Terrapin Beer Co's The Hopsecutioner

Greeting fellow survivors.  Now in an effort to be fair, I have chosen today to review a beer of a variety that I do not normally seek out but this particular bottle I acquired during an epic beer run during LI Craft Beer week while foraging like an alcohol deprived honey badger through boxes and boxes of loose bottles.  So here we go!

6/25/2013

Brew: The Hopsecutioner
Origin: Terrapin Beer Co. Athens, GA
Type: India Pale Ale
ABV: 7.3%

A smooth not overly foamy pour with steady aeration running up the circumference of the glass leaving very delicate lacing hovering above a perfectly frothy head.  This beer settles with a nice molten caramel color and a earthy, hoppy, almost piney scent.  Upon first taste I was surprised that this beer was not as bitter as originally anticipated.  This brew has a nice earthy flavor which lends itself well to a beer of this variety as an india pale ale which was brewed using pale malts and was a beer most commonly brewed and enjoyed by the common folk while tending a feudal or gentry landowners property.  It would be brewed and then cellar aged for two years before being enjoyed, but enough with the history lesson I know.  This beer has a bitter bite in the finish which one would come to expect from an IPA.

So in conclusion, while I am not traditionally a fan of IPAs, in all honesty I found myself enjoying this brew which came as a surprise to one such as I who has vehemently sworn off IPAs for their bitter taste throughout because I don't know about the rest of you survivors but I don't enjoy making bitter beer face throughout the experience.  So if you are a fan of the IPA like my good friend and personal redneck adviser Boothill Billy, or feel the need for an earthy beer to make you feel a lil more humbled get out to your local beer distributor and get yourself a couple bottle of The Hopsecutioner.  If you wanna literally hear what I think of this beer, feel free to check out my recorded review at:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ns9DfiUTwho

Cheers!
~J. Christopher Patricks