About
Terrapin Beer Co. was born when two brewers met while working together at a microbrewery in Atlanta. Spike and John felt they could make a contribution to the burgeoning Southeastern craft beer scene. Realizing that anyone could make another basic pale ale, brown ale, or stout, Spike and John set their sights on creating beers unlike any that were currently available in the Southeast.
Unique beers needed a unique location and what better place than Athens, GA? Home to the University of Georgia, Athens has a rich culture of music, food, classic Southern charm, and more than a little eclectic attitude. Spike and John knew from the start that the Classic City would be Terrapin’s home.
The guys introduced Terrapin’s first beer, Terrapin Rye, in April of 2002. While still available only on draft and only in downtown Athens, this sole offering won the American Pale Ale Gold Medal at the 2002 Great American Beer Festival. At only six months old, Terrapin had arrived in style!
History rolls forward and so too has Terrapin. These days John and Spike are enjoying Terrapin’s 40,000 square foot brewing facility, 100 BBL brewing system, and are taking full advantage of the space to continue bringing innovative and exciting brews to craft beer lovers. The brewery now has a portfolio of 5 year-round beers, 4 Seasonal Sessions beers, the Monster Beer Tour collection of high-gravity selections, and the Side Project series of one-time brewing improvisations, as well as several Special Releases and collaborations annually. Terrapin has developed a reputation for high-quality beers that push the boundaries of creative brewing and has garnered several awards both in the U.S.A and internationally.
Unique beers needed a unique location and what better place than Athens, GA? Home to the University of Georgia, Athens has a rich culture of music, food, classic Southern charm, and more than a little eclectic attitude. Spike and John knew from the start that the Classic City would be Terrapin’s home.
The guys introduced Terrapin’s first beer, Terrapin Rye, in April of 2002. While still available only on draft and only in downtown Athens, this sole offering won the American Pale Ale Gold Medal at the 2002 Great American Beer Festival. At only six months old, Terrapin had arrived in style!
History rolls forward and so too has Terrapin. These days John and Spike are enjoying Terrapin’s 40,000 square foot brewing facility, 100 BBL brewing system, and are taking full advantage of the space to continue bringing innovative and exciting brews to craft beer lovers. The brewery now has a portfolio of 5 year-round beers, 4 Seasonal Sessions beers, the Monster Beer Tour collection of high-gravity selections, and the Side Project series of one-time brewing improvisations, as well as several Special Releases and collaborations annually. Terrapin has developed a reputation for high-quality beers that push the boundaries of creative brewing and has garnered several awards both in the U.S.A and internationally.
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Can from Craft Brewed. Pours a clear gold with copper highlights and a small white head that dissipates. Caramel aromas with honey, leek and lychee. Tea and honey on the palate. Surprisingly low carbonation with some pine and more black tea leaf bitterness. Lingering pine, caramel, honey and tea notes. --- Beer merged from original tick of So Fresh & So Green, Green - Glacier on 10 Dec 2018 at 10:28 - Score: 6
Tried
from Can
on 10 Dec 2018
at 03:42
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
From a 16 oz. can. Pours a clear orange gold with an off white head. Aromas of honey and spice. Flavors are sweet honey with an alcohol kick.
Tried
from Can
on 09 Dec 2018
at 21:33
6/10
A little malty.
Tried
from Can
on 04 Dec 2018
at 17:37
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle shared by badnewsbeers, 2014. Deep brown body with reddish highlights, medium light brown head. Chocolaty, leafy nose with coppery metallic notes. Toasty body, tannic and woody with roasted malts, sugars, and copper penny.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Nov 2018
at 15:09
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle shared by badnewsbeers, 2014. Deep opaque brown-black body, thin brown head. Nose of coconut, caramel, and toffee. Medium-bodied, sharp, with graham crackers, coconut, and huge notes of cinnamon.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Nov 2018
at 15:06
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
A mild unassuming IPA. Subtle aromaz of hops and caramel malt, a bit of toast. The flavors are like nose again subdued, slightly more sweet than bitter going a little more bitter in the Finish. Good body. Nice beer.
Tried
on 29 Nov 2018
at 20:56
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
08.04.2015, 0,35l bottle @ home:
Nice light brown creamy longlasting head. Aroma is slightly rich and sweet, chocolate, caramel, nuts, lactose, dark malts, vanilla, toffee, roasted grain, dark sugar. Taste is mild and slightly sweet, dark malts, chocolate, dark sugar, caramel, lactose, nuts, vanilla, roasted grain. Medium bitterness, slightly dry mouthfeel. Nice and easy drinking.
Nice light brown creamy longlasting head. Aroma is slightly rich and sweet, chocolate, caramel, nuts, lactose, dark malts, vanilla, toffee, roasted grain, dark sugar. Taste is mild and slightly sweet, dark malts, chocolate, dark sugar, caramel, lactose, nuts, vanilla, roasted grain. Medium bitterness, slightly dry mouthfeel. Nice and easy drinking.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Nov 2018
at 08:35
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 6
Draft at Pour Taproom. Clear golden amber color white head. Aroma of light lemon lime and caramel. Taste is subtle citrus, scant bitterness. OK
Tried
from Draft
on 23 Nov 2018
at 22:37
5.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 5
Flavor 3
Texture 10
Overall 3
Standard cream ale, grainy and easy-drinking with a pronounced corn sweetness and a dry, floral finish. Pours a lovely gold with a bright, unyielding white head, and the feel comes across smooth and medium-bodied. Preferable to crappy macro lagers, but otherwise a blah pint.
Tried
on 19 Nov 2018
at 23:13
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
12 ounce can into pint glass, best before 4/16/2019. Pours nearly opaque dark brown/black color with a 1-2 finger dense and rocky khaki head with awesome retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Fantastic appearance. Aromas of big milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, caramel, brown sugar, vanilla, toffee, cream, nuts, and toasted dark/brown bread; with light notes of molasses, smoke, char, dark fruit, herbal, grass, and yeast/roast/toasted earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of dark/roast/bready malt, lactose, cocoa, and light earthy hop notes; with great strength. Taste of big milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, caramel, brown sugar, vanilla, toffee, cream, nuts, and toasted dark/brown bread; with light notes of molasses, smoke, char, dark fruit, herbal, grass, and yeast/roast/toasted earthiness. Mild herbal/grassy/spicy hop, and roast/char bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, caramel, brown sugar, vanilla, toffee, cream, nuts, toasted dark/brown bread, light smoke/char, herbal, grass, and yeast/roast/toasted earthiness on the finish for a while. Incredible complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/bready malt, lactose, cocoa, and light earthy hop flavors; with a solid hop/roast bitter/sweet balance, and no cloying/acrid flavors after the finish. Lightly inreasing dryness from lingering bitterness. Medium carbonation and medium-plus body; with a very smooth, creamy/silky/velvety, and lightly sticky/chalky mouthfeel that is fantastic. Zero warming alcohol for 6.1%. Overall this is an incredible English milk stout! All around fantastic complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/bready malt, lactose, cocoa, and light earthy hop flavors; very smooth and easy to drink with the mildly bitter/drying finish. Amazingly rich mouthfeel for the ABV. Very rich and well rounded malt complexity, with balanced lactose/cocoa nib flavors; and mild earthy hops against sweetness. A highly enjoyable offering, and amazing style example. Best I've had for not being imperial.
Tried
from Can
on 12 Nov 2018
at 00:15