (according to BA's standards), but making one that I personally like quite a bit. I'll bet if I scour the Atlanta/Athens area I'll still find a bottle or two lying around. I'm gonna grab a few and see what some age might do to this excellent beer. Highly recommended!
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by maddogruss from New Jersey
3.34/5 rDev -4.6%
look: 3 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.34/5 rDev -4.6%
look: 3 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
Based on notes from 2011. Had this from a bottle.
A: pours black body with light tan head with ok retention and lacing
S: estery and yeasty smelling; typical of a saison
T: strong, yeasty taste with some sweet malt notes and yeasty; roasted aftertaste
M: a lot of carbonation; medium bodied; good for the style
D: nice mouthfeel and taste combo; nice beer overall
Nov 25, 2020A: pours black body with light tan head with ok retention and lacing
S: estery and yeasty smelling; typical of a saison
T: strong, yeasty taste with some sweet malt notes and yeasty; roasted aftertaste
M: a lot of carbonation; medium bodied; good for the style
D: nice mouthfeel and taste combo; nice beer overall
Reviewed by cosmicevan from New York
3.11/5 rDev -11.1%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3
3.11/5 rDev -11.1%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3
Had this one for a while (obviously) and tonight seemed right. Enjoyed from an oversized terrapin snifter.
a - brew pours a dark brown that settles in the glass as black with chestnut highlights to the light. A generous frothy foamy grey head hung out for a while with a creamy almost Belgian look.
s - nose is soft fruit leading with Apple and pear.
t - taste starts with the same apple and pear and then is tsunamied with a bready toasted oxidized tartness. Yeasty
m - feel is over carbed and fizzy
o - overall this probably should've been drank long ago. Not really that great now.
May 02, 2014a - brew pours a dark brown that settles in the glass as black with chestnut highlights to the light. A generous frothy foamy grey head hung out for a while with a creamy almost Belgian look.
s - nose is soft fruit leading with Apple and pear.
t - taste starts with the same apple and pear and then is tsunamied with a bready toasted oxidized tartness. Yeasty
m - feel is over carbed and fizzy
o - overall this probably should've been drank long ago. Not really that great now.
TomFoolery from Terrapin Beer Company
Beer rating:
80 out of
100 with
141 ratings
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