November 7, 2009
Visited while in Athens on business in February, 2009. Large warehouse type brewery with a separate merchandise area. A band was playing on this Friday night which made it rather difficult to talk to my friend. The tour was pretty brief and the young woman giving it didnt seem to know as much as she should about the brewing process. At any rate, it was worth the few minutes we spent on it. Nothing exceedingly unusual on draft this evening, and the place seemed like it was a college hangout more than anything else. We did have a great conversation with some other beers geeks in the merchandise area, but other than that, the experience was fairly mediocre.

August 1, 2009
Warehouse style setting, as most breweries are. Crowd is mainly UGA kids and some older adults. They didn’t have anything special on tap which kind of pissed me off. Well, they did have the Rye Pale Ale aged. The beer tour was WAY TOO short, and the place was loud. Although I do understand the brewing process rather well, I did want to hear about new beers in the works and release dates. Very close to Five Points Bottle Shop, which is awesome because I was able to make a pit stop there afterwards. Picked up a pretty nice t-shirt too. With Georgia breweries I am starting to think that if you have seen one you have seen them all! Terrapin is my favorite Georgia brewery, so it was nice to go, but I can’t imagine going back anytime soon. One last note, when I tipped the woman pouring my drink she literally gave me 1/4 of a pint. I was about to return it and say "I don’t think so sweetheart, try again", but didn’t want to be an ass. The people I didn’t tip were giving more than half a pint.

March 11, 2009
Terrapin tour is interesting. Got there around starting time, people are very nice (all volunteer), and the beer is excellent. 8 bucks for 8-half pint pours. You get to keep the glass (cool glass, too). It’s not Terrapin’s fault that there are a bunch of obnoxious UGA kids who took the tour, too. Caught up with normal tour guide and she was cool as hell; talked beer for a while. Only the regular beers on tap, but Sunray is not available in FL. Big warehouse with lots of room. Nice place to visit one of the bastions of Southern Craft Beer.

December 14, 2008
Never regretted going to the Terrapin tour. 8dollars gets you 8 tickets and a to keep pint. Monster beers cost 2 tickets. We had four people in our group and I ended with a lot of tickets, enjoying fresh Wake n Bake. The overall place is just a brewery in a hangar with the Terrapin store. This was the week of finals in Athens, and the place was filled with students, and a live band. All people pouring drinks and doing the visit are volunteers. None of the side project on tap. 4 beers on tap; 2 regular and 2 monster beers. It is just an amazing place to visit for one of my top southeastern coast brewery.

June 2, 2008
Pretty nice brewery. It only costs $8 for a pint glass and 8 ’tickets’ that you use for drinks. One tickets gets you about a half of pint of the lower abv stuff. Two tickets got me a half pint of the Rye Squared. They also had the Rye, Golden, and India-style brown ale. Would’ve have liked to seen Big Hoppy monster or Substance Abuse...maybe next time.

April 4, 2008
Grand opening event. Was very surprised at the size of the facility. They have the capacity to do a lot with this amount of space. Huge crowd for the opening. Glad to finally taste Sustance Abuse, after much fanfare. I look forward to what this brewery can do in the future with brewing now on the grounds. I could see many future events being held hear with the amount of space they have.

March 31, 2008
made it out to the grand opening and was very suprised at just how well the whole event was run. Huge space. Nice tap area. Nice gift shop. Had substance abuse, rye squared, and hop shortage + their regulars available. Huge outdoor area that would be great for a feet. Proud of this hometown brewery.

March 6, 2008
This is a microbrewery that is growing but right now they have a small selection.

February 12, 2008 [ Updated September 17, 2008 ]
Made it out to their tour on 2/11. It’s great that they’re finally brewing and able to host tours and tastings. On 2/11 they had five beers on tap: Rye, Rye2, Imperial Pilsner, Golden, and IBA. They also had live music and a good crowd. I’ll be looking forward to future tours at the new brewery.