MoonRay
Terrapin Beer Company

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From:
Terrapin Beer Company
 
Georgia, United States
Style:
Weizenbock
ABV:
8.3%
Score:
82
Avg:
3.61 | pDev: 12.19%
Reviews:
28
Ratings:
166
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Jul 14, 2018
Added:
Apr 14, 2014
Wants:
  7
Gots:
  17
Sometimes things get a little weird when there's a full moon. Floating into "Side Project 22" comes "Moonray" Chocolate Orange Weizenbock. Our rendition of this traditional style is clearly a hoax with the addition of cocoa nibs and orange peel for a greater depth of flavor. With its big malt presence and hint of banana from the yeast, this beer may just make you howl at the moon.
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Rated: 3.59 by bongobeer from Alabama

Jul 14, 2018
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Reviewed by q33jeff from New Jersey

2.83/5  rDev -21.6%
look: 2.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2 | overall: 2.75
**
10/20/2014
Bottle to goblet.

Appearance: cloudy brownish water, no head, floating sediment globules, fully suspended, not sinking.
Aroma: sweet and sour, chocolate, prunes, yeast.
Taste : strange combo. Chocolate is there, but obviously not strong like in a stout. Orange way in the back. Some yeasty belgian wang coming thru. Mostly i taste dark fruits, prune, fig, raisin.
Feel: medium carb. A little " slimy/oily", but thin, so not disgusting. Late bite of alcohol.

Not terrible, but definitely disappointing for Terrapin. A guess that’s why these are side projects.
**
Mar 24, 2017
 
Rated: 3.39 by Damian74 from South Carolina

Dec 06, 2016
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Reviewed by tigg924 from Massachusetts

3.29/5  rDev -8.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
Pours opaque, dark brown in color with one inch head. Taste is banana, dark bread, and a touch of orange. Boozy, medium heavy bodied, and sweet. Decent, but wish there was more orange.
Oct 01, 2016
 
Rated: 3.75 by StoutAtTheDevil from Alabama

Apr 05, 2016
 
Rated: 3.42 by Satsuma from Florida

Jun 07, 2015
 
Rated: 3 by yoitsarch from California

Apr 22, 2015
 
Rated: 3.69 by Italiano86 from California

Mar 24, 2015
 
Rated: 3.74 by imperialking from Illinois

Mar 12, 2015
 
Rated: 3.73 by reptile3141 from Georgia

Feb 28, 2015
 
Rated: 3.48 by cjgator3 from Florida

Feb 15, 2015
 
Rated: 3.44 by BeerOps from Illinois

Jan 31, 2015
 
Rated: 3.5 by jaswilson2 from South Carolina

Jan 07, 2015
 
Rated: 4 by nathanmiller from New York

Jan 05, 2015
 
Rated: 4.25 by Justdoit1234 from Minnesota

Dec 29, 2014
 
Rated: 3.03 by bellsfounder from Pennsylvania

Dec 26, 2014
 
Rated: 3.81 by Zekenyce from New Jersey

Dec 26, 2014
 
Rated: 2.5 by GTJayG from Georgia

Dec 14, 2014
 
Rated: 3.75 by Georgiabeer from Georgia

Dec 09, 2014
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Reviewed by OrestesMethuon from Montana

3.41/5  rDev -5.5%
look: 3.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3.5
Pours absolutely thick with sediment from a cellar-temperature bomber; indeed, "chunky floaters", as a previously reviewer described them, is pretty apt: it really gives the appearance that a tablespoon of orange zest found its way into the bottle. I know better, but the taste matches that notion: a buoyant bitter-orange florality is the primary flavoring component, backed by a silky chocolate backbone that's pretty entirely fused with the expected malt-fruitiness expected from a Weizenbock—fused to an extent that the Weizenbock characteristics are pretty overridden.

It's an interesting beer—not unpalatable, certainly—but it's a little too much along several axes, and a little not enough along others. The mouthfeel is somehow both a bit syrupy and a bit thin; the prominence of the chocolate exaggerates as the beer warms and sits with you; and while there is a "hint of banana from the yeast" on the nose, there's much more than a hint of the yeast in the beer itself. Still, Terrapin admits this Side Project (#22) "is clearly a hoax" of a rendition of the style, so some deviations are forgivable; nonetheless, it seems "the addition of cocoa nibs and orange peel for a greater depth of flavor" failed to actually provide much depth of flavor, beyond big orange and thick cacao notes, so it's hard to be especially enthused about this Moonray.
Nov 28, 2014
MoonRay from Terrapin Beer Company
Beer rating: 82 out of 100 with 166 ratings