Terrapin Phlux Capacitor - Terrapin Beer Company

maximum12

Minnesota

3.45/5  rDev -6.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

Picked this up in Atlanta on my last work trip. When in Rome...22 oz. bomber split with my wife. Bonus points for an '80's movie reference. Although a Buttercup reference would have been better.

The pour is dull red leather with a blond head. Head isn't much to ping the brewer about, sugar & oak. Weird combo.

Phlux Capacitor tilts the sugar pinball machine. Enough straight-sugar-syrup to catch an entire hive-mind of bees. Fig syrup, oak syrup are mixed in with a heavy hand. Malty. Boozy. Did I mention thick & syrupy? It has the feel of gargling Walgreen's cough medicine. ...in a good way. Eleven ounces or so is plenty, thank you very much.

A simple, boozy, thick-necked beer that's been dipped in a sluggish river of oak. Not bad, not great, somewhere in between. Good beer.

Serving type: bottle

11-28-2012 03:39:20 | More by maximum12

harrymel

Washington

3.45/5  rDev -6.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Bottled: earlier

It's dark tea colored with a fine coat of light caramel foam. Smells of oak, toffee, nougat, cola, vanilla and some dark turbinado sugars. Flavor is smooth and sweet with a cloying sugary-ness; toss in some vanilla, nougat, roasted malts, some raisin. Medium bodied with low carb and a dry finish. A treat to try, but not something I'd seek again.

Serving type: bottle

06-14-2013 03:35:12 | More by harrymel

LostInTheFlood

Pennsylvania

3.5/5  rDev -5.1%

06-13-2013 20:21:50 | More by LostInTheFlood

TheBeerAlmanac

Kentucky

4/5  rDev +8.4%

06-08-2013 14:15:25 | More by TheBeerAlmanac

domnalbrecc

Pennsylvania

4.5/5  rDev +22%

05-30-2013 16:02:24 | More by domnalbrecc

mikeincharleston

South Carolina

3.75/5  rDev +1.6%

05-20-2013 23:50:04 | More by mikeincharleston

BGsWo22

New York

3.25/5  rDev -11.9%

05-16-2013 20:04:22 | More by BGsWo22

hef

Maryland

3/5  rDev -18.7%

05-15-2013 23:42:12 | More by hef

drewone

California

3.5/5  rDev -5.1%

05-11-2013 03:17:48 | More by drewone

tsauce2

Indiana

4.25/5  rDev +15.2%

04-26-2013 21:34:31 | More by tsauce2

Stinger80OH

Ohio

3.5/5  rDev -5.1%

04-23-2013 20:13:32 | More by Stinger80OH

haveanother1

Wisconsin

4.25/5  rDev +15.2%

04-20-2013 00:47:13 | More by haveanother1

YogiMN

Minnesota

4.25/5  rDev +15.2%

04-20-2013 00:43:20 | More by YogiMN

dominic4beer

California

3.5/5  rDev -5.1%

04-07-2013 06:30:39 | More by dominic4beer

irish01980

South Carolina

3.5/5  rDev -5.1%

03-23-2013 20:13:26 | More by irish01980

mendvicdog

Maryland

4/5  rDev +8.4%

03-19-2013 02:08:07 | More by mendvicdog

duceswild

Maryland

3.5/5  rDev -5.1%

03-17-2013 18:01:49 | More by duceswild

michaeljstraub

Georgia

4.25/5  rDev +15.2%

03-15-2013 11:35:23 | More by michaeljstraub

marlinsfan4

Maryland

4/5  rDev +8.4%

03-15-2013 03:10:28 | More by marlinsfan4

orangesol

Pennsylvania

3.5/5  rDev -5.1%

03-07-2013 20:34:53 | More by orangesol

bigkingken

Virginia

2.3/5  rDev -37.7%
look: 4 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 4 | overall: 2

I was drawn in to this bomber by the artwork on the label and the desire to try something creative from Terrapin. There was almost no hop aroma coming out of the head after or during the pour. It's dark, brown, and ever so slightly hazy. Surprise, surprise, there's barely any hop flavor to go along with the absence of hop aroma. It's got a really strong oak flavor but not much in the way of malt complexity. Seems a bit simplistic overall, sort of like my sister. Without any flavors coming in from the hops or malt bill, it screams a single note of flavor, and not one that I particularly enjoy. Not a fan of this one.

Serving type: bottle

03-07-2013 20:15:43 | More by bigkingken

AngeliaM

Florida

4.75/5  rDev +28.7%

03-05-2013 15:07:45 | More by AngeliaM

JohnQVD

New York

3.5/5  rDev -5.1%

02-17-2013 22:32:03 | More by JohnQVD

Corkpuller

Pennsylvania

4.08/5  rDev +10.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4

I'm not normally a terrapin fan, but I'm not sure why this beer is so poorly rated...

This beer has a lot going on it. The aroma is very complex with an almost sherry (palo cortado) like oxidized aroma: chocolate, hazlenuts and toffee. It's quite boozy on the nose, but not much in the way of higher alcohols.

The palate is quite dense, creamy with some angular wood notes adding interest. The booze attacks and recedes in waves, with lots of flavor and aromas intermixed. It tastes pretty similar to the nose, but the push and pull is really what sets it apart.

I would probably only drink one of these in a sitting, but I really liked it - and I consider myself quite picky in the strong ale/barleywine categories.

Cheers!

Serving type: on-tap

02-14-2013 12:55:45 | More by Corkpuller

SadMachine

New Jersey

3.75/5  rDev +1.6%

02-13-2013 16:51:29 | More by SadMachine