Terrapin The Dark Side Belgian Style Imperial Stout
Posted by The FermentationJul 29
The Dark Side ; Side Project #9
Terrapin Beer Co.
Athens, Ga
8.50 ABV
Style: Belgian Style Strong Ale
C. Super Dark
H. Black w/ Tan Head
N. Chocolate! Alcohol-boozy
Miguel: Yes I have had this beer before, but yes I will always drink it. Terrapin needs to bring this back all year or at least as a seasonal. Heat that Terrapin? PLEASE!!! It is sweet, chocolatey and a little boozy. It doesn’t seem as chocolatey as when it was brand new and fresh, but regardless this beer has absolutely made me embrace the DARK SIDE!
Score: 4.666
The Ferm: Ahh the beer that lead me to the dark side of beers. Yep, my new found love of stouts was started by this beer as well as Wake N’ Bake from Terrapin. I love this beer! It has a really nice body. The beer offers great flavors of chocolate, hints of coffee, and malty-goodness. When I first had this beer it was my first side project, and it is still my favorite. PLEASE BRING THIS TO A SEASONAL ROTATION!!!!! It is soooo good! Keep up the good work on stouts Terrapin!
Score: 4.49666
Overall: 4.58133
4 comments
Comment by Mike - MikeLovesBeer.com on July 29, 2010 at 9:27 am
Believe me folks, my spelling is not as terrible as it has seemed this week. Oh it’s bad but not this bad. I just have awful handwriting that Phil had to try to decipher.
Comment by Casey on July 29, 2010 at 9:57 am
Is this still available down here anywhere?
Comment by Phil (the Ferm) on July 29, 2010 at 11:49 am
Mike, I am typing exactly what you are writing on the page. Letter by Letter…and yes your hand writing is horrific!
Comment by Royce on July 29, 2010 at 3:46 pm
I love stouts and this sounds fantastic – I will have to try and find it. Unfortunately beers from the south seem to have trouble with distribution in SoCal… I have never so much as heard rumor of a Cigar City beer in our area, for instance. Will keep my ears open though.
By the way, the label calls it an Imperial Stout but you call it a Belgian Style Strong Ale. Are those two terms identical, or is there a reason you termed it differently?