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Dr. Krunkles
Terrapin Beer Company
- From:
- Terrapin Beer Company
- Georgia, United States
- Style:
- Belgian IPA
- ABV:
- 7.3%
- Score:
- 83
- Avg:
- 3.67 | pDev: 13.9%
- Reviews:
- 28
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Jun 22, 2016
- Added:
- Sep 25, 2013
- Wants:
- 4
- Gots:
- 12
The legendary hop-hunter Krunkles turns up yet again, back from a tour of the Orient. His mission this time is to get experimental; his unbounded travels have earned him an honorary doctorate (“Doctor of what?”, you may ask? This would be a question to which only Krunkles knows the answer…) and he’s sequestered himself in the lab perfecting a never-before-seen formula for his beloved IPA.
Dr. Krunkles White Farmhouse IPA reaches new heights in complexity and flavor by combining the malt and spices of a Belgian Witbier, the yeast of a Farmhouse Ale, and the hoppy goodness of an American IPA. Krunkles’ twisted touch is a dash of white peppercorn followed by wood aging on white ash.
Dr. Krunkles White Farmhouse IPA reaches new heights in complexity and flavor by combining the malt and spices of a Belgian Witbier, the yeast of a Farmhouse Ale, and the hoppy goodness of an American IPA. Krunkles’ twisted touch is a dash of white peppercorn followed by wood aging on white ash.
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Ratings by chinchill:
Reviewed by chinchill from South Carolina
3.66/5 rDev -0.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.66/5 rDev -0.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
22 oz bottle served in a Belgian snifter.
A: Pours a slightly hazy orange-amber color. A nice, durable white head leaves beautiful lacing behind.
S: Fruity, with citrus, pineapple, peach and apricot notes. There is also an obvious Belgian yeast component and a moderate, most peppery, spiciness.
T: Quite spicy at first, with contributions from the yeast and hops, but this fades nicely into a fruity-yeasty-bready mix. Sweet, tart and bitter in roughly equal measure.
Feel: Medium-high carbonation is moderately soft. Medium body; dry finish.
O: A successful and nteresting combination of styles. Well-balanced in that a farmhouse ale and an IPA vie for prominence but neither wins out. French farmhouse, Belgian wit and IPA in nearly equal degree. A tasty brew that changes a bit with warming.
Mar 28, 2014A: Pours a slightly hazy orange-amber color. A nice, durable white head leaves beautiful lacing behind.
S: Fruity, with citrus, pineapple, peach and apricot notes. There is also an obvious Belgian yeast component and a moderate, most peppery, spiciness.
T: Quite spicy at first, with contributions from the yeast and hops, but this fades nicely into a fruity-yeasty-bready mix. Sweet, tart and bitter in roughly equal measure.
Feel: Medium-high carbonation is moderately soft. Medium body; dry finish.
O: A successful and nteresting combination of styles. Well-balanced in that a farmhouse ale and an IPA vie for prominence but neither wins out. French farmhouse, Belgian wit and IPA in nearly equal degree. A tasty brew that changes a bit with warming.
More User Ratings:
Rated by Normie from Massachusetts
2.97/5 rDev -19.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
2.97/5 rDev -19.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Chemical smell and taste. Over carbonated. I love terrapin, but this is not their best.
Jan 04, 2015Rated by Dwkasper from New York
3.94/5 rDev +7.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.94/5 rDev +7.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Funky, clean with a slight cheese aftertaste. Interesting but solid beer. Cool experiment
Dec 25, 2014Reviewed by Ozzylizard from Pennsylvania
3.96/5 rDev +7.9%
3.96/5 rDev +7.9%
Undated bottle at 40 degrees into a snifter
Aroma of pine and spice
Head average (4 cm), white, frothy, rapidly diminishing to 4 mm ring and 1 mm layer
Lacing poor – half dozen various size islands of tiny to medium bubbles
Body light yellow, cloudy
Flavor begins with a blast of pepper and hops, slowly fades to yeast phenolics; no alcohol, no diacetyl
Palate medium, watery, aggressive carbonation
Appearance 3, Aroma 4, Flavor 4.5, Palate 2.75, Overall 3.5625. Final weighted score: 3.9625.
This is a very good entry in the Terrapin Side Project series with the only real flaw for me being the over-aggressive carbonation – kind of like chewing an Alka-Seltzer tablet. The flavors of pine and white pepper balance the yeast phenolics nicely producing a pretty good drink once the carbonation dies. This is one I’d like to see become permanent.
Sep 03, 2014Aroma of pine and spice
Head average (4 cm), white, frothy, rapidly diminishing to 4 mm ring and 1 mm layer
Lacing poor – half dozen various size islands of tiny to medium bubbles
Body light yellow, cloudy
Flavor begins with a blast of pepper and hops, slowly fades to yeast phenolics; no alcohol, no diacetyl
Palate medium, watery, aggressive carbonation
Appearance 3, Aroma 4, Flavor 4.5, Palate 2.75, Overall 3.5625. Final weighted score: 3.9625.
This is a very good entry in the Terrapin Side Project series with the only real flaw for me being the over-aggressive carbonation – kind of like chewing an Alka-Seltzer tablet. The flavors of pine and white pepper balance the yeast phenolics nicely producing a pretty good drink once the carbonation dies. This is one I’d like to see become permanent.
Dr. Krunkles from Terrapin Beer Company
Beer rating:
83 out of
100 with
143 ratings
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