Locally, the beer is distributed by Bonbright Distributors. Several pubs hosted Terrapin welcome parties in recent days to mark the arrival of Terrapin's draught beers, and its canned beers will start showing up at local retail outlets in the next couple of weeks, Bonright officials said.
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Terrapin’s beers include a Rye Pale Ale, Hopsecutioner IPA, a Hi-5 California-Style IPA, and RecreationAle, a session IPA
Both Kentucky and Ohio border states where Terrapin’s beers were already distributed, so expansion into the Buckeye state was natural next step for the company, brewery officials said.
Terrapin founders John Cochran and Spike Buckowski brewed and released their first beer, the aforementioned Rye Pale Ale, in 2002. Six months after its release, the beer took home a Gold Medal for Rye Pale Ale in the American Pale Ale Category at the highly competitive Great American Beer Festival competition in Denver.
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Today, Rye Pale Ale is accompanied by six other year-round beers, four seasonal sessions, and at least a dozen special projects, side projects and collaborations, brewery officials said.
For more information, check out the Terrapin Beer Co. Facebook page or its web site.
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