Day #34- Terrapin Sunray Wheat Beer

Terrapin, the bottle with the cartoon turtle from Athens, Georgia.

Easy to pass on the aisle for someone looking for a genuinely good summer beer- but don't pass it just yet!

Advertising a "wheat beer" is a tricky thing to do. You can easily cater to the "Smirnoff and Cider" crowd that only get Blue Moon when they want a "real beer". But Terrapin is genuinely serious about this Sunray beer.

Crisp, cool, mild and not too sweet, Terrapin's Sunray is one of the most refreshing yet well crafted wheat beers I have tasted.

The thinness of the head made me think i wasted a few wads of cash before I tasted it. The smell didn't change my mind with its lightly clove, honey smell. I was expecting a hair-spray sticky after taste of cheap extract- I was wrong.

Completely pure. Completely summer. Completely great.

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I give Terrapin Sunray Wheat Beer a complete 85.




Look: Light Gold
Smell: Honey, Clove
Taste: Crisp, Slightly Sweet with a lightly bitter aftertaste, refreshing


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Brett's ratings are out of 100.

*Please understand that ratings on this scale have been influenced by my scholastic history of grading. A grade below 75 is not good, it is less than average. A beer below 60 is bad. Beers in the 90s are in the upper-echelon of beers on this earth, and above 95- divinely inspired.*

As with all connoisseurs, personal taste affects all ratings. The best ratings tend to lean towards his two different biases; 1) Well-crafted heavy Stouts and 2) Lagers made with a simple perfection.

Please understand that just because Brett gives a beer a high rating doesn't mean you may think it is good. Only understand that if he gives it a high rating it is because most people who have a good taste in beer would do the same.