Terrapin Hop Karma Brown IPA

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 6

Medium sized off white head with fair retention and a spotty lace. Clear, dark amber hued brew. mild nose of malts and faint pine. Body is medium with a kind carbonation. Lightly sweet malts, light hops, caramel. Unofensive and clean.Fairly dry finish, not much bitterness, decent malts. Meh. Bottle from statelineliquors.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 7

Courtesy of sebletitje. Pours almost coffee brown with thin tan head. The aroma is interesting with full earthiness, hints of dark roasted malts and some muted pine. The taste is full on earthiness mixed with some pine hop bitterness and roasted malts to malt nuttiness. Full flavor, love me some more.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

Bottle: Poured a deep brown with a thin creamy off white to tan head. Aroma is loads of up front hops and nice malts. Taste is a nutty malt with a nice acid hop bitterness in the finish.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

I liked this one. A malty IPA...or brown-IPA hybrid. Balance and mouthfeel is good. Appearance is a medium brown with off-white head. Would be better if in 6-packs instead of 4, as comparable to something like Lagunitas or Cigar City, which is same quality or better and cheaper. Still something that I would try again.....solid beer.

Aroma: 4 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 6

a beepa if u will .. . pours a dark tan .. . medium foam, not a lot of lacing .. . light roasty hops, slick and thin .. . interesting take on a dark ipa but just not executed that well .. . . Presenting the most eligible landowner in all Hertfordshire, Mr. Brainly..

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

I picked this bottle up from the Wine Gourmet in Roanoke, Va. It was just so-so. I am finding that I am not Chuge fan of the "Black IPA." They are confusing to my palate. These beers are completely unbalanced - overloaded malt/caramel/hop flavor doesn't work. Terrapin's attempt is no different.

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

Bottled@SBWF2008. Amber colour, small white head. Aroma is sweet hops, wood and some mild nectary notes. Flavour is very much the same. Rather sweet fruity and nectary aftertaste.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 9 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 8

This beer was fantastic, I can't believe someone gave it under a 3! Pours a dark muddy buddy brown. Nice frothy head. Generous in fruitHops are present but not too overpowering. Taste is full, natural and well hopped. Slight smoke/barbecue presense. Battle of sweet and bitter which is pleasent. Love the psychedelic label as well.

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 5 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 4 | Overall: 5

Seving - on tap @ New Wave in Philadelphia. Pours a dark clear reddish-brown with a 1/2" white head, little lacing. Strong carbonation is immediately evident. The nose is caramel, chocolate and some roasted grain. Mouthfeel is thin and oily. Taste: Hops up front with brown sugar, caramel, roasted coffee. Considerable bitterness in the finish. Terrapin says this beer is "head on collision between a hoppy, west coast IPA and a complex, malty brown ale." For me, yeah, a car wreck is not off the mark. The tastes don't seem to balance or compliment at all. Not an awful beer but not one I care to try again

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 9

Purchsed on my trip to Nashville. Pours a clean dark brown colour with a decent creamy beige head, good retention and great lacing. Mild hoppy nose with hints of strawberries. After breathing, some roasted malt aromas appear. Refreshing mouthfeel that is mildly crisp and dry. Roasted malt and beautiful hop (not too excessive) with a nice long aftertaste that is pleasant (with hints of toffee). This is quite an interesting beer, mixing and IPA and a brown ale together. I would have to say that it is a success.