Volume 11 in our Side Project Series of beers is The Terrapin Boom Shakalager! This out of the box Imperial Lager weighs in at a hefty 9.0% ABV. Handcrafted with all German malts, hops and yeast it has an aggressive flavor that will wind most anyone's Cuckoo clock.
This amber elixir has an aggressive balance of sweetness and bitterness that is complemented by a bombardment of citrus from dry hopping with German Tettnanger hops.
OG: 19.5 FG: 3.2 ABV: 9.0%
HOPS: Magnum, Perle, Hallertauer Mittelfruh, Tettnanger (dry hop) MALTS: Pilsner, Munich Malt, Vienna, CaraMunich III
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The German version of the Bohemian Pilsner is an imitation of its Bohemian cousin, but has evolved as a distinctly different style due to the different brewing conditions found in Germany. Harder water created a beer style that is actually complemented by the high sulfate content of Bavarian water.

